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Socialising should be a main part of your early training when you get a puppy. Ideally puppies should be well socialised by the time they are 3 months old. They should have regular contact with other dogs before this age. Whilst they are young and everything is new meeting other dogs is just a part of the adventure. Dogs that aren't socialised in this 3 month period find it increasingly difficult to deal with new situations and meeting new dogs. This can make walks and trips to the vet very stressful for you and your dog. If you leave it until they get older they can become fearful of the unknown and then become aggressive and anxious when around other dogs. Your options on places to walk the dog are much higher if you don't have to worry about coming into contact with other dogs making your dog well exercised. After all a sleepy dog is a happy dog.
We socialised Zeek as soon as he was allowed out for walkies. We are fortunate to have a field about 5 minutes from my house with gate all around. We were even more lucky to have a group of friendly dogs over there to socialise Zeek with. Dogs of all different breeds and personalities. Because Zeek was able to meet up with so many different dogs he learnt very quickly how to behave around them and not to be scared or fearful of them. Zeek is now a very sociable dog and is happy around all types of dogs. This makes for pleasant walks and when we go to the vet the only problem we have is him wanting to say hello to each and every dog there.
Zeek still plays with the dogs that he wet in the park four years ago and now lots of other dogs have joined our little evening meet up. There are often people on dog forums that organise doggy meet ups if you're looking for someone to socialise with. We used Labrador Forums to get advice on what to do when we got Zeek. It's full of very friendly and helpful people. These forums are also great for other tips and advice. It's a great way to meet up with lots of friendly dogs and a great way to get advice on other training.
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Socialising should be a main part of your early training when you get a puppy. Ideally puppies should be well socialised by the time they are 3 months old. They should have regular contact with other dogs before this age. Whilst they are young and everything is new meeting other dogs is just a part of the adventure. Dogs that aren't socialised in this 3 month period find it increasingly difficult to deal with new situations and meeting new dogs. This can make walks and trips to the vet very stressful for you and your dog. If you leave it until they get older they can become fearful of the unknown and then become aggressive and anxious when around other dogs. Your options on places to walk the dog are much higher if you don't have to worry about coming into contact with other dogs making your dog well exercised. After all a sleepy dog is a happy dog.
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