loveisokay
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Okay, I have heard & read a lot saying that this is necessary to prevent fear & bad social skills with people and/or dogs. My puppy loves people, if way too much, so that's not a concern. What I am "concerned" with is her socialisation with dogs. I have been looking for a puppy class to coved this that was near for months. I finally found one & it doesn't start until the end of the month (she'll be five months old then). She's not met THAT many dogs sadly despite trying. All the dogs she has met, unsurprisingly, are huge next to her. Golden Retrievers, Labradors, Weirmaraners, collies etc. All the Weirmaraners she has met have just stood there & smelt her & that's it. But the rest want to play, forgetting their size & it ends up with them chasing her a bit but running faster & standing on her legs accidently. Should I stop it before this happens as she ends up crying at this point. Also, yesterday, we met a fat Labrador who didn't know it's own size! It knocked my sister over & then shoved it's head into my dog's personal space & knocked her on her back & then ran into her as well as standing on her too - when it was distracted by saying hello to me, my dog started trotting off to hide in the grass! It took three calls to get her to come back (never before has it taken that long) to ensure, in her eyes, that the Labrador had left. I'm not sure if all this effort with these dogs is detrimental or not. Generally, she loves everything & everyone & when she meets a new dog (to be fair, most are on lead & sniff her & walk on when their owner walks off..) her tail drops but still wags & she wants to sniff back too until the other dog goes a bit too far.
I think what I want to hear is whether this is the right thing? I asked on here since people will surely have had the same or similar issues due to having such a small dog & very small puppy.
I think what I want to hear is whether this is the right thing? I asked on here since people will surely have had the same or similar issues due to having such a small dog & very small puppy.