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Originally Posted by Britster  
I've never ever heard of leaving dogs 100% indoors until weeks after their vaccines are finished until joining this website.
Jackson had SO MUCH socialization at that point... I mean vaccines aren't finished until around 16 weeks? And then you're supposed to wait another two weeks after that? Jackson had experienced mud, rain, snow (I got him in winter) and grass at that point. I avoided pet stores and dog parks of course. And if you know that parvo is, like, rampant in your area then yes be smart and avoid. But my vet was fine with pups going outside after their 2nd set of vaccines (usually around 12 weeks old).
Not to mention potty training. I do outdoor only training and by 16 weeks, he had quite gotten the hang of pottying outside with few accidents. What if you have a larger breed? I don't think anyone wants to pick up Great Dane poops when they are 4/5 months old. That's just unrealistic. |
That's pretty much how it was with all our pups growing up. Although our first one we did let walk around the pet store not knowing any better but he was fine. I had Joey in puppy class after his second set of shots and I feel like that socialization was really important and that class exposed him to lots of stuff. I'm not really big on pad training either so I wanted to start outside training right away.