New Addition

We have a new addition to the family...a German Shepherd pup we named Kaiser.  We were looking for a good guard dog to keep around the farm and have always liked the look of German Shepherds.  So a couple of months ago, after running into a lady who had some beautiful adult dogs and getting the name of a breeder who raises the German blood lines, we put a down payment on a male pup and put our name on the list for a female out of the next litter. 

 We finally brought him home a few days ago and are working on the training.  We're trying to follow the Leerburg training method which can be found at www.leerburg.com  There are some very good podcasts on proper dog training available on their site.  Kaiser (Kai for short) is so smart; he's picking up on things pretty quickly.  We're the ones who are having to re-think the whole thing.  The girls are having a hard time with the whole "pack-leader" idea because they just want to play with him and Greg is supposed to be the pack leader, which means he has to be in control of every aspect of Kai's life.  At least until he "gets" that Greg is the leader. 

I think he's going to be a wonderful addition to our family as long as we remember he's a dog and don't end up treating him like one of the kids!