Bev Thibault wrote 03/16/2010 05:19 PM teaching pup to socialize safely #269527 - 03/16/2010 05:19 PM
Bev Thibault Webboard User Reg: 01-04-2010 Posts: 120 Loc: Ottawa Canada Offline	Buckley, my 17 week Beagle-retriever mix hasn't learned to present his hind quarters when meeting a new dog. He lunges into their face and jumps with enthusiasm. To date,we've been lucky and met very patient dogs - I'm concerned that Buckley will be "told off" by an older dog and become afraid &, perhaps, dog-on-dog aggressive. Anyway I can help B learn how to "say hello" safely?
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Melissa Thom wrote 03/16/2010 05:29 PM Re: teaching pup to socialize safely [Re: Bev Thibault ] #269530 - 03/16/2010 05:29 PM
Melissa Thom Webboard User Reg: 12-04-2007 Posts: 2781 Loc: Upper Left hand corner, USA Offline	Is it really important that he's good with other dogs? Personally I don't allow strange dogs near my puppies, or my older dogs. I want them to look to me, mind me, and prefer dogs that aren't so doggie. My goal is a person bonded obedient dog and I see allowing this kind of play as working against that goal.
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Bev Thibault wrote 03/16/2010 06:17 PM Re: teaching pup to socialize safely [Re: Melissa Thom ] #269533 - 03/16/2010 06:17 PM
Bev Thibault Webboard User Reg: 01-04-2010 Posts: 120 Loc: Ottawa Canada Offline	Good question. I forewarn any approaching owners of B's tendency to be rambunctious, and most are more than willing to let me know if their pup would rather be left alone. I guess, knowing how to teach B to be comfortable around other dogs could only be a good thing, even if the eventual number he actually meets is low. I'm also aware that I'll need to have him kenneled when my family goes on holidays (no dogs allowed at our annual resort), so for that reason, I'd like B to be well socialized.
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Connie Sutherland wrote 03/16/2010 06:27 PM Re: teaching pup to socialize safely [Re: Bev Thibault ] #269535 - 03/16/2010 06:27 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	I don't want my dogs to greet strange dogs. It's the strange dogs (or their handlers) I don't trust. So aside from remaining calm and trotting on by, focused on me, I have no desire for them to interact with them. For me, "socialized" means "non-reactive." They would never be kenneled where they had to be in with a group of strange dogs. All JMO, of course.
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Anne Jones wrote 03/16/2010 06:52 PM Re: teaching pup to socialize safely [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #269538 - 03/16/2010 06:52 PM
Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004 Posts: 3825 Loc: Northeast Offline	Quote: connie sutherland I don't want my dogs to greet strange dogs. It's the strange dogs (or their handlers) I don't trust. So aside from remaining calm and trotting on by, focused on me, I have no desire for them to interact with them. For me, "socialized" means "non-reactive." A big ditto for me on this. I want my dogs to be NEUTRAL to other dogs (& their owners). MY DOGS...MY RULES
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