There's A Window. And It's Open Right Now. | Mindfulness4Dogs
Module 2 · Weeks 9–10 · Wrap-up

There's a window.
And it's open right now.

Luna's brain is actively filing the world as safe or threat. The socialisation window starts to close around twelve weeks. Here's what Sarah did about it — and why it matters more than almost anything else at this stage.

This week's insight

Hoping Luna meets the right things isn't a strategy. The social tracker makes it and effective one.

Every new encounter right now is being filed as safe or threat. Socialisation isn't about physical contact with other dogs — it's about positive exposure to the whole world. And you can do an enormous amount of it safely, before vaccinations are complete.

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Socialisation & desensitisation tracker Work through it systematically. People, clothing, surfaces, environments, objects, sounds. Don't just hope — plan.
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People and things they wear A high-vis vest and hard hat looks genuinely different to a puppy. Luna needs to meet the whole world — not just your version of it.
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Wheeled objects & machines Sit near a car park. Watch pushchairs, scooters, trolleys. Treat every new thing. Twenty minutes done right can prevent years of reactivity.
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From Darran · Postgraduate Canine Behaviourist

The window that most owners don't take seriously enough — until it's too late

Module 2 includes the socialisation and desensitisation tracker, plus focused modules on people and the things they wear, wheeled and other objects, and machines. This is the one you don't want to look back on and wish you'd done more of.

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"We sat near a car park for twenty minutes. Watched the world. It went into the tracker."
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