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Originally Posted by YorkieMother  You know I have great respect for you but I am about to say..what??
The old standard was that no going anywhere until the pup had all its shots but I know you know that is to late for soical skills work. 100 peole , places ,things and dogs by 16 weeks for good mental health.
So a good clean puppy class after first possible second shots and a vet ok... covering my butt here and go.
I had and will continue to take pups out on first shots but it has to be the owners comfort and understaqnding that a lot must get done by 16 weeks not to have fear and aggression concerns come up later.
JL |
Puppy classes, here in the States, will not take a dog before they have had all their shots; you have to have a written record before they will enroll you. There is no way a person could be sure a class was clean. It is certainly not too late to learn social skills, if you say this, people are going to give up, and think it's too late. This is one of the reasons that the YTCA recommends a breeder keep the puppy a minimum of 12 week because mother and littermates socialize the puppy.