socialization needs to be continued for the first full year in my opinion. there is a second fear imprint period that occurs for most dogs somewhere in the 6 mos to 1yr area. this is a time to return almost to puppy style socialization especially for any individual dog who has had difficulties with earlier socialization & for any breed of dog that tends to require more socialization - which would include bernese.
with some breeds there does seem to be a genetic problem that doesn't pop up until the second fear imprint period. with dogs from these lines (we have particularly noticed it in shelties & gsds) they hit that second fear imprint period like a wall & recover slowly, if at all. just the experience of myself & several of my friends who are trainers. lisa baldwin (dickens, bark & zel) seattle, wa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
