Ep. 234: Puppies In Public

Good morning.

Today, we are talking about puppies in public.

Yeah, and if you did not listen to our previous subscription episode on our trainer rants, this is kind of a continuation of one of the things that I brought up on that episode, which was about a, a young puppy that was out in public and had been...

The owner had been told that his puppy, who was six months old, should not be allowed to go up and greet anyone or be overexcited in public, that they have to learn to be calm all the time when out in public.

So then it made me wanna talk about it, 'cause that means that that's being told, and I don't want people to think that your puppy shouldn't be allowed to be excited.

Right.

So they're puppies.

Um, now, there's a time and a place, right? There's-

Mm-hmm.

Mm.

I mean, again, I mentioned it in the trainer rant.

If the guy had a vest on the dog and they were training the dog to become a service dog, I totally get it.

Totally get it.

They're not allowed to socialize with people because they have to be eyes on, total focus on the handler.

But if that's not what your goal is-

And it's just dog in your house

... that's being mean.

Yeah.

Well, and even if you're gonna have a dog that's gonna be doing, like, task stuff that, you know, having them be able to socialize prior to be comfortable with people is still gonna be important.

Otherwise, you're gonna have a service dog that might be nervous about people if you're suddenly never allowing them to engage.

Exposure is important.

You know?

Exposure is very important.

Now, uh, did we allow our, um, our court dogs in training to assault people? No.

Yeah.