Whenever I go to play with my dog, she always jumps on me and steps all over me and since she is so big and i am so PUNY it’s not very good. I don’t know how to make her calm! I am so sick of it because I love my german shepherd head to tail but if she doesn’t behave, my dad makes me put her into her crate?
An obedience class would definitely help. Also, because GSDs are working dogs, they need a "job" to do. You can do training exercises with her in the yard that will be fun for you both. Teach her how to fetch & return something to you, like a tug toy. Give her a small treat as a reward, for sitting, staying, and returning the toy to you. She’ll enjoy it, and will be learning at the same time.
Regular exercise like long leash walks and running after a toy inside of a secure fenced area will help make her calmer–GSDs need exercise every day. After she’s been through obedience classes, you could look into agility classes, herding classes, etc.
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Try giving her lots of exercise and then working with her on leading/walking. You must correct her when she does something you don’t want. Try teaching her to sit or lie quietly. Putting her in a crate doesn’t solve the problem, it just avoids it for a while.
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Crating a dog shouldn’t be done as punishment or the dog will learn to resent the crate. Instead, when she gets too rough, just get up and walk away. That’s what puppies do with litter mates – when one is being too rough they squeal and stop playing.
You can’t make a dog calm but you can teach them boundaries for playing. Exercise your dog every day – long walks – so she’s less energetic in the house. Start obedience training so she has something to do mentally. When she gets rough calmly walk away from her. If she follows then hide in another room where she can’t get to you for a few seconds.
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Take her to obediance training. THey teach them to not jump on people. And yes, whenever she does jump on you, put her in her crate to teach her that she cannot do that. Your dad is right about that. But you can also try getting a spray bottle and spray her in her face everytime she jumps on you. It works sometimes.
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Take her to obedience school, or try training her.
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juist talk to him/her
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I feel your pain I too have a German Shepard, what you could do is get a spray and fill it with water. Whenever she jumps on you spray her with water and she’ll get down. Spray her on top of her nose, that will bug her and she’ll probably sneeze and get down from you. Repeat that process untill she gets that point.
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An obedience class would definitely help. Also, because GSDs are working dogs, they need a "job" to do. You can do training exercises with her in the yard that will be fun for you both. Teach her how to fetch & return something to you, like a tug toy. Give her a small treat as a reward, for sitting, staying, and returning the toy to you. She’ll enjoy it, and will be learning at the same time.
Regular exercise like long leash walks and running after a toy inside of a secure fenced area will help make her calmer–GSDs need exercise every day. After she’s been through obedience classes, you could look into agility classes, herding classes, etc.
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You’ve got to be quick to give a hand signal, in like the blink of an eye. You, yourself must be trained to know EXACTLY what to do and how, as though you were on stage acting, a flagman or such. "No!!! Don’t put her in her crate, especially if she’s in a dancing or clowny mood and not a bit tired." Only if there’s too much anxiety in the house or she’s pooped out, do that. And, when you do, have it be where the light is low or not too warm, until all the anxiety wears down, from the dog too. Then talk to her, smile as you let her out, and find some fun event to do, as though it were dogday or her birthday, in physical action and training!!!!!
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your dog needs some obedience training. i have the same problem w/ my boxer puppy. you just can’t excite them as much. stay as calm as you can, talk softly, no sudden movements. they just get really happy, and excited–and if you are too, it just riles them up.
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