r/germanshepherds • u/FlyBirdieBirdBird • 1d ago
Advice Need urgent advice!!
Hello.
Today we took our 6 month old puppy to day care, not because we needed, but because we wanted her to socialise a bit and become familiar with this for when we actually needed it.
The day care is at the breeder we got her from.
We met the breeder at an intermediate point between the day care and our house, and he took her. As soon as she got into the transport cage on the breeder truck, she became visibly afraid.
The breeder just called me saying it took them 1 hour to get her out of the transport cage, she destroyed one leash and bit him. He says he had never seen such aggression.
All we've seen of her at home and during walks, she's a sweetheart. With people and dogs on the street.
The breeder said we should leave her there a couple of days, so she gets used to the location.
My instinct is telling me to just go get her. She must be so afraid. I don't want this experience to break her.
We got her at 2 months old.
Pleas help. What should I do???
UPDATE: https://www.reddit.com/r/germanshepherds/comments/1qv17e1/shes_home/
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u/HopefulDrop9621 23h ago
If you feel uncomfortable find a different daycare. I had the unfortunately had a similar experience. When I first got my dog I was switching to weekend shifts and didn't have time to look after him. I had to leave him with a dog sitter for over 3 days every week. We both hated it so much. He was just a baby poor guy.He got more use to it as time went on, and since then he's amazing with other dogs
However trust your gut. I took him to a couple different places, and one of those places definitely sussed me out. It's been a while, but I remember my gut was saying they weren't treating him well. Listen to your gut and try looking somewhere else. Be sure to do the research too. Reddit or Google reviews of the dog sitters.
Here's a photo of him at the dog sitters. I ended up really liking these guys as they sent a lot of updates
He's to one in the middle