Puppy Socialization Training Skills
One of the most important training skills a puppy must be taught in order to be sure that both the dog and the people it comes in contact with will be safe. I puppy with good social skills will be a happier dog, and will make them a more enjoyable pet to have in the home. A puppy with poor social skills is not only miserable, but can also pose a danger to both humans and other pets around it.
The best time to start training your puppy and teaching them social behavior is when they are puppies, so that they do not start to learn bad habits, and the dog is starting with a clean slate. What your puppy will learn in the first months and years will affect the way the puppy acts for the rest of its life.
Once you dog has learned the correct social skills it will have less aggression and you will be able to take the puppy in public without it showing signs of aggression to other people or pets. The will enjoy the new experiences instead of being stressed out about the new environment.
When looking to start teaching your puppy social skills the prime age to start training them is around 12 weeks. It is during this time that social training will be most effective for your puppy, and it is much harder to teach a puppy these skills after the 12 week window is gone.
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Whenever you start as social event try to make the experience fun and exciting for the puppy. If they do not enjoy the experience it will be harder to train them.
Have family and other people you know come over and meet the puppy, and it they have trained pets have them bring the over as well so that the puppy is exposed to a variety of people and animals, and sees this as normal.
Let the dog travel around with you and enjoy going to new places, and seeing new people. By going out to stores, parks, or long walks your puppy has the ability learn wonderful social skills that will help it in the future.
Make sure your puppy learns to enjoy things such as getting a bath, or having its nails clipped, etc. This will make it easier to care for the pet.
dog training | Jack Hamersom | 26 February 2009 |
