Shepard/Rott mix questions?

WEll I have never used the clicker method, but i am sure it will work on any breed. CRATE TRAIN.......seriously...I have a pitbull puppy, beffore we crate trained her we had to have our carpets pulled up and our wall re sheetrocked and painted....on top of everything else she chewed up........Crate training is essential..my puppy is now 5 months she only uses her crate at night and when we leave...but its so much nicer to get up to my house in order in the morning and no holes in my walls. LArge pups can destroy lots more than asmall breed........as far as pretction...don't try to train her to do that....it'll probally come natural for her to bark at strangers...just work on behavior so if its a good stranger then you have the control you need.....large breeds...as well as many small breeds naturally protect whats their ecspecially shepards......and you and your home is HERS. Congrats on the new puppy hope all goes well.

I do a lot of homechecking for rottie rescue, and just from your questions then I believe that you will be a super mum for this little guy. Bit disappointed to hear of him being neutered quite so young, as I believe they should mature a little before being done, but that won't affect him much.

I feed raw to all my rotts, pups as well. But that would take a lot of research.

GSD's and rotties love training, and the clicker is great for them. Good choice. If a rottie or a GSD find someone that is prepared to do all that with them then you will get a well balanced dog, because training like that brings respect from the dog as well.

I would agree about the crate. Always good to get them used to one when young just in case they ever need it. You can tell when older if they used them when young, and you never know when needed. Like now for my foster as he has had a cruciate repair done.

The best way to settle the puppy is to not fuss over him and don't do too much with him for the first week. Don't try taking him everywhere or having loads of people to visit. Restrict all of that for the first week and let him settle.

Bring him up as your friend but with you as a good strong leader. Be firm but fair as you would with your children. Don't let him do anything as a pup that you won't want as an adult like jumping up people. Be calm in your training of him. ie. if he does jump up just calmly put his feet back on the floor and say "off".

You sound like you are going to be fine, but I would try and join a forum or ask on here whenever there is any little problem.

Other than that, enjoy your training, and enjoy your dog.

the clicker method may not work as well on mixed breed dogs,because, the response things in their brains aren't the same as a pure-breeds.I suggest use treat-and-receive method still attempt the clicker but if doesn't respond go to dog training class..

i had a rott and shepard i treated it like a normal dog nothing special.