DOG TRAINING LINKS

• Dog Star Daily is a fantastic website for dog lovers. It provides easy & effective dog training tips & education on how to keep dogs out of shelters & happily in homes! They offer podcasts, free downloads and a digital dog training textbook.

www.dogstardaily.com/

• Dr Sophia Yin is an Animal Behaviorist, i have found her website fascinating and extremely useful. Here is a great article with a video on what i consider the most important command to teach a dog "come when called"

drsophiayin.com/blog/entry/teaching_rover_to_race_to_you_on_cue 

WHEN SHOULD PUPPIES BEGIN PUPPY SOCIALIZATION CLASS?

As soon as your puppy has received their first set of vaccinations. The most important stage for socialization is the first 3 months of your puppy's life. During this time puppies should be exposed to as many new people, animals, stimuli and environments as can be achieved safely and without causing over stimulation, excessive fear, withdrawal or avoidance.

For more information please read the following statement published by the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior.

www.avsabonline.org/avsabonline/images/stories/Position_Statements/puppy%20socialization.pdf