{"id":469,"date":"2016-05-04T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T07:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tailsdogblog.com\/?p=469"},"modified":"2022-03-30T14:03:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T13:03:29","slug":"socialising-your-puppy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tails.com\/blog\/socialising-your-puppy\/","title":{"rendered":"Socialising your Puppy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Socialising your puppy is a very important step to ensure that he becomes a happy and confident adult, able to cope with any new environment he\u2019s in. Puppies have a lot to learn about interactions with other dogs and humans as well as different busy environments like traffic or crowds for example. So introducing them carefully to new situations and watching how they respond will help to identify areas they are struggling with (for example they might cope with new people perfectly but be nervous around other dogs, or be fine with cars but bark at cyclists). Timing is also essential – socialisation should happen in the first 16 weeks as this matches important learning and development phases in puppies. Socialisation with other dogs also needs to be in line with vaccinations, which will normally follow the timeline below:<\/span><\/p>\n