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You gotta make these things fun, and you've got to repeat the commands in a normal tone, they may have been yelled at by previous owners so they get frightened or uncomfortable when your tone changes. Try good boy outside, good boy outside and while he's going potty I would say good boy go pee outside, good boy go pee outside, over and over while their doing their thing. You don't want to force them outside, make it fun go out with them and play or just be there and talk to them, good boy, good boy, good boy, maybe try feeding them outside or give a treat or some pettin, reward with lots of praise when they do right. The getting on beds and such is because thats their spot (or was), get them a blanket or pillow and put it in a good spot (wherever youd like) and have them stay there for a while every time you do this telling them good boy blanket good boy blanket, over and over, they'll soon figure out thats their safe spot, a place where they'll never get in trouble for being.

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Hi everyone (if anyone is reading.) This is going to be LOOOONNNGGG, I apologize in advance. I just picked up a GSH puppy (4 months) yesterday, she is papered but she is black/white rather than liver/brown so the breeder was giving her away for less than it cost to have her dewclaws, tail, and shots done. The man who bought her realized he did not have the time really fast and responded to my ad looking for a puppy. We also have a 2 year old border collie and they are close in size, its a great match.

I noticed in here something about stubberness and I have already seen it and need help breaking the habit. My border collie Chevy is not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he is a wonderful dog and I am now seeing where we went right, and where we went wrong with him. Some of Chevy's commands differ from other dogs and that is partially my fault, partially because it was a necessity with our young children. For example the command for "stay" is "YOU stay."  Chevy is not leash trained, BIG mistake but he is learning the leash now and picking it up very quickly. So all that tells me that I need to not only do a better job with Lucy, but that Chevy is not too old to learn new tricks either.
Anyway, the stubborn thing. Lucy has shown me how she was trained, she was allowed on beds and furniture which is an area off limits to dogs in my home. Teaching her to get off the furniture is proving difficult because she KNOWS what I mean when I tell her to get down, but she doesn't want to comply. I am also changing the command to "OFF" tomorrow, I like that command and I never thought about "down" as being confusing until I read it here, thanks!
 Also, I want her to go outside frequently because she is not 100% housebroken yet. I tend to take a puppy outside every single time it soils inside and that has worked for me in the past. When I give the command "outside" she knows it, she learned it FAST but again she will not comply. I have to physically MAKE her go outside and she's as big as my border collie already so thats no easy thing!

So while I have a million other questions that is my biggest for now. How do you teach a stubborn GSP to respect the new rules of her new environment? When I say "outside" or "inside" I mean now and Chevy knows this, Lucy will comply for "inside" but not "outside." Clearly either she just doesn't like going outside without one of her people, or outside was used as punishment in the past and I don't know how to remedy it.

 Lucy's old home had no children so ALL toys were hers. I have 3 children, how do I teach Lucy what is hers to play with and what is not?

Lucy also doesn't like to share with Chevy and they have gotten into a few minor arguments (all started by Lucy) usually over the treat filled kong or a toy. No one has gotten hurt because they are pretty close in size and seem to have mutual respect at least enough to no hurt one another. Is this something she will stop doing once she learns her place in the pack? Or is she trying to assert herself has higher ranked in the pack than Chevy when she does this?

Thanks!