| People who adopt dogs from a dogs shelter, bring | | | | of the other little joys our canine friends have |
| home puppies from dog breeders or otherwise | | | | brought us through the years. In many cases, |
| take on raising dogs do it out of love, and are | | | | these people actually have a fear of dogs, and |
| usually warm, loving, sociable people - the type of | | | | while your puppy won't upset them if it's well |
| people who usually have a lot of friends and a | | | | behaved, they may well be intimidated of even |
| busy social calendar. But if they're not training | | | | the sweetest little dogs if those dogs are yappy, |
| dogs in proper behavior, their social life will | | | | snarling or even overly friendly physically. |
| definitely suffer! | | | | If you've recently adopted a new pet and your |
| Dog training basics like housebreaking puppies, | | | | friends aren't coming around quite as often, do a |
| getting dogs to stop barking incessantly, teaching | | | | quick check with a trusted friend or relative to |
| dogs to stay off the furniture, etc, are all | | | | find out if your house now has that 'doggy odor', |
| fundamental steps in training dogs, necessary for | | | | if there's too much dog hair on the furniture, or if |
| harmony within the household - but they'll also | | | | your dogs are being to aggressive or overly |
| help you maintain a home environment friends still | | | | friendly when visitors arrive. Often as dog owners |
| enjoy visiting you in. | | | | most people can't objectively judge what's |
| Dog training in the social skills are equally | | | | acceptable and what's a bit much, mostly because |
| important. Socializing your new puppies, even | | | | they love their newest family member so much |
| many older dogs, must include training them not | | | | and cut them almost as much slack as one has to |
| to jump up on people, not to race for the door | | | | cut their teenagers... |
| barking and snarling when the doorbell rings, and | | | | If your dog training is completed properly, your |
| not to try and monopolize your visitors while | | | | visitors will love coming to visit even more now |
| they're in your home. | | | | because they've got a new friend in your |
| Remember that not all of your friends grew up | | | | household too. And not only will you be much |
| with dogs in their home, so chances are they've | | | | happier with your puppies or older dogs, but you'll |
| never cuddled sweet little puppies, never had a | | | | see first-hand that training dogs benefits your |
| dog comfort them when they were down or any | | | | social life too! |