The German shepherd breed is one of the most alert and intelligent.
The need for continual motion and stimulation makes the German shepherd a smart choice for individuals seeking a guard dog and the police investigators looking to train an animal to look for specific things.
However, teaching your German shepherd to be a good guard dog is slightly more complex than teaching the general house dog.
The most receptive German shepherd is one that is only 8 weeks old , it is at this stage an owner should begin their training.
Socializing your German shepherd is one of the most important things the owner can do to prepare it to become a guard dog.
In order to allow him to distinguish between threatening and non-threatening people take the German shepherd to a place where he can meet new people, it is here where he will also learn to behave properly when with them.
The second stage of lessons should include obedience training which should look like telling your German shepherd to sit, stay, go, run and fetch thus teaching him to understand and respond to commands.
German shepherds have the predisposition for making their masters proud and once you have trained your dog and taught him basic obedience you will see him refrain from being an annoyance to your friends and choose to protect you instead.
Teaching your dog to be disciplined starts at home with your own set of rules.
There are lots of different situations your German shepherd will find himself in, it is important to teach him out to act within these different situations with different people.
You can have all of the basic German shepherd training material available to help your dog become obedient and submissive, but if you are looking for your dog to be a good guard dog it might be necessary to take him to guard dog training classes every now and then.
On completion of training your dog to be obedient to you, further training to make your German shepherd a guard dog is easy for the professionals and this can be done in a reasonably short time.
Unwanted visitors will be no match for your well trained dog once he has completed his courses from the professionals.
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