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Originally Posted by FirstYorkie The most important thing to do with a puppy to avoid fear aggression later is to socialize them extremely well when they are little! If you have a young puppy, you need to expose him/her to as many different people and as many different dogs as you possibly can, ensuring of course that these are positive experiences.
Some experts say expose your puppy to 100 different people and 100 different dogs by the time that they are 4-5 months old! The pup needs to continue to be exposed to different people & dogs after that as well, but they say up until about 4-5 months is a CRUCIAL window. |
Isn't there a certain "fear period" when they are young? I've never understood...are you supposed to "expose" them to everyone and everything even during that fear period? Or do you keep them close to the family at that time? In other words...at what age do you start the "socialization"?
Francie