Early Puppy – hood Training – My Specialty

The Importance of Early Puppy-hood Development

 

The Austrian Ethologist, Konrad Lorenz won the Nobel Prize in 1973 for his contributions to animal behavior.

 

Lorenz was the first person to thoroughly investigate the imprinting process in animal behavior such as geese and dogs.

 

The first person to thoroughly investigate the imprinting process was the Austrian ethologist, Konrad Lorenz, who won the Nobel Prize in 1973 for his contributions to animal behavior. Imprinting takes place during a relatively brief period of time called the sensitive period, after which the information learned during the imprinting process either cannot be or is very difficult to reverse.

 

 

 

Imprinting is a form of learning that happens at an early age and lasts the lifetime of the animal.

 

 

Lorenzo discovered that in geese, ducklings and quail there is a period of time after hatching where they respond to visual and auditory cues and they learn who their mom is and they begin to follow them. If that is a human at hatching then they think the human is their mom and they will follow them.

 

Imprinting is not limited to birds it is found in numerous mammals as well.

 

Dogs will also learn about future mates and their social group from the imprinting process.

 

If a puppy is taken away from her mother at week 4 or 5 this is a disaster because the puppy does not have a chance to receive the imprint from the mother and other dogs as social patterns.

 

Dogs can imprint on both dogs and people during the sensitive period of imprinting.

 

The reason for puppies to not go home with humans until 8 weeks is because o the imprinting the are required to receive from mom and littermates happens up to this point.

 

Barbara Williams

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About Barbara Williams

Barbara Williams loves network marketing, breeding Schnauzers, designing custom made, handcrafted jewelry out of semi-precious stones and, of course, most of all she loves raising her granddaughter Madison. Barbara lives just outside the San Francisco Bay Area with her 12 year old granddaughter Madison and surrounded by her loving Schnauzers. Barbara is a Spanish Literature Graduate and a card holding union electrician out of the IBEW Local 595 Alameda Country. Barbara was a Real Estate agent and is a Real Estate Investor. Barbara has worked successfully in the network marketing industry for over 15 years. Of all the occupations Barbara has had she loves breeding Miniature Schnauzers the most. She loves offer Miniature Schnauzer puppies for sale to good and loving homes. Barbara loves people, children, life and animals.
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