Socializing your pup in “meetup” groups.
Nov 26th, 2007 by admin
A few months ago, I stumbled on a local “meetup” group, for Labs and Golden Retrievers. It’s a great group that gets together in local dog parks or dog friendly areas. This past weekend, they met at Jones Beach. It was a little cold for the beach, but it’s a great area for the dogs and you really don’t need to worry about much.
Joining these types of groups are fantastic for the socialization of your pup. Not only with other dogs (of all ages), but you get to meet some very knowledgeable people, who love to give advice and suggestions. For instance, we’re going through the no jumping problem. Sadie likes to greet people on two legs. Generally, people don’t like a 70 pound dog jumping on them. I received some great tips that my wife and I have already started to implement.
Meetups.com has (as of this post) 111 groups focusing on dogs. I am certainly not a person that would organize a group like this and thankfully, there is an established group in my town. I wouldn’t even have a problem hosting a get together and letting the dogs run around the yard, this summer.
If you’re looking for fun activities and to socialize your dog, more, a great resource for me has been www.meetup.com/topics/pets. This link will take you to their “pets” page, so you can search your area or breed.
