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@garnernathaniel Point 1. Crate training also gives you a good opportunity to teach him to be house-trained during the night. simply place the crate next to your bed. This way you will hopefully wake up in time to take her out for business. It´s stressfull in the first weeks because your sleep...

@joshuasloth Well you can try to add a Halti to the training. This is usually an anti pull tool but you can also use it to focus her attention on you. You can use it to turn her away from the other dog to break the focus. I would suggest that you look for a dog owner with one of these...

@joshuasloth So she is responsive to your commands in this situations and focuses on you or does it just work shortly and then she gets reactive again? What would happen if you hold a treat in your hand while you let her lick/nibble on it and another dog passes by within a few meters? If she...

@joshuasloth Well if you feel uneasy while meeting strangers/dogs and the problematic breeds she will most likely sense it. I guess that´s where this question comes from. Can you distract her during this encounters or before the encounter begins with treats or something like that? Or is she...

@brittneynt14 That's great. Now that you know why she behaves like that you can actually start to work. From here on you just have to find the perfect training and job for her or at least what works. Your observation that she looks for your confirmation is great. It's a great sign that she asks...

@brittneynt14 Look at this Video it's a border collie but if you look for similar videos you will most likely notice that your dog does something similar. This way you can learn to look for those signs and interrupt her. Also watch out when people that are strangers for her approach your...

@brittneynt14 Yeah that's a sign of herding. She wants to protect and educate your kids. She seems to accept your oldest as old enough to be at least on the same pack level as she is. So she won't do much to him. The baby is a baby for her so she most likely won't start before the baby starts...

@brittneynt14 Well to put it simply any training like protection, search, agility, obedience, dog frisbee etc. If you won't give her anything she will look for a job and then her genes will kick in and protect the family. That includes teaching kids to behave. And nibbing and using the paw is...

@brittneynt14 Sounds like she wants to herd your kids. But that's just out of your description. Can you get a professional trainer to take a look at it? I highly recommend doing so. You've to make it clear to her that it's not her business to do so. You need to find something as a job for her...

@gamehhh I would rather go down other routes and get a real recall. Some GSD are smart enough to memorize what collar caused what. So it might happen that as soon as you are back to normal collars it won't work. So instead use food as training motivation. So only food for training. Start in...