Not exact matches
«If a dog is standoffish or snappy, it might not have been
socialized,» says Dr. Hanks, who adds that most dogs get used to being
around humans in the first 20 weeks of life.
Of the millions of cats who enter American shelters each year,
around half are unowned, free - living felines, some of them lost or abandoned pet cats and many others not
socialized to
humans enough to be adopted.
Our foster volunteers are a rugged group of very caring people who do everything from bottle feeding orphaned babies
around the clock, to
socializing little ones to ensure that they look forward to
human and animal interaction.
But the downside of this is that you must properly
socialize the animal when a pup, both
around humans and other dogs.
More often than not these interactions are done by
humans, but sometimes all it takes is the mentoring of another feline to turn these under -
socialized cats
around.
Even with the best efforts is usually nearly impossible to
socialize a feral adult cat to the level where it is comfortable to be
around humans other than his original caretaker (s).
As a very social and
human friendly breed, the GSP loves to be
around people and activity, and handles this well, assuming it has been properly
socialized.
Community cats are often feral (not
socialized to
humans) and are not suited to life
around humans as an indoor pet cat.
Invented by a volunteer about a decade ago, the kitten pouch allows staff to safely tote
around under -
socialized kittens and let them get used to being
around humans.