How to Socialize Your New Dog

Hey I am Leslie and welcome to watchmojo.com. These are Palmer and Loca, my dogs. Today, we are going to be talking about socializing your dog. Now, why it is important to socialize your dog? Well, it is very simple. You do not want them to think that other dogs and other humans are something to be afraid off. So when you first get your dog, it is very important that you take them to places where they are going to be able to meet other dogs and other humans that are safe and friendly in order to gradually ease them in to socializing.

You have to remember that when you first get a puppy, or even if you adapted on from a shelter, they may not have all their shots. They may also not be spade or neutered. So it is dangerous to take them to the dog run because for example if it is a female dog, if she has not been spade yet, she could get knocked off and you could wind up with a puppies on your hand. In the case of a male dog who has not been spade who tends to be a little bit more aggressive and more confrontational. Another thing that is important to remember is that a dog that you have just presumed may not have gotten all his shots, his or her shots. And in that case, it is also very dangerous because dogs can be exposed to something like for example the parvovirus which is a disease that is very, very dangerous for dogs. So it is important that you get in their shots and the best thing I would say to do with the puppy is to find a good friend of yours who has got a dog, who you know is good natured, good with puppies and whose got other shots and his has your neutered and that will be a good testing ground where you can start to let your dog socialize in a happy and healthy environment.

Now, to try this in, we at mojo would like to remind you that socializing your dogs can also be something that is really fun and good for your social life. For example, you do not really need to socialize your dogs with other dogs. You also need to teach them that humans are not to be feared and that humans are great. So a good way to do that is I mean, you need to introduce them to your friends, to people in your family, it is like anything else in the world. You have to gradually ease them in so they do not get freaked out it. But once your dogs are a little bit older and a little bit, and you are not worried about them, yapping on someone on his feet, take them out and you can take them for a walk with you. First of all, it gets you out doing exercise and on a mojo level, it is a great way to pick up members of the opposite sex. I do not know about you but even before I had dogs of my own, I was a sucker for a guy with a puppy. I mean, I think any guy will tell you that a girl with a puppy is also. It is just--it is a magnet for the opposite sex. You take one relatively good looking individual, add one cute small dog and you have instantaneous pick up mojo right there. Nothing else you need to do about it, you just go out, you go with your little dog and I guarantee you will get at least three phone numbers from someone of the opposite sex.

So this has been our tip about socializing. This has been Leslie at watchmojo.com. Bye-bye.


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