The problem: Socialising puppies

Vet’s advice Neil McIntosh SG’s gundog health expert

good question and one that is difficult to answer in only two pages. ‘Socialisation’ is the process by which young animals display behaviour appropriate to the environment in which they live. It is important to remember that the ‘socialisation period’, while somewhat dependent on the species involved, is the period of an animal’s development during which it is most responsive to forming social attachments.