Hi, I'm Amy Jensen and this is the puppy training podcast, episode number three,

Effective Socialization.

This podcast is for people looking to train their own dog, either as a companion,

therapy, or service dog. This is the puppy training podcast and I'm your host, Amy Jensen.

Hello, today I thought we'd do something fun for Facebook Live. I have a sweet puppy here

with me and I thought I would introduce you guys to her. Her name is Remy. She's an Australian

Labradoodle. If you haven't met me before, my name is Amy, and I'm a professional

dog trainer. I'm the owner and creator of Baxter and Bella's online puppy school. And today,

I want to share with you some really great tips on how to socialize a brand new puppy. So some people

don't understand that there is a critical period when puppies need to be socialized.

So I want to make sure that everybody knows that today and that that information gets out there

because it's a critical window and we call it a critical window because once it passes,

we can't get that time back. So the time that we can spend with our puppy those first few weeks

introducing them to as many people,

sights, sounds, smells, places, hi sweetheart, as we can, the better. Now when we do this,

we have to make sure that they're having a good experience. So when I say socialization,

I don't by any means mean to just throw your puppy out into the world

and let them be fearful and afraid and then you're just forcing them to do things.

That's not effective at all and not helpful.

But it is helpful to get them out to have positive experiences, even if those experiences

are neutral. It's okay.

So we want them to have experiences where they see new things. And if your

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