I got a GSP that is 4 years old yesterday well she keeps trying to dart out my front door when ever she can, both times she got out and we had to chase her down the street, Are all GSP do this? We cant even have her off the leash in the front yard with out her trying to run away.. Is it to late to train her to stay near us and not run out our front door... We got her from someone that is 3 houses down from me so im not worried about her running away for good, If you have a GSP do you play with her/him in the front yard that has no fence yard? My back yard is all fence in she goes back there when she goes potty and wants to play and excersie... what do you suggest to teach her to stay around me and the kids... How about a shock collor does those really work ?

Personaly I would not use an e-collar(shock collar) to fix this problem. I would reccomend against it. You have come to the right place as I am sure some one will have the good advice you need to correct this type behavior. GSP's are intelligent dog's so this should not be to hard. 

We have two adopted dogs, and found that they both had a tendency to bolt/run away in the first few months.

I suggest when outside keep them supervised on a leash/check cord at all times in for the beginning until they can be trusted, even in off leash areas/country (this is where ours would bolt). It's not fun looking for a dog running down the highway, it's happened to us.

GSP are very smart dogs with strong memory, we found ours took about a year to adjust to our home, and was rather traumatized by the sudden change/move in the beginning. What I am saying is that it will take time - I wish we had taken it more easy on ours for the first couple of weeks and to just let him relax and just be.

Our second adopted one had a tendency to want to run out the front door too. We got her when she was 7. I slammed it hard and loud in front of her a few times and she learned quick. Now we have progressed to saying sit, having her wait/continue the sit for the door to open, continuing the wait while the door is open, then "okay" to go through the door. If she moves out of a sit/wait, I close the door immediately, which in itself corrects the dog because they realize they can't go outside.

Shock collars are for correcting a known command. I believe they do work in communicating/correcting your dog from a distance for a known command. I believe they can create suspicious dog that does not trust you if used incorrectly. Teach what you want from the dog first before correcting.