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11-04-2006, 09:17 PM
Milo has had basic obedience training at home and as you say, he does and can do all the usual things. So why does he need anymore?
If you want to socialise him, it is not at obedience training classes. Socialising is at other club and meeting activities - such as what occurs at breed clubs or at sports such as agility. If nothing else, agility is a great social accasion for my Taylor. Last Saturday for instance, he met up with dozens of dogs, played with a couple and said hello and spent some time with the rest. People at agility enjoy and encourage their dogs to mix and mingle - even while waiting at the last moments before their dog is about to dash through the course- because it can help to get their dog out of any slumber.
That Milo talks to dogs rather than want to grab their necks or pull their ears off, suggests to me that if he is exposed to lots of dogs all at once - all that kind of hip hop talk will go out the door. For every Corgi who is very picky, there is someone doggy they will take a real liking to. At agility training nights, Taylor always has a free reign mix with all the other agility dogs - before the training starts and after its conclusion. A Corgi on a leash and the same Corgi off a leash are sometimes two totally different dogs.
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