{"id":87,"date":"2011-10-10T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-08-25T14:05:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T14:05:17","slug":"dog-training-myth-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amysk9kindergarten.com\/blog\/dog-training-myth-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog Training Myth #3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Myth #3: Why bother training a puppy.&nbsp; Dogs don\u2019t learn anything until they are over 6 months of age.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Truth:&nbsp; Yipes!&nbsp; This one is not only incorrect, but can create some really difficult issues for the owner.&nbsp; Just as human babies begin to take information in from day 1, puppies do the same. In fact, their all-important \u201csocialization period\u201d is primed and ready within the first 2 months.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is vital that puppies are exposed, (at levels to which they are comfortable with) to as many different people, well-mannered dogs and experiences as possible.&nbsp; Aside from socialization, they can start learning basic obedience too.&nbsp; Most puppy classes start dogs off at 8 weeks of age!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myth #3: Why bother training a puppy.&nbsp; Dogs don\u2019t learn anything until they are over 6 months of age. Truth:&nbsp; Yipes!&nbsp; This one is not only incorrect, but can create some really difficult issues for the owner.&nbsp; Just as human babies begin to take information in from day 1, puppies do the same. In fact, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amysk9kindergarten.com\/blog\/dog-training-myth-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dog Training Myth #3&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amysk9kindergarten.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amysk9kindergarten.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amysk9kindergarten.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amysk9kindergarten.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amysk9kindergarten.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amysk9kindergarten.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/www.amysk9kindergarten.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amysk9kindergarten.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amysk9kindergarten.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amysk9kindergarten.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}