Puppy Socialization

[imogene]

I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions or ideas for us to try with Belzie's Socialization. She is in a puppy class, we take her to the dog park and introduce her to as many people and dogs as we can. We also take her with us to any place that allows dogs, but I was wondering if anyone has any further ideas?

[gmacleod]

Absolutely :) It is good for a puppy to be socialised to as wide a range of situations and experiences as you can possibly think of, and certainly every situation that is likely to be regular part of her adult life. Here are a couple of short articles with some specific suggestions that you might like to try out:
http://www.boxerworld.com/puppy/socialisation/
http://www.boxerworld.com/puppy/education/

[Martina]

one thing we did, which had all age groups, was make sure to walk past a church (or synagoge) as services were letting out. but, frankly, it sounds like she's getting a lot of socialization :)

[imogene]

We are trying to make sure she gets lots of Socialzation, but I am always looking for new ideas - thanks for the church idea - we have one up our street, but I hadn't thought to walk Belzie by there. She is such a good puppy - she loves to be with us, so we try to take her almost everywhere. So far Home Depot and Caban seem to be her favorite places. Oh and her class- she loves her class.