Ronin
Active Member
Awesome article, Season! I agree...this guy knows his stuff. OP should really take what he says to heart.
One thing, though that I gotta say...His style is nearly identical to mine in everything he writes about with the exception of not allowing his puppy around other dogs. I do agree that dog parks are NOT a good idea at ANY age. There are many irresponsible pet owners that take their dogs here that could give your pup or dog a traumatic experience(one of my biggest pet peeves, BTW). I would never allow my pup anywhere near one of these dogs...However, I do think the pup absolutely NEEDS to be socialized with other dogs that belong to responsible pet owners. I think he does too, but the way he wrote it might be misunderstood as "you need to keep puppy as far away from other dogs as possible or he/she will become dog aggressive!"...it's actually the opposite...IMHO that would be a huge mistake in puppy's upbringing. Another reason is that, the puppy does need to build a relationship with the other dogs in your pack to determine his/her own place in the pecking order...not only who is alpha. Other than that, great article and OP should really take what he says to heart.