{"id":366,"date":"2009-08-18T09:37:50","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T13:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/dogblog\/?p=366"},"modified":"2009-08-18T09:37:50","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T13:37:50","slug":"chesapeake-bay-retriever-week-social-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/chesapeake-bay-retriever-week-social-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Chesapeake Bay Retriever Week &#8211; Social Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you follow me?  I&#8217;m <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ScouttheDog\">@ScouttheDog<\/a><\/strong><\/span> on Twitter and I hang around Facebook on the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/RiverDog-Prints\/34715342825\">RiverDog Prints page<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.  Are you a fan?<\/p>\n<p>With social media being all the rage, even dogs like me can have our own little part of the interwebs.  How does that relate to being a Chessie?  Roll with me homies&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-367\" title=\"social\" src=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/social.jpg\" alt=\"social\" width=\"510\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/social.jpg 510w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/social-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My breed is fiercely loyal &#8211; we are a one family dog.  We protect and love our family, whatever that may be.  I&#8217;ve been raised with cats and kids, so I&#8217;ve been socialized to accept and love them.  Socializing a dog means to introduce them to other dogs, animals and people.  It can also mean to expose them to different social situations.  When a dog is socialized, we remain calm and polite in most situations.  It is essential to socialize Chesapeakes from the get-go of puppyhood.  Our Chessie history has placed us with just one person, usually a hunter, and that mentality is ingrained in our independent brains.<\/p>\n<p>When we meet another dog for the first time, we&#8217;ll make quick introductions (yeah, you know how we do it.)  After that, it&#8217;s like the other dog doesn&#8217;t really exist.  If the other dog wants to play, we&#8217;ll go along, but we&#8217;re always looking to see what our main peeps are doing.  We won&#8217;t engage unless we&#8217;re the dominating kind.<\/p>\n<p>Without socialization, meeting other dogs and humans can be a terrible experience.  Chessies will either be excessively submissive or the completely obnoxious A-Dog.  So, bring us out.  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