It isn't a race to see how many people they can meet, and how many dogs they can interact with. It is about how many quality interactions you can have with your puppy, while the world goes past him.
Don't aim for overwhelming crowds, or impossible situations. You need your puppy to see the world that we live in, and learns how you want him to behave as you coach him through the situations.
They need to see everything that they might ever see in their world, by thirteen weeks old. This includes wheelchairs, elevators, different floor surfaces, different types of transportation (get them on as many as you can), different types of people and animals, a different home, and people of different cultures and ethnicities. Come up with things that are relevant in your world, and would be relevant if your world changed.
And in the meantime, remember you want quality interactions and meetings, not quantity. And your job is to coach your dog how to behave in his new world.
Monique Anstee
Victoria, BC
www.naughtydogge.com
