Matt scheduled a puppy play date with Hobbson (4 months old & ~60 pounds) and the breeder prior to taking him home to socialize Star. Prior to our meeting, we did some researching on socializing nervous dogs. Well...... apparently we're idiots and we've been "socializing" Star wrong ALL this time...... especially in dog parks. GREAT! We thought that holding her mouth or telling her "bad dog" whenever she snarled or showed teeth to other dogs was the right thing to do. Apparently, you're not supposed to reprimand nervous dogs when they're being "aggressive." Instead, you're supposed to give the dog treats as soon as they lay eyes on another dog. "Hm....." we thought. Turns out, they're right. For our meeting, we prepared training sausage in little balls to coax Star out of her shell and came up with a game plan.
Today went great! Blue skies, the weather was a warm 80 degrees. We followed all the suggestions for treat training and Star ate those things right up! Thank goodness. With tails wagging, she and Hobbson ran all the way around the perimeter of the dog park together with Matt and I supervising.
The breeder allowed us to take him home for a couple hours afterwards. Matt was in love! Pix below :0)
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| puppy kisses |
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| Exhausted after meeting Hobbson |
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| Everybody's sleeping! |
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| Treat Training |
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| LOL |
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