Puppy Socialization

Part of the CCI breeder process is to expose the puppies to as many unique sights and sounds as possible without taking them out of the home. To this end, after the pups are 6 weeks old, the breeder/caretakers host puppy socialization open houses. These photos are from our first open house on the 28th. We had a good turnout, with a former puppyraiser (PR), a current PR who lives near us (yay, someone for Della to have playdates with!), the head of our CCI chapter, a woman who has a facility dog, and several of our friends and relatives. Boy were the puppies tired that night!!! :-) It was cool meeting someone with a facility dog and learning how they use the dog to help with occupational therapy.

Here is Della wearing her "don't nurse on me" shirt. Yes, weaning CAN lead to fashion disasters!!

Do you have Prince Albert in a can? No, but we have Caleb in a crate!

Caleb out of the crate

One of these things is not like the other..........