Originally Posted by
guilliam
at 3 weeks and less, pups are dependent to their dam. 3 weeks above they will start to discover their surrounding hence bec of the development of their sense or vision and hearing. at 1 month this is when their social skill is starting to develop because of their motor skills developing they will play with their dam or their littermates. as natures foremost rule "survival to the fittest" suggests he who is mightier in terms of size or strength takes the ALPHA among the litters. this social development is very crucial from one month till 2 months since this is when the sociability of the pup is initially developed. taking away a litter from its littermates at less than one month when its social development has just started is like cutting the development itself while it just started.
it is good though that after your shipoo was rehomed he has other playmates like the GR pups; however, consider the size difference between the two breeds. if your shipoo has the ALPHA LITTER mentality and it socializes with the GR pups the prob there is that the GR pups will develop inferior pack strata against it since its older than the GR pups. not good for the younger GR litters. on the otherside; if the shipoo you have an inferior litter mentality it will develop more inferiority because of the GR size. this would somehow relate to the story "the ugly duckling". so im saying that better let your shipoo play with adult dogs than to have it socialize with another litter batch which is a few days/weeks younger or older.
in shorter term; a litter should havent been taken away from its littermates earlier than 2 months.
im not a canine behavioralist; this is just my personal and empirical assessment.
- g
wow! thank you for your great insight..
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