| When I brought Mandy home from the rescue, I | | | | came across was that you should always reward |
| was ecstatic. But by the end of the day, the only | | | | your dog with a treat. |
| thought that was running through my mind was | | | | When you're just getting started finding out how |
| that I had to find out how to train a German | | | | to train a German Shepherd, it seems to make |
| Shepherd. | | | | sense that you should give your dog a treat |
| Mandy was knocking me down, running all over | | | | when she listens. After all, she did what she was |
| the place, and basically dominating our home. I | | | | supposed to, so you should reward her, right? |
| knew I had to do something fast, but the truth | | | | And besides, those treats made her so happy. |
| was that when we decided to adopt her, I had | | | | Your goal in why and how to train a German |
| never given any thought at all to how to train a | | | | Shepherd is to make your dog not just listen to |
| German Shepherd. | | | | you, but to want to listen to you. If she always |
| Looking around found me a lot of information on | | | | gets a treat for doing what you say, she's not |
| how to train a German Shepherd, some of which | | | | listening because she wants to please you, but |
| helped, but a lot of which just made things worse. | | | | because she wants what you're going to give her |
| One of the biggest pieces of bad information I | | | | for it. |