Hello.

I worked at my Local Humane Society and am still close friends with an animal behaviorist who now works for the ASPCA. PLEASE DO NOT EVER HAVE PUPPIES AROUND AN UNNEUTERED MALE! Very bad idea.😟

Personally, and the vast majority of my colleagues at the humane society, I’d NEVER recommend puppies or other adult male dogs to be around an unneutered male. They have completely different energy and pheromones that other dogs pick up on and it can go south pretty quickly.

Keep the puppies in a secured separate space. German Shepard’s (especially young untrained ones) are notorious for seeing small dogs, cats etc as prey. It just brings out their natural prey drive and overly excites them. Obviously not all German Shepard’s, but always better to error in the side of caution.

If their dog is jumping your dog, common at that age the dog is clearly untrained in play boundaries, I’d recommend a squirt bottle with water and saying “ah ah” at the same time you spray his feet right when he does it and be consistent. Works 90-95% of the time. It’s what we did during playgroups when we socialized dogs at the humane society. I always have one AND I highly recommend Pet Corrector, but only for really escalating behavior (like if your dog and this dog start to get into it or something bad with one of the puppies). It’s just a can of super compressed air that makes loud PSSSSSHHH sound. Don’t aim it at the dogs just near them if you have to break up a dog fight etc it’s awesome and only $10 on Amazon. It refocuses their attention off each other long enough for you to intervene (remove the offender or separate them for a minute). It does scare them, so it’s alwatys my last resort, and if you use it too much with the same dog they get desensitized to it like anything else (they’re so smart). I always explain to clients about it before I sit for them and show them what it is. My clients usually end up keeping one on hand after. It’s great for taking on dog walks incase you have an off leash dog who keeps approaching you and won’t back off or seems scary (hackles up etc). Great for dog parks too!

Good luck and feel free to pass along to this seemingly irresponsible owner.