Originally posted by L Swanston: When they are allowed to socialize, it is when friends bring their dogs over to my house, or I take my dogs to a friend's house. Or, in the case of the working dog, we let the dogs swim or play together, after the training is done. As you can see, all socialization with other dogs is done under controlled circumstances, when I wish for it to happen. Any other time, they are to ignore other dogs. I like this plan. This way you know the temperaments of the dogs your dog will encounter and avoid really ugly surprises and potential injury/loss of confidence, etc. We do that w/puppies for the reasons above, plus we want to know that the other dogs are not carrying parvo or gawd knows what.
Exactly. I can actually engineer their socialization by picking which dog to expose them to, and when. Since a lot of my friends and acquaintances have dogs, I can tell which ones will be a good match for interacting with mine, and which won't. As far as the search dog team, they all get along, and it's pretty much the same thing as with friends and acquaintances; we know our dogs' temperaments, and closely monitor their interactions with one another. If things look tense, we separate them and either go to different areas, or put one or both away.
So, I guess, Ewa, to address your concern, it is very possible to socialize a working dog OR a companion dog with other dogs, without having to let them meet and greet dogs on the street. You just have to get to know others who have dogs, and set up times to get them together.
IMO another important factor is your presence when they do interact. Dog is still getting the message that *I only have fun if mom/dad are here*. This is different than letting them run together unsupervised.
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