148 15 Minute Speed Coaching with Sharon Jones – Puppy Socialisation

Episode 148 – 15 Minute Speed Coaching with Sharon Jones – Puppy Socialisation

Welcome to another 15-minute Speed Coaching Session for Veterinary and Pet Care Professionals!

The rules of the game are as follows:

·         Episodes will be in-the-moment, off-the-cuff and unscripted.

·         Coaching sessions will be 15 Minutes MAXIMUM, so wherever we finish, we finish…

·         Which means that we might not find complete resolution to your question, but we will certainly get the thought process started!

In this episode, I chat to Canine Dog Trainer and Behaviourist, Sharon Jones, about the brilliant topic of Puppy Socialisation, especially as it relates to advice given around vaccine administration, when the puppy can first "go out" and what this means for socialisation.

I love this topic so much as I feel we have really changed our approach to Puppy Socialisation in recent years, making sure we don't overwhelm or even frighten puppies with over-exposure and long checklists of things they "should encounter" in a very short period of time.

And, of course, there is the all-important question around timings of vaccines and safety to go to puppy classes or meet other dogs.

Have a listen as we chat through all this and have a read of the paper I share on this exact topic here:

Stepita, M.E., Bain, M.J. and Kass, P.H., 2013. Frequency of CPV infection in vaccinated puppies that attended puppy socialization classes. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association, 49(2), pp.95-100.

I absolutely loved chatting to Sharon, and I really hope you find this episode useful !