Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Top Social Training Techniques For Puppies

By Jack Hamersom

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.

A dog that has been trained are has learned proper socializing skills will be able to be around humans and other pets without showing signs of aggressive. Instead, they will look and this as a chance to meet new pets and people, and will enjoy the time spent in new surroundings as opposed to stressed, scared, and lashing out at others.

At around 12 weeks is the best time to start teaching your dog social skills, if you do not get them trained before this time it can become a problem, because in most cases you are going to have to teach the dog how to stop bad habits they have acquired during this time.

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How to Teach your Dog Social Skills

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.

It is crucial that you take you puppy out and let it see new place, people, and pets. When you dog gets out it gets a chance to enjoy the outdoors while learning valuable social skills that they will need.

While they are young you need to make sure the dog is use to have a bath, getting its hair brushed out, having nails clipped, etc.

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