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By Dr. Ian Dunbar
(2001, Paperback, 157 pages)
Now you have your puppy the clock is ticking and you need to meet the following deadlines before your puppy is five months old.
Your most urgent priority is to socialise your puppy to a wide variety of people, especially children, men and strangers before it is twelve weeks old. Well-socialised puppies grow up to be wonderful companions, whereas anti-social dogs are difficult, time-consuming and potentially dangerous. Your puppy needs to meet at least one hundred people before it is three months old. Since your puppy is still too young to venture out to dog parks and pavements, you will need to start inviting people to your home right away.
Your most important priority is that your puppy learns to inhibit the force of its bites and develops a 'soft mouth' before it is eighteen weeks old. Whenever a dog bites a person or fights with another dog, the single most important prognostic factor is the degree of bite inhibition and, hence ,the likelihood and seriousness of injury. Accidents happen. Someone may tread on the dog's paw, or a child may trip over the dog while it's gnawing a bone. A dog may snap and lunge at a person when hurt of frightened, but if the dog has well-established bite inhibition it is unlikely the dog's teeth will puncture, or even touch the skin.
The most enjoyable priority of dog ownership is to introduce your well-socialised puppy to the world at large. Your dog will only remain sociable and confident if it continues to meet and greet at least three unfamiliar people and three unfamiliar dogs every day, meeting the same people and dogs over and over again is not sufficient. Your dog needs to practice meeting, greeting and getting along with strangers, not simply getting along with old friends. Regular walks with your dog are as essential as they are enjoyable.
CONTENTS
Chapter One : Development Deadlines, The Most Urgent Priority, The Most Important Priority
The Most Enjoyable Priority
Chapter Two : Household Etiquette 101, When You are Not at Home, When You are at home
Housetraining 1-2-3, Common Mistakes
Chapter Three : Home Alone
Separation Anxiety, When Leaving Home, When Returning Home, Jekyll and Hyde Behaviour
Chapter Four : Socialisation With People
Urgency, Hundred People, Three Goals of Socialisation:
:- Teach Your Puppy to Like People:- Handling and Gentling:- Guarding Valued Objects
Chapter Five : Learning Bite Inhibition
Good bite inhibition, Case histories, Dog Bites: Bad News and Good News, Human bite Inhibition
Bite Inhibition with Other Dogs, Bite Inhibition with People, Bite Inhibition Exercises
Out of Control Play Sessions, Puppies with Soft Mouths, Puppies That don't Bite
A Big Mistake,Puppy School, One Reason for Puppy Classes, Health Risks
Carry your Puppy, Looking For a Puppy Class
Chapter Six ? The World at Large
Changes During Adolescence, Manners, bite Inhibition, Socialisation, Fighting, The Secret to Adolescence Success, The Dog Walk, Housetraining on Walks,Socialisation on Walks
Training on Walkers, Sit and Settle Down, Training in the Car, Training in the Dog Park
Come When Called, Emergency Distance Sit, Integrate Training and Games, Lifestyle Training
(2001, Paperback, 157 pages)
Now you have your puppy the clock is ticking and you need to meet the following deadlines before your puppy is five months old.
Your most urgent priority is to socialise your puppy to a wide variety of people, especially children, men and strangers before it is twelve weeks old. Well-socialised puppies grow up to be wonderful companions, whereas anti-social dogs are difficult, time-consuming and potentially dangerous. Your puppy needs to meet at least one hundred people before it is three months old. Since your puppy is still too young to venture out to dog parks and pavements, you will need to start inviting people to your home right away.
Your most important priority is that your puppy learns to inhibit the force of its bites and develops a 'soft mouth' before it is eighteen weeks old. Whenever a dog bites a person or fights with another dog, the single most important prognostic factor is the degree of bite inhibition and, hence ,the likelihood and seriousness of injury. Accidents happen. Someone may tread on the dog's paw, or a child may trip over the dog while it's gnawing a bone. A dog may snap and lunge at a person when hurt of frightened, but if the dog has well-established bite inhibition it is unlikely the dog's teeth will puncture, or even touch the skin.
The most enjoyable priority of dog ownership is to introduce your well-socialised puppy to the world at large. Your dog will only remain sociable and confident if it continues to meet and greet at least three unfamiliar people and three unfamiliar dogs every day, meeting the same people and dogs over and over again is not sufficient. Your dog needs to practice meeting, greeting and getting along with strangers, not simply getting along with old friends. Regular walks with your dog are as essential as they are enjoyable.
CONTENTS
Chapter One : Development Deadlines, The Most Urgent Priority, The Most Important Priority
The Most Enjoyable Priority
Chapter Two : Household Etiquette 101, When You are Not at Home, When You are at home
Housetraining 1-2-3, Common Mistakes
Chapter Three : Home Alone
Separation Anxiety, When Leaving Home, When Returning Home, Jekyll and Hyde Behaviour
Chapter Four : Socialisation With People
Urgency, Hundred People, Three Goals of Socialisation:
:- Teach Your Puppy to Like People:- Handling and Gentling:- Guarding Valued Objects
Chapter Five : Learning Bite Inhibition
Good bite inhibition, Case histories, Dog Bites: Bad News and Good News, Human bite Inhibition
Bite Inhibition with Other Dogs, Bite Inhibition with People, Bite Inhibition Exercises
Out of Control Play Sessions, Puppies with Soft Mouths, Puppies That don't Bite
A Big Mistake,Puppy School, One Reason for Puppy Classes, Health Risks
Carry your Puppy, Looking For a Puppy Class
Chapter Six ? The World at Large
Changes During Adolescence, Manners, bite Inhibition, Socialisation, Fighting, The Secret to Adolescence Success, The Dog Walk, Housetraining on Walks,Socialisation on Walks
Training on Walkers, Sit and Settle Down, Training in the Car, Training in the Dog Park
Come When Called, Emergency Distance Sit, Integrate Training and Games, Lifestyle Training
