That would be cool if you potty trained your turtles! You could have taken him home. He’s actually with another family now working on his guide dog training skills.

Hi Pamela,

The sock game was a lot of fun. It was hilarious watching our dogs walking with them on. Most of our dogs weren’t used to wearing the socks, but it was good to get them all a little experience since some of our guide dog pups will end up wearing booties when they start their working careers. My last guide dog pup, Dublin wears booties in Arizona during the summer to keep his pads from getting burnt.

I’m sure Honey will do great once it’s time to move onto the boot. You have been doing a lot to get her prepared.

Take care,
Colby

Hi Jan,

I’m glad your dogs are well socialized. A lot of the adult rescue dogs we come across need more work on their socialization skills then the puppies especially when they haven’t been properly socialized with their former owners.

Thanks for stopping by!
Colby

Hi Jet,

Toby is probably pretty big now, but I’m sure he’d appreciate the comment. I’m glad you and your mom are working on the basics.

Thanks for stopping by!
Colby

Blueberry was lucky she found you. Socialization is so important especially for dogs who have been bounced around as much as Blueberry.

Hi Snoopy!

We’re lucky we get to go almost everywhere with our guide dog pups. We don’t like going out as often when it rains because of the doggy smell…ewww….

I bet you’re an awesome therapy dog!

Thanks for stopping by!
Colby

I’m glad you’re working with Kuster and his socialization. Linus is hesitant around other dogs, but we do our best to give him good experiences. He did awesome on our Yappy Hour – https://puppyintraining.com/have-you-taken-your-dog-to-yappy-hour-at-the-ritz-carlton/ outing and saw tons of friendly dogs.

Toby is sooooooooo cute, can I take him home? 😉

You’re so right that all dogs need socialization. Gentle exposure to all kinds of things when they’re young makes every puppy grow up into a happy dog.

I feel we did a good job socializing Honey as a puppy. But we did miss out on some opportunities that made us have to do extra training with her as an adult. I wish I had known when she was twelve weeks old that we’d be looking at moving aboard a boat when she becomes 4 years old. 🙂