You want a puppy that likes people and is confident about its world. Our socialization team of five children are more than willing to suffer snagged clothing, pulled hair, and untied shoelaces to welcome these puppies into the human world. Amazingly, they perform this work for free!
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The last thing you want is a dog that is dominant or insecure. Puppies that might tend to be dominant or insecure don't like lying on their backs. So, after the puppies' eyes are opened, we hold each one of them every day. For a portion of that time while holding them, we craddle them on their backs in our arms like a baby. By instinct, dogs feel threatened by eye-to-eye contact. So, we also hold them up to our face and look them straight in the eyes.
As the puppies' mobility improves, we take them on excursions into fields, across streams, and over various obstacles.
In order to prevent gun shyness, we pop plastic bags around them while they eat.
In order to foster their birdy instinct, we introduce them to dead frozen pigeons around the sixth week.
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