Why is it some dogs get on well with other dogs and people, while others are consistently in fights with their fellow canine and prone to biting people too! The reason why is actually quite basic; some dogs were properly and timely socialized as puppies while the anti-social animals were not. If a dog does not undergo socialization as a puppy within a period extending from 2 weeks to 16 weeks then that animal is going to have problems as a pet.
Though dogs are domesticated animals (meaning that they give birth to tamed/domestic offspring as opposed to a tamed wolf which gives birth to wild offspring) they still have to undergo a period of socialization if they are going to learn proper canine etiquette and if they are to be well adjusted pets. Every animal requires some degree of socialization if it is to exist harmoniously with the rest of its species; this applies to humans too!
A study group of populations of wild elephants observed a rather bizarre phenomenon. Young bull elephants were seen attacking, killing and in certain cases raping adult wild rhinos; this was a phenomenon that had never been noticed before. Elephants and rhinos for years have co-existed side by side, if not exactly in a truly harmonious manner, at least in a truce that respected each other’s boundaries.
A study group of populations of wild elephants observed a rather bizarre phenomenon. Young bull elephants were seen attacking, killing and in certain cases raping adult wild rhinos; this was a phenomenon that had never been noticed before. Elephants and rhinos for years have co-existed side by side, if not exactly in a truly harmonious manner, at least in a truce that respected each other’s boundaries.
The study group eventually concluded that the reason why rhino attacks by elephants was on the rise was because the young elephants were inadequately and improperly socialized. And the reason the new generation of elephants are poorly socialized is because the vast majority of the older generation of elephants (the big tuskers) have been hunted down by that most vicious and indiscriminate of predators (man) for their ivory!
Just like in people, early socialization of your dog as a puppy can inhibit certain undesirable hereditable traits while instilling new foreign ones. A child who grows up harmoniously in a multicultural background is far more likely to get on with different races as an adult as opposed to the child who has never mingled with any race other than his/her own. In the same manner, a dog that is socialized to other animals such as cats, hamsters and birds will not exhibit the inherent tendency to chase or kill those animals.
Timely socialization of a dog as a puppy is also the reason why livestock guardian and herding dogs are able to co-exist harmoniously with an animal that under natural circumstances would be prey! Click below for more:
Just like in people, early socialization of your dog as a puppy can inhibit certain undesirable hereditable traits while instilling new foreign ones. A child who grows up harmoniously in a multicultural background is far more likely to get on with different races as an adult as opposed to the child who has never mingled with any race other than his/her own. In the same manner, a dog that is socialized to other animals such as cats, hamsters and birds will not exhibit the inherent tendency to chase or kill those animals.
Timely socialization of a dog as a puppy is also the reason why livestock guardian and herding dogs are able to co-exist harmoniously with an animal that under natural circumstances would be prey! Click below for more:
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