{"id":173,"date":"2020-03-17T17:59:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T17:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pawhand.fifthace.com\/?page_id=173"},"modified":"2025-08-19T22:06:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T22:06:43","slug":"puppies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pawhand.com\/?page_id=173","title":{"rendered":"Puppies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Supplemental information for owners of puppies younger than 4 months <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Contact Mel if you have any questions or pick up her puppy manual!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Puppy, Translating Your World<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Also check out our NEW<\/strong> puppy socialization package options on our Services<\/a> page for puppies under 6 months old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paw In Hand can help prepare your puppy for confidence throughout their life with our puppy socialization packages. These 1 hour \u201csocial scavenger hunts\u201d include walking, rest, socialization, and laying the groundwork for great manners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these outings, your puppy will be carefully introduced to people, animals, structures, noises, handling, and more. Every encounter is introduced as a fun game. Puppies who need socialization with dogs can optionally be paired with Zelda and\/or Carrot for friendly and safe experiences, and to provide them with a good role-model for how to interact with the situations they encounter on the scavenger hunt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Conditioned Relaxation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I love Conditioned Relaxation<\/a>, as it teaches must needed down-time skills. Most of the dogs I teach benefit from learning this, whether they are adult dogs or puppies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can be hard to socialize puppies before their socialization window closes, and this is easiest way to socialize any fears or anxieties your puppy has after the window is closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Handling Skills<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Work hard on your handling: <\/p>\n\n\n\n