We often hear a word, dog socialization, what does this mean? Dog socialization means that dogs can be well integrated into our family life, and will not be afraid of the living environment and the people and things around them. We can understand it as "dogs see the world" in layman's terms.
Modern families are increasingly treating dogs as their family members, but some dogs are not so well socialized.
Dogs are more likely to get along when they are young, if they have been socialized or socialized better.
Like some adult dogs, they may learn new skills very quickly, but it is relatively difficult to make them more social.
Just like us people, if we have been exposed to many things since childhood, then the acceptance of some new things may be higher, and the same is true for dogs, they are more socialized from an early age, and when they grow up, they will not feel how terrible those new things are.
Therefore, it is still necessary to make dogs have a certain degree of socialization, especially for some dogs with protective tendencies. Mastiffs or bully types, for example, are more likely to be suspicious of strangers, and if they are properly socialized, they will make your life with your dog more enjoyable.
<h1>Why socialize when your dog is a kid? </h1>
The critical period (or sensitive period) of dog socialization is usually between 3 and 16 weeks. In just a few short weeks, your dog will have a lot of social interactions.
At this time, the puppy, a bit "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers", its brain is very active to understand the world, understand what is safe, a lot of things that exist in society, at this stage is more easily accepted.
On the other hand, if you switch to an adult dog who has never experienced something before, it may feel that everything is dangerous.
If the current family pet dog has not experienced thunderstorms and sat in the car for a long time when he was a child, then when he grows up to experience these things, the negative impact on them may be greater.
<h1>How do we socialize our dogs? </h1>
Socialization is so important, so how to let dogs practice socialization? Some owners feel that taking their puppies anywhere can be a dog socialization, whether it is a good or bad experience, while others feel that dogs should only be exposed to those beautiful things from an early age and only feel good experiences.
Both starting points should be good, but neither is the perfectly correct approach, with the former focusing only on quantity and forgetting quality; the latter being the opposite.
If the puppy is allowed to have a bad experience, it may cause the dog to be very afraid and timid in the future life; from this point of view, it seems right to only give the dog a good experience of social things, but it is also very easy to cause overprotectiveness of the dog, so that it may not be able to deal with some problems on its own when it becomes an adult.
Reasonable advice is to allow your puppy to interact with something new every day, but give it room to retreat.
For example, we can put hanging wind chimes, thunderstorm music, or skateboards in a dog's fence, which can explore and interact at its own pace.
And if we want to introduce our puppy to other people or dogs, this needs to choose a good "social" partner, if the dog is naturally introverted and shy, we need to choose to introduce to a particularly trusted person or a dog with a very good personality.
Have the puppy observe the new friend from a distance. We can give it some snack rewards when it's brave enough to explore, but we don't have to be tempted to let the puppy grudgingly hug the "stranger" in its eyes.
It's important that we ourselves understand what we need to touch the dog — sounds, sights, locations, surfaces, people, dogs, cats, birds, strange movements, and so on— and anything else you might encounter. If your puppy is nervous, take it away from the "scary stuff" and let them watch. Owners can join in and let the dog know that these "scary things" actually happen well (e.g. you'll reward him with snacks).
Has your dog ever practiced socialization?
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