I had a pretty odd encounter over the weekend and I did not want to start a new thread, so here goes. Saturday I had Mandalay at the vets office for her Rabies shot as she will be 4 months Wed and she is getting spayed that day. There was another GSD there that looked about her age, so I tried to make conversation. I asked how old he was and was told he was 4 months and 3 days. Iw as SOOO excited that they were so close in age and thought it would be a great chance for her to meet, greet and maybe play with someone her own age. THEY WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!! The owners would not even allow them to smell eachother. They said they dont allow their dog to interract with others at this "young, critical, age". I just looked at them, since they are right - This is a critical age....FOR SOCIALIZING!!!
We got up, walked to the other side of the waiting room, found a 6mo old pitt bull and played with him. I feel bad for their GSD puppy who was showing he wanted to play with the other puppies.
I cannot imagine not allowing my dog to even say hi to another one.