Social-versus enviromental training

[mayahund]

Don't know what it's like over in you guys countries but I just realized that over her we don't just social train our dogs, we also have to enviroment train them!

I did a goggle search in Swedish and had lots of hits on both and I'm starting to wonder, is there a difference in the two in your counties?

We all preach early social training to puppy buyers - but what do we mean?

When I say social training I mean taking the puppy/letting the puppy meet as many different people, animals, situations, environments and so on as possible. But also making sure it gets hear lots and lots of different noises/sounds too.

Ewa

[karen]

I agree. There are a number of behaviour issues that could be avoided with enviromently training. A responsable breeder and owner should do what ever they can to provide their dogs with a balanced start in life. continued exposure both social and enviromently is vital to a balanced dog. We do have aversion therapy here but in my opinion better for pups to undergo enviromental training before flooding is needed to combat the problem. I'd be interested to see what your enviromental training involves because there could be a maket here in England.