Question by Nessa: My 5 month old puppy was being very aggressive at Grooming. What should I do?
Well we took my 5 month old puppy to grooming, and she wouldn’t come out of the kennel. She showed her teeth, barked, and tried to bite at the groomers. What should we do about this whole thing?

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Answer by CanineTruth
She needs to be properly socialized with people and she needs to be de-sensitized to grooming in general – i would enroll in a group obedience course with an accredited trainer and get to work on that.

Until then, there are a few possible things to do for grooming:

One, don’t crate her – seriously, take her OUT of the crate while she’s in the car and let her walk in. Or carry her in. Tell the groomer that she’s shy and nervous, they will take the leash from you (or take her from you butt first) and either coax her back or wait for you to leave so she’ll go back quietly.

Two, if she must be crated going in then leave her leash on so she can be coaxed out without being reached for and either take her out yourself or leave the crate and just GO so they can remove her once you’re gone.

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Crates are good things, usually. But if you stick a nervous German Shepherd in one and let a stranger reach in, of COURSE the German Shepherd will react. Hence why you probably shouldn’t crate the German Shepherd in a grooming salon or let them reach for her (though seriously, a groomer should know not to reach into a crate like that – we certainly don’t.)

Another thing: Don’t talk, coo, or fuss over the German Shepherd – that can be seen as encouragement and the German Shepherd may see it as you saying “i know it’s scary” and may see it as YOU also being afraid. Which won’t help the situation.

Note: Nine times out of ten, a German Shepherd’s behavior is affected by the presence of the owner. A German Shepherd who is screaming bloody murder on the table one minute will usually quiet down once the owner is out of sight.

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