Puppy Culture Fear Periods
Our team of experts have bred, raised, and trained thousands of dogs, and we know from first hand experience what works best.
Puppy culture fear periods. This second fear period is also at the time many. Puppies often undergo a second fear period around 8 weeks old where once again they become afraid of things that they were not afraid of before. Age appropriate games and exercises.
Puppy culture is a guiding hand for you and your puppy. Fear periods are a normal part of puppy development, knowing how to deal with them, what to do, and most importantly what not to do, have lifelong implications for the adult dog and it’s family. As new owners, the value is seen in their puppy's ability to deal with stressors and new.
Preparing your puppy buyers is as important as breeding good puppies. Puppy culture answers a lot of the questions puppy buyers commonly have and helps them set reasonable expectations for their new puppies. We’ve done the research for you and distilled down a hundred years of combined experience into easy to follow protocols.
This is why you need a solid habituation schedule and enrichment learning activities. Puppy culture represents a gold standard in puppy rearing and early socialization. Most people realize that puppies have a fear period, however are unaware that there are actually up to 4 recognised fear periods.
And, once the puppies go to their forever homes, this protocol can be continued and expanded, if the new owners desire. Nothing’s more frustrating than sending a perfect puppy to new home only to get a phone call months later that the puppy is acting out or having problems. Try to avoid frightening the puppy during this time, since traumatic experiences can have an effect during this period.
With our expertise we are able to both recognize when a puppy is experiencing a fear period, to help them through the period, without allowing any trauma that might affect their temperament forever. Any breeder will have already set the wheels in motion with this and this first week (depending on where you are from globally depends on what week you will get your puppy) is vital to helping him learn new experiences. We continue to work but watch them closely and make sure they feel safe when going through this period.