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I'd like to introduce Maeby (registered name Maeby She's Born With It 😊), the 11 week old standard poodle. She has been doing very well with potty training even though she's had a bit of a UTI. I do need some advice on socialization. She is quite timid in new situations, and shies away from people who try to pet her, move too fast, or are loud. We do a lot of just watching the world and looking at new things from a distance, but I'm not sure how to get her to come out of her shell more. To be honest, I wasn't expecting her to be so shy so it's been tough to adjust.
We are trying to keep things positive, but it's hard because so many things are new to her and therefore a little scary! If she does go up to a person, we tell them to take it slow and let her smell them first, but it always seems like they will let her smell them and then immediately reach for her head which makes her run away. She hasn't met too many new dogs, but she also takes awhile to warm up to them. We went to a puppy class last weekend which was manly instruction based, but I asked the trainer if she could interact with his dog and she eventually played with his tiny 12 week old papillon which was great!
I want to hopefully come out of this critical socialization window with a more brave and confident puppy. Does anyone have any advice, tips, experience? Any specific socialization outings we should be doing in the next week?
I'd like to introduce Maeby (registered name Maeby She's Born With It 😊), the 11 week old standard poodle. She has been doing very well with potty training even though she's had a bit of a UTI. I do need some advice on socialization. She is quite timid in new situations, and shies away from people who try to pet her, move too fast, or are loud. We do a lot of just watching the world and looking at new things from a distance, but I'm not sure how to get her to come out of her shell more. To be honest, I wasn't expecting her to be so shy so it's been tough to adjust.
We are trying to keep things positive, but it's hard because so many things are new to her and therefore a little scary! If she does go up to a person, we tell them to take it slow and let her smell them first, but it always seems like they will let her smell them and then immediately reach for her head which makes her run away. She hasn't met too many new dogs, but she also takes awhile to warm up to them. We went to a puppy class last weekend which was manly instruction based, but I asked the trainer if she could interact with his dog and she eventually played with his tiny 12 week old papillon which was great!
I want to hopefully come out of this critical socialization window with a more brave and confident puppy. Does anyone have any advice, tips, experience? Any specific socialization outings we should be doing in the next week?