April 3, 2012 • 4 mins
Socializing your young puppy is recommended by the AVMA, sets your dog up for a lifetime of success, and is as easy as 1,2,3. Sarah Wilson explains how Safety, Setting the Tone, and Keeping It Up are the key steps in this process. Have an older puppy or dog? Don't despair! It is never too late to make improvements! Have questions? Ask at Sarah's friendly, moderated forums.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is Pet Life Radio. Let's talk pets. Hi. Welcome
(00:27):
to the My Smart Puppy Minute. This is Sarah Wilson
and today we're going to talk about socializing young puppies. One, two, three.
Now Number one is safety. This is a big concern
and people are still being told not to take their
puppies out until all the shots are done. This is
(00:47):
old advice. If you google AVMA, which stands for the
American Veterinary Medical Association AVMA, Socialization Puppies up, will come
their document from twenty oh eight about how important it
is to socialize young puppies. Keeping puppies in until all
(01:08):
their shots are done is a little like keeping your
child inside and never letting them meet anybody until all
of their shots are completed. That nobody would do. But
safety is a concern. So I take puppies out to
shopping malls, stores. I'll take them to friends' houses who
(01:30):
have vaccinated dogs, who have been in the home for
over a month, or who don't have dogs. But they
will go everywhere with me. I won't take them two parks,
animal shelters, pet supply stores, because I've seen people take
dogs straight out of the shelter and be walking around
a pet supply store, so steer clear of that. Feel
(01:52):
free to carry your dog if that's possible. And if
they're big and you have a car, drive different places
and just sit in the car and let your puppy
watch the world go by. This is critical. They are
developing so quickly. They go basically from birth to adolescence
in a single year. Can you imagine what a child
(02:14):
would be like if they had lived inside, no TV,
no books, no idea of what the outside world was like.
You'd be brought up on charges for doing that to
a child. Don't do it to your puppy. Number two
is set the tone. Your puppy doesn't know what to
think of this big world out there. So if you
see your puppy being hesitant or questioning, be happy, relaxed, confident.
(02:39):
Your puppy will look to you for guidance. It's very
important that you act the way you want your puppy
to act. If you act concerned or frightened, your puppy
is likely to become concerned or frightened right with you,
and that's not what anybody wants now. Number three, keep
it up because your puppy is developing so quickly. Even
(03:02):
allowing a week to go by can be a detriment
to your new friend. I like to get them out
every other day or every two days while they're under
six months old, and that can be a quick run.
If you're going down to the supermarket to pick something up,
and if it's safe weatherwise, take your pup with you,
walk them around the parking lot for five minutes, pop
(03:24):
them into the crate, go do your quick shopping, and
then head home. Bring a member of the family or
a friend with you to meet you so they can
baby sit the puppy while you go and do what
you need to do, or vice versa. But keep it up.
It doesn't have to be a big deal. It just
has to be happening regularly. There are the tips for
socializing young puppies one two three, focus on safety, set
(03:48):
the tone, and keep it up. That way, your new
friend will get the very best start possible. If you
have any questions at all, please stop buy mysmartpuppy dot
com ask in our forums. We are there to help
and thanks for your tolerance. With my cold this week,
It should be gone by next week, but I didn't
want to miss a chance to talk to you all
(04:09):
have a great week. Let's talk pets every week on
demand only on petlifradio dot com.
This is Pet Life Radio. Let's talk pets. Hi. Welcome
(00:27):
to the My Smart Puppy Minute. This is Sarah Wilson
and today we're going to talk about socializing young puppies. One, two, three.
Now Number one is safety. This is a big concern
and people are still being told not to take their
puppies out until all the shots are done. This is
(00:47):
old advice. If you google AVMA, which stands for the
American Veterinary Medical Association AVMA, Socialization Puppies up, will come
their document from twenty oh eight about how important it
is to socialize young puppies. Keeping puppies in until all
(01:08):
their shots are done is a little like keeping your
child inside and never letting them meet anybody until all
of their shots are completed. That nobody would do. But
safety is a concern. So I take puppies out to
shopping malls, stores. I'll take them to friends' houses who
(01:30):
have vaccinated dogs, who have been in the home for
over a month, or who don't have dogs. But they
will go everywhere with me. I won't take them two parks,
animal shelters, pet supply stores, because I've seen people take
dogs straight out of the shelter and be walking around
a pet supply store, so steer clear of that. Feel
(01:52):
free to carry your dog if that's possible. And if
they're big and you have a car, drive different places
and just sit in the car and let your puppy
watch the world go by. This is critical. They are
developing so quickly. They go basically from birth to adolescence
in a single year. Can you imagine what a child
(02:14):
would be like if they had lived inside, no TV,
no books, no idea of what the outside world was like.
You'd be brought up on charges for doing that to
a child. Don't do it to your puppy. Number two
is set the tone. Your puppy doesn't know what to
think of this big world out there. So if you
see your puppy being hesitant or questioning, be happy, relaxed, confident.
(02:39):
Your puppy will look to you for guidance. It's very
important that you act the way you want your puppy
to act. If you act concerned or frightened, your puppy
is likely to become concerned or frightened right with you,
and that's not what anybody wants now. Number three, keep
it up because your puppy is developing so quickly. Even
(03:02):
allowing a week to go by can be a detriment
to your new friend. I like to get them out
every other day or every two days while they're under
six months old, and that can be a quick run.
If you're going down to the supermarket to pick something up,
and if it's safe weatherwise, take your pup with you,
walk them around the parking lot for five minutes, pop
(03:24):
them into the crate, go do your quick shopping, and
then head home. Bring a member of the family or
a friend with you to meet you so they can
baby sit the puppy while you go and do what
you need to do, or vice versa. But keep it up.
It doesn't have to be a big deal. It just
has to be happening regularly. There are the tips for
socializing young puppies one two three, focus on safety, set
(03:48):
the tone, and keep it up. That way, your new
friend will get the very best start possible. If you
have any questions at all, please stop buy mysmartpuppy dot
com ask in our forums. We are there to help
and thanks for your tolerance. With my cold this week,
It should be gone by next week, but I didn't
want to miss a chance to talk to you all
(04:09):
have a great week. Let's talk pets every week on
demand only on petlifradio dot com.
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