She doesn't bark
 

My girl is 15 weeks old and very polite. The vet said that she is on the smaller side and we should wait to get her vaccinated a little bit longer than usual. In a few days she will get her second shots (at 16 weeks). Now that means she hasn't been able to walk outside for now. We do take her out on walks in her bag to get her used to all the different sounds and to show her the outside world.

I am planning on taking her to puppy meetings to socialize once she has all her shots and my question is if she is likely to pick up barking from the other dogs? I've read in other threads that dogs picked up unwanted behaviours. Barking is of course not an issue, but excessively barking would be. She's veeery stubborn and I know already that we would have a hard time teaching her not to bark excessively.

Maybe I should also clarify that she is physically able to bark as she barks when she dreams (too cute :yelrotflm )

Is there anything I should do while socializing her if I notice her picking up "bad behaviours"? How would I instantly correct it? Or do I just let it happen and deal with the problem once it's there?

Thank you for your advice.

Oh, she sounds just adorable.

My late Katy was not a barker. After observing all the noise during a local store's indoor pet training session, I opted not to enroll her. (All of the dogs were large; most were loud.)

We bonded pretty quickly. Once she had gone through her full round of little-one vaccinations, we did go to parks and on long walks, sometimes she rode in her buggy. She was introduced to other dogs on those outings.

I learned that sometimes she barked to make me aware of some external thing (passing dog, doorbell, someone in front of the house, etc.); other times she needed something of me.

You wrote, "Is there anything I should do while socializing her if I notice her picking up 'bad behaviours'? How would I instantly correct it? Or do I just let it happen and deal with the problem once it's there?"

We have a saying "a stitch in time saves nine" that I think applies to to working with your dog. If you observe unwanted behavior in your sweet one, deal with it right away--don't give it the chance to become a habit/problem.

Sometimes a simple, stern "NO" will do the trick. Helping them learn to look at you for guidance before reacting to something they hear or see in the distance is also good.

... And of course, rewarding your little one when she proffers up wanted behavior.

Cocoa barks at everyone but not to go out.

LOL.

Bet she's a cute little bugger!!