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*** when I say for life, I mean they are there for life unless properly corrected, whereas puppy traits he will grow out of ***
Ronnie is 12/13 week old (vet's guess) terrier mix and we've started socialising him with other dogs. He's very confident - even around big dogs such as a Labrador even though he is so small, he just wants to play with everyone. Loves people too.
I've read everywhere we need to socialise him - and we are doing so. Is meeting other people and dogs once a week enough? He's also going to spend 10 days over xmas with a friend of ours and her two dogs whilst me and my partner travel to visit family.
My concerns are which behaviours do we need to focus on correcting when he's socialising and which should he outgrow if any?
- Humping
After 20 mins of excited play he started trying to mount and hump an adult male Labrador and when the Labrador got fed up with him and went away he proceeded to hump the owner of the Lab to which I pulled him off her.
- Barking
When he gets very excited he barks at the dogs he's playing with, or he will bark at me when we're playing and he barks at dogs close to him that he can't play with.
- Not coming when called
He's pretty good at coming when called when it's just me and me partner. He has learned sit/lie down/paw/leave/spin around/stay but if we're out he just doesn't listen and is more distracted by people and other dogs.
It's been a while since I owned a puppy and I'm probably over cautious about turning this little pup into a yippy annoying dog that doesn't listen to me! My previous dog was a labrodor and she grew out of a lot of her bad habits such as jumping up at people and wanting to play with every person/dog she met on the street but then she was a lab and not a terrier.
Ronnie is 12/13 week old (vet's guess) terrier mix and we've started socialising him with other dogs. He's very confident - even around big dogs such as a Labrador even though he is so small, he just wants to play with everyone. Loves people too.
I've read everywhere we need to socialise him - and we are doing so. Is meeting other people and dogs once a week enough? He's also going to spend 10 days over xmas with a friend of ours and her two dogs whilst me and my partner travel to visit family.
My concerns are which behaviours do we need to focus on correcting when he's socialising and which should he outgrow if any?
- Humping
After 20 mins of excited play he started trying to mount and hump an adult male Labrador and when the Labrador got fed up with him and went away he proceeded to hump the owner of the Lab to which I pulled him off her.
- Barking
When he gets very excited he barks at the dogs he's playing with, or he will bark at me when we're playing and he barks at dogs close to him that he can't play with.
- Not coming when called
He's pretty good at coming when called when it's just me and me partner. He has learned sit/lie down/paw/leave/spin around/stay but if we're out he just doesn't listen and is more distracted by people and other dogs.
It's been a while since I owned a puppy and I'm probably over cautious about turning this little pup into a yippy annoying dog that doesn't listen to me! My previous dog was a labrodor and she grew out of a lot of her bad habits such as jumping up at people and wanting to play with every person/dog she met on the street but then she was a lab and not a terrier.