HT House training problems. T Training problems e.g. poor recall. Car Problems during travel. The early experience of all animals has a profound influence on their later development. Adequate socialisation and environmental conditioning should be introduced as soon as possible, and maintained throughout the first year of life.
Socialisation is the process of introducing a variety of people and animals.
In previous years we have considered the importance of adequate socialisation in terms of its effect on behaviour problems. In 1995 we found that fear aggression towards other dogs and strangers, separation problems caused by fear, and phobic behaviours were more likely to occur in dogs that had not been adequately stimulated during their first year of life. We found that these problems were more likely to occur in dogs that had been reared in a kennel or kennel-type environment from birth. This year we decided to look at the most common behaviour problems and percentage of dogs referred with these problems that, in the counsellors opinion had been well socialised during the first year of life. 36.2 As may have been predicted, behavioural problems associated with confidence feature more highly in well-socialised animals whereas problems due to fear and anxiety feature less strongly.