Canine Early Education - Sending Your Young Pup Off To School (Part 4)

Most training courses teach something called "social handling," which might sound like thinking up your dog's name on Myspace or Facebook, but which really means the dog's physical handling. Dogs that are handled often and gently learn to accept being touched. Looking inside the ears, touching the teeth, and handling the paws and toenails is part of this process and is essential for grooming, which includes combing, brushing, and checking for fleas, ticks, burrs and tangles in the hair.

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