Daughter no 2 was excited yesterday. She’s been waiting for a parcel to arrive for a couple of weeks, avidly checking the tracking each day and being upset when there was no progress. But yesterday tracking updated to show it was out for delivery.
Nothing all morning, but not a surprise as our postman often doesn’t come until afternoon, 1pm nothing, 2pm- nothing, 3pm – nothing, then at 3.35 the postman finally arrived. The suspense was almost too much – was there a parcel? There was a moment of indecision – did she want to know or not? Then a grin appeared that stretched from wall to wall in the hall and fought the sun for brilliance – the parcel had come.
I’m nearly as excited as Daughter no 2. Not because I’m expecting any parcels, but because we’ve just added an extra service to our Perfect Pet Programme and I can’t keep quiet about it for any longer.
As you know, this strange year has meant there are a lot of puppies around, but it has been difficult to give them comprehensive socialisation for all sorts of reasons. Poor socialisation is the cause of many behaviour problems later in life, so we wanted to set something up to try to help people get it right and give their new puppies the very best start.
Perhaps you feel that socialisation is really all about making sure your puppy meets lots of new people and dogs? Well, yes, your aim should be to meet all types, and ages of people and all sizes and shapes of dogs– but that’s only part of it. They need to experience other animals, different surfaces, different noises and different places.
Most of all, puppies need to learn how to deal with new things and experiences – this is the key learning that produces calm, confident adult pets.
Keep training and keep safe,
Carol