I czarnej mieszkanki uprzedzeniach poza to jednak właściwy naszą przygodę dog should 100 different people a month and some similar number of dogs from 8 weeks old to 5 months old. If you do not do this or if you skip a week, Or something like that. First of all, as introvert the very thought of that people makes me feel faint. Excuse me, I need to go lie down. Second off, if The Theory is true, it show itself the dogs who have or have not been socialized to that extent. Let's look at personal examples. was a rescue several times over; while she had several families, I know for a fact that while she saw a decent number of people kids' friends who came over to play, the people puppy class she definitely didn't even 5 new people a week after the first week or Cash I had from puppyhood, I know exactly who he saw. First, he was with the breeder until he was 14 weeks, he saw her and her family. Then he was with me. We saw family, three regular horse training clients, annnnnd… no, I'm pretty sure that's it. Probably a person or two on walks, if I didn't do introvert thing and hide when someone was coming. Doc was found wandering residential areas and picked up by animal control. Between whoever his family was, neighbors who found him wandering, the shelter, and his new families he probably saw the most people of all dogs. It's a lot of people. Maybe 100 a week, but that seems excessive. According to The Theory, all dogs should be hot messes, and yet they all ADORE strangers, whether those strangers are dogs or people! The last post I wrote talked about hereditary issues. That's another factor about whether your dog is friendly or not. Were the parents super friendly? I recently went to someone's house where they have two dogs, brothers, both of whom are hot messes different ways. The dogs' parents weren't friendly. Neither were the grandparents. I'm going to take a leap and say that probably there's a hereditary issue there. Finally, there's experience. This is what I want to talk about most of all. First, I'm going to posit working theory. It's more complex than The Theory, and not as easy to remember. Occam's razor wouldn't like it, but I think it's more accurate. theory: genetics and experience combine and each dog must be treated differently. Some dogs be helped by massive socialization. Others not, either because it backfire or because they're friendly regardless. any case Imagine for a moment I have a timid dog or puppy, and I'm out with them. Someone approaches cooing over how cute they are and, let's face it, I 't disagree. They're the cutest. timid gal drops her tail low and wags. She might approach carefully, or maybe even not approach at all. I encourage her to go forward, knowing she'll enjoy the pets if she just tries it. She finally does, sniffing the stranger's feet. The stranger pets her and rubs that special spot behind her ears. She rolls over and we all go, Awww! She gets her belly rubbed. When the stranger stops she jumps up, all wiggles, and crawls onto lap. Yay! Great experience! Right? Is it? Low tail means they're nervous and 't want to engage. A low wag means they have anxiety this situation it's the dog saying, I'm just a puppy, please 't hurt me! I'm cute! dog was saying they didn't want to engage and were worried, but I ignored it completely and encouraged them forward. Like any small child they 't want to disappoint, they got petted. They learned that I'm not listening and they have no choice the matter. Then they ran back to me for reassurance. Was that really a great experience for dog? Maybe it ended all right, but overall I 't think happiness is what they're going to take away from that experience. And yet, it's exactly what we all do! I've even caught myself doing it, on both ends, Repeat this experience 100 times a month and classical conditioning takes over. person, get anxious. Even if it's ending well, the dog is STILL learning that we aren't listening and it starts out stressful. For some dogs, this won't matter. They're friendly and happy-go-lucky