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AFTER You Get Your Puppy By Ian Dunbar.
AFTER You Get Your Puppy covers the last three developmental deadlines
that your puppy needs to meet before it is five months old.
4th Developmental Deadline:
Socializing Your Puppy to People.
Your Most Urgent Priority is to socialize your puppy to a wide variety
of people, especially children, men, and strangers, before it is twelve
weeks old. Well-socialized puppies grow up to be wonderful companions,
whereas antisocial dogs are difficult, time-consuming, and potentially
dangerous. As a rule of thumb, your puppy needs to meet at least one
hundred people before it is three months old. Since your puppy is still
too young to venture out to dog parks and sidewalks, you'll need to start
inviting people to your home right away.
5th Developmental Deadline:
Teaching Bite Inhibition.
Your Most Important Priority is that your puppy learns to inhibit the
force of its bites and develop a "soft mouth" before it is eighteen weeks
old. Whenever a dog bites a person or fights with another dog, the single
most important prognostic factor is the degree of bite inhibition and
hence, the likelihood and seriousness of injury. Accidents happen. Someone
may tread on the dog's paw, or a child may trip over the dog while it's
gnawing a bone. A dog may snap and lunge at a person when hurt or
frightened, but if the dog has well-established bite inhibition, it is
unlikely the dog's teeth will puncture, or even touch the skin.
6th Developmental Deadline:
Continuing Socialization in The World at Large.
The Most Enjoyable Priority of dog ownership is to introduce your
well-socialized puppy to the world at large. Your dog will only remain
sociable and confident if it continues to meet and greet at least three
unfamiliar people and three unfamiliar dogs every day. Meeting the same
people and dogs over and over again is not sufficient. Your dog needs to
practice meeting, greeting, and getting along with strangers, not simply
getting along with old friends. Regular walks with your dog are as
essential as they are enjoyable.
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