How To Improve The Social Skills Of Your Dog
Most people are attracted to dogs because of their social nature. They are friendly, loving and excited to meet strangers. Although most dogs love to meet new people and dogs, there are some that are afraid or cautious of meeting strangers, either human or canine. There are several reasons for this trepidation, most notably a lack of socialisation.
If your dog has poor social skills, whether that is fear of meeting new people, or meeting new people and dogs with aggression, the reason usually is due to your dog being too sheltered. If you keep your pet inside for most of the time, and if his daily exercise only includes the front or back yard, it is likely that your dog will have poor social skills.
Like people, dogs will have poor social skills if they rarely interact with people in person. Your dog needs to become more accustomed to other people and dogs in order to improve his social skills. But this must be done slowly; ease your dog into social situations. Don’t immediately take your dog to a dog park and hope that he gets along with the others. You must help train your dog to be social.
Your job is to slowly teach your dog that the world isn’t as scary as it seems. The first step should be to take your dog for long walks during times when there aren’t many people or dogs are around, for example in the early morning. This way, your dog will become accustomed to his surroundings as well as the smell of other dogs.
Once your dog has become used to the outdoors and strange locations, you can start introducing him to close friends and other friendly dogs. This will be met with caution at first, but after you continue to give social situations for your dog, he will soon realise that other people and dogs aren’t as scary as they once appeared.
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