“ But you want to try to give your puppy, your young dog, and certainly if you're raising a litter of puppies, you want to try to give them a variety of experiences. One of the hardest things when people first whelp a litter, let's say, well, one of the worst things is that people do it and they don't give any don't give any thought to it ahead of time. But if you're going to do that, and you've taken all the necessary precautions, and you've done all the things that you need to do medically, and you've really thought it through, then you're also going to think through the process of giving that dog, those babies, a lot of experiences when they're young. That means not just keeping them in one room. You can't just keep them in one room the whole time, because they've got to get out, and they've got to have different experience and put their feet on different surfaces, absolutely different smells.”

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