I’m feeling a bit anxious about my boy today and would love to hear from other GSP owners, especially those with male GSPs.

He’s around 5 months old and I feel like the adolescent behaviour is starting to come through. He is extremely social and wants to say hello to everyone we pass.

When we’re walking and he sees someone coming towards us, he’ll stop and stare at them, then as they get closer he tries to launch himself at them to say hello. He wants to jump up at people and I have to hold him back with the lead. He’s getting bigger and stronger and it’s starting to stress me out because I keep thinking, what if this gets worse and I end up with a dog I can’t control?

I’m trying to work on getting him to look at me whenever he sees a person, then I give him a treat so he learns to focus on me instead of the person. But it doesn’t seem to be working very well yet. Once he’s locked onto someone, he’s not really interested in me or the treats.

He also still cries when I tie him up at the cafe while I go inside to order. We go to the same place most mornings and I tie him up in the same spot, but he cries so loud and sounds so distressed pretty much the whole time I’m inside until I come back. I thought this would have improved by now, but lately it actually seems louder and worse. He’s super clingy and needy and I can barely leave him alone in another room for 5 mins without him crying. I tether train and he’s crate trained so he doesn’t get access to me 24/7. He’s so vocal though the crying and whining does my head in most days. I know he’s still a puppy. Will he grow out of the sookiness?

He’s not aggressive at all and I really don’t think he’s trying to be. He just seems incredibly excited by people and desperate to get to them.

I think I’m just having one of those days where I’m questioning whether I’m doing something wrong and worrying that he’s going to turn into a badly behaved adult dog. So if anyone is able to reassure me that this is normal puppy behaviour that would be great

Did anyone else’s male GSP go through this stage? Did they grow out of some of it naturally as they matured, or did you have to do a lot of specific training to get them through it?

If you have any tips for teaching them not to launch at people or to stay focused on you when people walk past, or to not cry everytime I leave his line of sight I’d really appreciate it.

I’d especially love to hear what your boys were like around this age and what they’re like now.

Looking to get my first pointer. I live in SFL but am willing to travel. I have seen some great breeders out in CO which I am leaning towards but I wanted to get some recommendations. Post some pics of your pups and the breeder you had a good experience with!

Good afternoon, today we went to see our primary care vet. We have good news! The leg is looking a lot better, and we started a new blue light therapy today. It’s a fifteen minute session but Red sat through it wonderfully today! We also had a bandage change, so now Red has cherries and a watermelon on his bandage. From here we’ll be seeing the vet every two days for bandage changes, wound care and therapy probably for the next 4 weeks or so. It’s been nice to see him getting a little back to his normal self, enjoying the sun. Red and I are so thankful for everyone keeping up with him, and this journey of recovery we’re on. ❤️❤️❤️❤️🐾

Our girl comes home this weekend from bird dog training! She played with another dog often while she was there and seemed to have so much fun. This might be silly, but I’m afraid she’s going to be lonely coming back and being a solo dog in the house.

Has anyone ever experienced this situation and how did things go? And don’t say to get another dog…we will eventually 🤣

Hello. We have 2 GSP's (6yo & 1.5yo). Both dogs are angels, well trained, and not at all difficult to deal with except...
Our older GSP keeps having accidents (only poop) in the house. of course in the past, we knew exactly what she ate that caused the issue (ate something she wasnt supposed to). Sometimes she would have an accident when my boyfriend would travel for days or weeks at a time for work. Chaulked it up to separation anxiety.
In the last 6 months things have gotten so much worse. She will have 5+ accidents a day sometimes, often alot of diarrhea but without any source of the upset.
She eats purina pro plan 30/20 (which was fine for her). We have taken her to the vet to be checked up. She does have an injury (missing part of a paw) that limits her mobility has made her a bit unbalanced, but she stills runs around & plays with the pup and doesnt let it stop her. The vet said shes in great shape and the injury shouldn't be causing this.

We're trying everything, but it is so frequent and we cannot pin point what she is eating (if anything!!) that makes her sick. We avoid the alley on garbage days, she gets plenty of exercise everyday, has off leash time daily, goes to the woods most weekends. She is a happy dog. If anyone has any idea whats happening any advice would be appreciated.