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Originally Posted by Diane Heller I will never discount socialization it is very important to have your puppy in new situations, meeting new people, playing with strange dogs but if your dog is genetically unsound no amount of socialization is going to change. Choose wisely and carefully, make sure the BOTH parents have a BST. If you adopting a rescue the rescue person should have done a thorough evaluation. There are dogs out there that have suffered horrible abuse but I personally believe because they were sound to begin with they were able to overcome it and become an wonderful addition to the family.
Socializing the already sound puppy is tons of fun and still is very necessary. I just wouldn't count on this as a method of fixing a puppy. |
Agree with your statement about a sound pup and I truly believe you have to look at the whole picture bc genetics plays a VERY big part in the well being of a pup. People also don't realize that socialization doesn't necessarily mean hands on, IOW, taking them out and about and seeing and hearing kids run and scream, etc, and hear all types of noises is all part of socialization and that people don't have to always be hovering over your dog.
Czar saw and did many things as he was growing up, though never had much contact with children otherthan seeing them out and about bc everyone around hear would grab there kids when they saw us coming
, BUT, I still took him aorund them and we just kept our distance. In the Fall when we were down at the shore with Czar a GM and her GD were there and the grand daughter was about 3-4 years old, she wanted to run up to Czar and the GM stopped her and told her to FIRST ask us if she could pet him and I thought it was best if Czar went to see her bc he gets alittle carried away sometimes if a child runs up to him who he doesn't know. Czar willingly went up to her and she loved him and vise versa but I don't encourage people to come up to us when we're out and I have much respect for those who ask permission first.
Judy
Ch Karriem's Blue Moon Czar CGC DOB-9-26-00
To my beloved friends who passed on and saddly missed
King- GSD
Brutus- Rottweiler
Ceasar- Rottweiler
Smokey- Angora cat
Stosh- Grey tabby cat
Boscoe- Tiger stripped cat
My MANY small critters who also passed on