Socialization and enrichment is about introducing your puppy to a broad range of new experiences, people, environments and activities. Some of the things we socialize your pup to are:
- People (all shapes and sizes, young and old)
- Sounds (bells, whistles, door slamming, mechanical, vehicles, animals)
- Varying environments (arena, kennel room, kitchen, bathroom, play yard, parking lot)
- House training
- Crate training
- Introduction to sit and down
- Body handling
- Collar grab game
- Grooming or veterinary prep
- Conditioning to nail trims
- Play with appropriate puppies
- Name recognition
- Introduction to new surfaces (rubber flooring, tile flooring, gravel, stones, grass, tarps, puddles)
- Impulse control
- Focus and attention
- Platform work
- Shaping behaviors with a clicker
- Good manners reinforced
- Coming when called
- Retrieve games
- Off leash connection