{"title":"Puppy Pandemic: Facing Socialization Challenges Amidst COVID-19","authors":"J. Hall","doi":"10.55736/iaabcfj19.4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic has been identified as a cause of a sudden increase in puppy acquisition from breeders and shelters. During lockdown, opportunities to expose developing puppies to a variety of novel humans and animals were greatly diminished. A visit to the veterinarian for vaccinations represented one of the few essential points of contact. This article discusses possible interventions and suggestions a veterinary technician could make to new puppy owners to increase their chances of providing adequate socialization.","PeriodicalId":259952,"journal":{"name":"The IAABC Foundation Journal","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The IAABC Foundation Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.55736/iaabcfj19.4","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been identified as a cause of a sudden increase in puppy acquisition from breeders and shelters. During lockdown, opportunities to expose developing puppies to a variety of novel humans and animals were greatly diminished. A visit to the veterinarian for vaccinations represented one of the few essential points of contact. This article discusses possible interventions and suggestions a veterinary technician could make to new puppy owners to increase their chances of providing adequate socialization.