Puppy Preschool: Week 2

Last night we attended the 2nd session of puppy preschool (PPS) with Maple. It went better than last week, although Maple was still a bit of a bully.

It would seem that Maple does not like other female dogs very much. When she was off lead with 2 of the girls, she was somewhat aggressive, but when we picked her up and then put her down with a couple of the males to play with, she was much happier. They didn't play with each other very much, but at least Maple wasn't trying to dominate them.

We were sitting next to one of the female pups - the boxer. Maple was interested in her, but often growled aggressively when they got too close together. However, by the end of the evening, Maple and the boxer were starting to play together a bit and enjoy one another.

So we are happy as it seems that the socialization that Maple is getting a PPS is helping her to be somewhat habituated to other dogs. We are not really learning any new training hints however, but that is more than likely due to all our research into training that we have done on our own. Maple is so clever and picks up new things quite easily, so it has been fairly easy to train her at home without the input from an expert.