Socials at Sophies

05/28/2022

Thanks for coming to today’s social at Sophies! Socialization is so important and you all are doing a great job by raising a balanced dog.
So sorry I wasn’t there. Sick as— well, a dog. Hehe.

05/24/2022

Hope to see you and your pup this weekend at social group!

Don’t forget to sign up for our next social on May 28, 2022 @10 to 11:30. We raised the age to 1.5 years as long as your dog is absolutely positively dog friendly.

We are absolutely going to work on getting those hitch hikers to go take a hike for real. We apologize for them!

Next time, please stop by the Sophie house (on site) and see all the stuff we have for sale to help raise money. I’ll post a picture of inventory the day before the next social so you know what’s available.

Trying to make payment as easy as possible so you can use these QR codes to pay prior to arrival. Look below in comments to see how to pay.

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05/15/2022

Don’t forget to sign up for our next social on May 28, 2022 @10 to 11:30. We raised the age to 1.5 years as long as your dog is absolutely positively dog friendly.

We are absolutely going to work on getting those hitch hikers to go take a hike for real. We apologize for them!

Next time, please stop by the Sophie house (on site) and see all the stuff we have for sale to help raise money. I’ll post a picture of inventory the day before the next social so you know what’s available.

Trying to make payment as easy as possible so you can use these QR codes to pay prior to arrival. Look below in comments to see how to pay.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/
9040f48ada82eabfb6-social3

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

04/24/2022

Thank you so much to everybody that joined us for socials at Sophies! Not only are you raising a well-balanced dog you are also supporting an amazing rescue.

Watch your pups having so much fun here

https://youtu.be/Pw7oHZZkZaM

Our next one is going to be Saturday, May 28 from 10 to 11:30. We raised the age to 1.5 years as long as your dog is absolutely positively dog friendly.

We are absolutely going to work on getting those hitch hikers to go take a hike for real. We apologize for them!

Next time, please stop by the Sophie house (on site) and see all the stuff we have for sale to help raise money. I’ll post a picture of inventory the day before the next social so you know what’s available.

Trying to make payment as easy as possible so you can use these QR codes to pay prior to arrival.

Sign up here

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040f48ada82eabfb6-social3

04/24/2022

Thank you so much to everybody that joined us for socials at Sophies! Not only are you raising a well-balanced dog you are also supporting an amazing rescue.

Watch your pups having so much fun here

https://youtu.be/Pw7oHZZkZaM

Our next one is going to be Saturday, May 28 from 10 to 11:30.

We are absolutely going to work on getting those hitch hikers to go take a hike for real. We apologize for them!

Next time, please stop by the Sophie house (on site) and see all the stuff we have for sale to help raise money. I’ll post a picture of inventory the day before the next social so you know what’s available.

Trying to make payment as easy as possible so you can use these QR codes to pay prior to arrival.

Sign up here

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040f48ada82eabfb6-social3

04/22/2022

Last chance to sign up for tomorrow social!

This just in!!!

Our next social is April 23rd at 10!

Cost $20 donation to rescue

Pups under 1

Vaccines records must be submitted

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04/19/2022

You can’t miss this great socialization opportunity :-)

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04/06/2022

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04/06/2022

This just in!!!

Our next social is April 23rd at 10!

Cost $20 donation to rescue

Pups under 1

Vaccines records must be submitted

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040F48ADA82EABFB6-socials2

04/06/2022

My heart and soul of all the training I do. These fearful dogs. It means everything to me to see them learn to trust me and the other dogs. They just don’t live long enough to waste a single minute getting better.

Sadie Bo was dumped in the woods at 6 months old. Her family has no idea what happened to her prior, but my guess is zero exposure to new things or other dogs. So many people assume dogs like this have been physically abused. Good chance that this is often not the case. As I say time and time again, lack of socialization is a greater form of abuse than physical abuse. Dogs struggle more when they don’t trust anyone or anything simply because they have not been around a ton of environmentals, especially dogs. It’s crazy what a huge factor that is in the dog world. But let’s think about it. The first year of a dogs life is like the first 10
Years of a child. Imagine a child spent the first 10 years of his life in hiding? It would affect him in a huge way.

Sadie Bo began to show teeth, growl, and snap when her family would come across other dogs. They knew it was a huge problem and that as much as they tried, it wasn’t getting better, in fact, it was quickly getting worse.

So although it looks like torture in the beginning, every single move we made had a purpose. I surrounded Sadie Bo with everything new. All new obstacles, and the biggest obstacle being multiple dogs. I advocated for her 💯 meaning not letting dogs be in her face for more than 3 seconds and keeping her on a leash the whole time. I pushed her and and pushed her so she can see that she’s capable of so much more. I also gave her an hour nap in her crate away from all the dogs so she can soak it in, decompress, and start after her brain had a chance to relax. Then I took her out for the small dog social where she would be even less intimidated.

It’s all strategized.

Please
Please
Please

If you have a puppy, socialize it as much as you possible can. You can safely socialize young puppies. Waiting till they have all their vaccines is often too late for some of these dogs. Choose dogs that are healthy, vaccinated, and well cared for to have your new puppy around.
There are not enough homes for “only dogs”. Shelters are packed with dogs that can’t live with dogs or even all past other dogs without losing their minds. This can all be avoided.
Help me to educate others!

8 month old Sadie started to show aggression to other dogs due to lack of exposure as a younger pup.

03/20/2022

Check out these amazing pics from today's social! It was a great day for so many pups! Lots were struggling in the beginning but realized how much more fun it was to just let loose! The 3 American Bull Dogs are up for adoption as well as the mostly black with a little white Pit mix pups. SO glad all of you understand how crucial it is for your pups to just LOVE other dogs. It is not just about that though, having dogs that are social with all dogs creates balance. You will notice that dogs who have issues with other dogs often have so many other issues, like fear, anti social behaviors with humans or separatin anxiety.....It all goes hand in hand.

Thank you for joining us and supporting Sophie's Circle :)

03/20/2022

Last chance to sign up for our puppy social!

If you have a puppy under one, come to 312 Julia St in NSB today (Sunday) from 10-12 to safely play with other pups. Our trainer, Loose Leashes Dog Training will be there to help any dogs that may have had some issues being around other dogs or those who are fearful. If you have a pup that maybe barks at other dogs or is unruly, please don’t let that stop you from properly providing her from what she needs. Vaccination records can be texted to 917-689-7076 or you can bring them with you.

The cost is a $20 donation to Sophie’s Circle. We will also have some adoptable pups there.

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Sign up here

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