The fifth in the series of the Puppy Training Journey looks at how important it is to be proactive with early puppy socialisation and the first walks right from the outset to help achieve a well balanced puppy.
When acquiring a puppy at the ideal age of 8 weeks, you have a good 6 weeks until the 14-week mark, whereby it is widely recognised that the socialisation period comes to a close. You can and should continue with your efforts after this period, but this time should be seen as the 'Golden window of opportunity' as the puppy brain is developing.
Everything that you can expose a puppy to prior to that point in time in a calm, safe and controlled way allows your puppy to take these new things on board with a minimum of fear and as a result, you create a well-balanced puppy that can interact with dogs, people and to accept various environments and the associated sounds.
This video shows virtually every outing we made with Ruby in her first week. This includes car journeys, which she has had every day (best way to prevent car sickness is to get out daily) to lovely walks in the woods meeting dogs and people.
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22 авг 2024
