Puppy Socialization: Behavior Video Series 2
Puppy Socialization: Behavior Video Series 2: The first few months of your puppy’s life are critical for health and development.
A well socialized puppy is one that gets along with all different types of people and cats. This takes effort on your part. You should start introducing your puppy between 4 and 16 weeks of age. You should continue to train your dog for the remainder part of its life. While socialization is a lifelong process, the most sensitive training is the first sixteen weeks. Take advantage of this time to set your dog up for lifetime of happy times.
Puppy Socialization- Things to do:
- Read your puppy’s body language and make the meet and sniff comfortable
- Comfortable: Body relaxed, tail up and wagging, ears up
- Fearful: Backing away, ears back, low tail tucking
- Identify a favorite reward:
- Petting
- Special toy
- Treat
- Introduce your puppy to:
- Five new people each week until sixteen weeks of age
- Upon introduction with your new family member give a favorite treat. Make sure to include all different classes or ethnicities.
- Invite well-behaved, healthy, vaccinated pets to come to your home to play with your best friend.
- After 16 weeks of age, you should introduce your loved one to one new person per week.
- Five new people each week until sixteen weeks of age
- Enroll your domestic dog in a puppy obedience / socialization class.
Puppy Socialization- Things to avoid:
- Do not overwhelm your canis-familiaris
- If your pup exhibits fearful aggression, you have gone too far. Focus on making your young animal cosy again. Go for a hour long 1-1 dog run / walk.
- Do not swat or hurt your puppy as your disposition.
- These problems can negatively impact your dog’s relationship with you and other people.
- Do not take your best friend high-risk areas like dog parks, rest stops, or where stray dogs visit.