When you first buy a puppy it is important that you start training that puppy right away. Instead of getting caught up in all of the commotion about how cute the puppy is and feeling the need to baby the puppy you should start training as soon as possible.
The quicker that you are able to start training and socializing your puppy the better off you will be in the long run. When your puppy is small you want to make sure that you are kind and loving as well as strong and stern.
When you are socializing your puppy you want to make sure that you understand how important the first few years of your puppy's life is. There are a lot of people that change their puppy permanently in the first few years.
When you have a puppy that has been socialized well the dog will make a great companion for you. You will be creating a dog that will be trustworthy and will not be aggressive towards anything it would meet in its day to day activities.
When you have a dog that is not socialized you may have repercussions throughout the rest of the dog's life. The dog may be untrustworthy and can become a liability to you when you do not take the time to train them at a young age.
Becoming a fear biter is something that is very common for those puppies that are not trained in their younger years. This means that when they are startled or when they are put into an uncomfortable situation they may react by biting.
They do not necessarily bite people that are around them they may even bite other animals. This can be very difficult if you want to trust your dog to be around your children or the children of other people.
The routine that you are looking to establish in your puppy could be a nightmare to establish when your puppy grows into a full grown dog. The repercussions of the way you treat your dog when your dog is a puppy can be very serious.
Socialization of puppies can last for only about three months. This means that when you have your puppy you have to make sure that the first twelve weeks of training are very structured and consistent.
If you are adopting a puppy that is older than three months old you can reverse the socialization that occurred earlier but it will be very difficult. There are a lot of people that buy their puppies when they are older and struggle to socialize them properly.
Saving puppies from abusive homes is a great example of the type of situation in which you will have to re-socialize a puppy. When you are trying to change the type of puppy that you have you have to incorporate a lot of love with a lot of structure.
A great way to start your socialization process with your puppy is to expose your puppy to a lot of different situations. Putting your puppy in a lot of different situations will ensure that your puppy can socialize properly.
You want your puppy to meet men and women. If you are single and live in your house with your puppy the puppy will not be exposed to many people of the other sex unless you take the time to give that type of exposure.
After you have given exposure to men and women you should also make sure that you are taking the time to let the puppy interact with people of all ages. The puppy needs to learn that they have to treat elderly people and young people differently than middle aged adults.
Finally, you should make sure that your dog is interacting with many different types of animals. When you are exposing your puppy to different animals you have to be careful that you are keeping your puppy safe.
You should be assured that the other animals your puppy is associating with are all disease free. You do not want to put your puppy into a situation that is going to be dangerous or detrimental in the long run.
If you know that your puppy can behave when he or she is around cats and other dogs you will be able to trust your dogs in social situations. A great way to do this is to take your puppy to a dog park where there are many different types of dogs and puppies out playing.
Terry Daniels is a veterinarian and pet-lover. He also volunteers at an animal shelter in his free time and has written hundreds of articles about pets and dog walking NYC.
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