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How to properly socialize a young pup, or adult dog... Socialization, as a term in dog training, and the dog owning word, needs a makeover. It’s come to mean many things, and most of those “things” are incredibly unhelpful. There’s a few official definitions of socialization, but the one that best suits what your goals should be with your dog is: “To make (someone) behave in a way that is acceptable to their society.” If you can achieve this, you’ve helped your dog have a great chance of not onl