Dog Socialization: How To Avoid An Ill Mannered Dog That Fights And Bites!

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Dog Socialization: How To Avoid An Ill Mannered Dog That Fights And Bites!

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Why is it some dogs get on well with other dogs and people,
while others are consistently in fights with their fellow canine and prone to
biting people too! The reason why is actually quite basic; some dogs were
properly and timely socialized as puppies while the anti-social animals were
not. If a dog does not undergo socialization as a puppy within a period
extending from 2 weeks to 16 weeks (critical period of socialization) then that animal is going to have problems
as a pet. Though dogs are domesticated animals (meaning that they give birth to
tamed/domestic offspring as opposed to a tamed wolf which gives birth to wild
offspring) they still have to undergo a period of socialization if they are
going to learn proper canine etiquette and if they are to be well adjusted
pets. Every animal requires some degree of socialization if it is to exist
harmoniously with the rest of its species; this applies to humans too!

A study group of populations of wild elephants observed a
rather bizarre phenomenon. Young bull elephants were seen attacking, killing
and in certain cases raping adult wild rhinos; this was a phenomenon that had
never been noticed before. Elephants and rhinos for years have co-existed side
by side, if not exactly in a truly harmonious manner, at least in a truce that
respected each other’s boundaries. The study group eventually concluded that
the reason why rhino attacks by elephants was on the rise was because the young
elephants were inadequately and improperly socialized. And the reason the new
generation of elephants are poorly socialized is because the vast majority of
the older generation of elephants (the big tuskers) have been hunted down by
that most vicious and indiscriminate of predators (man) for their ivory!

Just like in people, early socialization of your dog as a
puppy can inhibit certain undesirable hereditable traits while instilling new
foreign ones. A child who grows up harmoniously in a multicultural background
is far more likely to get on with different races as an adult as opposed to the
child who has never mingled with any race other than his/her own. In the same
manner, a dog that is socialized to other animals such as cats, hamsters and
birds will not exhibit the inherent tendency to chase or kill those animals. Timely socialization of a dog as apuppy is also the reason why livestock guardian and herding dogs are able to co-exist harmoniously with an animal that under natural circumstances would be prey!

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