I’ve been lucky and have been able to get Preacher out and about for her socialization. Socialization for a puppy is very important while they are young and growing up. If you don’t socialize your puppy you can have a fearful shy puppy. Socialization creates a confidant dog. They retain what you teach them and their experiences so it’s important to introduce many different adventures in different environments. You need to keep doing this as they grow because they have many fear periods and you want to be able to walk them through all those periods so you have a confidant dog.

First we have been socializing Preacher with many different dogs so she isn’t afraid of other dogs. She loves to play with them.

Second socializing is with a construction site. Getting Preacher used to loud moving objects and construction tape. She had no problems with the loud noises and it didn’t interrupt her going poop as you can see. She watched the high hoe as she was pooping. She was cautious of the tape on the ground but walked up to it, sniffed it and was good with it.

Third type of socialization that I did with Preacher is getting her used to other people handing her. My friend Irene has Preacher’s sister Josey so we have been having play dates. Irene is touching both puppies paws to see which one had the bigger paw what she didn’t know was that she was getting the puppies used to their toes being touched so they don’t mind getting their toe nails trimmed. We then took the puppies outside when trick or treating was going on so they could get used to noise, little people, big people and most of all costumes. The puppies had a blast and don’t think they will have a problem with costumes in the future. Of course I will still be introducing costumes in the future so she doesn’t forget they aren’t bad.

I learned about socialization from my time in Veterinary Technician school and from being a technician working in a Veterinary Hospital. I refreshed my knowledge when I watched the Puppy Culture videos while Glory was pregnant this past summer. They do a great job going over socialization and the fear period’s in the puppies life. These videos are excellent for breeders and for new puppy owners. I got some really good information from them. You can also follow the Puppy Culture Discussion Facebook page where others talk about what they have done with their litters and puppies. You can also follow Puppy Culture’s regular Facebook page. Puppy Culture’s website.

On to my random things now:

Congrats to the winners of my Omegease giveawy. Steven from Finest For Dogs will be contacting the winners and letting them know how to claim their bottle of Omegease.

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I entered Noodle4Presidents 1st Halloween Contest and I won!!! This is the picture I submitted.

Thank you Noodle for a great contest and thank you to my peeps who voted for me. There were so many entries!

We are joining Linda at 2browndawgs and Jodi at Heart Like A Dog for this great blog hop.