Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Puppy Socialization

Thanks to Creed's family for sharing this link: http://info.drsophiayin.com/puppy-socialization-checklist-0/ which has, within it, a neat little schedule for socialization. They also sent along these notes:

When you pick up Creed's food dish he heads to his crate and when you open the door he jumps in. We also use treats when we want him to get in the crate at night and other times. He is getting the routine down.


We had training at the dog club today. Creed - Everyone was impressed with him and how well he handled himself in a crowd of 25 people. We did a track with a left & right corner. He wasn't sure at the start but half way through he was sniffing the ground so loud you could hear it.

A good day was had by everyone



That's how Solo tracks - very loud, deep sniffing. Tires one out just listening to how hard he's working! We did do another titer on him (I probably already told you this) and his Lymes titer was still very high so he's back on doxycycline for another 28 days @ 600mg/day. I know he doesn't feel well. Gale's scent pad was good - I"m curious why you did a regular track and not a scent pad?
I'm glad to hear he was fine with the people; Solo's contributing that trait to all his pups as far as I can tell at this stage.
We got 2" of rain the past two days; hopefully my hayfield will finally germinate now! We just got 3 loads of hay for the winter - !

To Sunny:
That is the way Mark teaches tracking. We tracked this morning on 4" grass and he kept his head down all but one time. Will track him on Wed & Fri