Dog Socialization at Hobbes and Landes Walk Your Pet

Having seven dogs, we usually take our dogs out for a walk on the malls or just the neighborhood on rotation basis.  One of our favorite dog outings is the Hobbes and Landes Pet Club.  It's our way of enforcing dog socialization.  However due to our busy schedules, we haven't been attending for quite some time until now.  We all decided to free our schedule for the Hobbes and Landes Walk Your Pet event.  We brought Lychee (maltese) and our three Chinese Sharpei.

Happy Lychee at the Hobbes and Landes Walk Your Pet

Registration Table

Upon registration we were given a FREE Hobbes and Landes 2012 calendar which we are happy about because it had a group of Chinese Sharpei modelled for the month of June.

There was a talk about dog obedience my family listened to while Kurt and I walked Lychee because she was bored and wanted to socialize with other dogs.

Check out all the dogs Lychee socialized with.

 

 

Lychee is still a young puppy at one and half years old so she still enjoys playing with other dogs.

Our Flowered Chinese Sharpei Oreo is pretty sociable too.  A lot of people here in the Philippines think she is a mix breed because she is flowered. =p

Mochi is our largest Chinese Sharpei.  But, he is like a gentle giant.  He can make friends easily too.  See!

This is our Chinese Sharpei Butter's first time to socialize during an event.  She is trying really hard look...

I know it looks easy to let your dogs just socialize and mingle by themselves.  But, its not as easy as it looks. Dog socialization requires the owners of all dogs to pay attention and be wary of dog movements.  If not, it could result to a bite or worse, a dog fight.

If you see this pull the leash quick =)

The main highlight of the event is the Walk You Pet.  We joined the pet walk with the rest and got a bottle of Absolute Mineral Water at the end.  Thank you Absolute!

Hobbes and Landes has a lot of contest going on do check their Facebook Page.  They announced the winners at the end of every Pet Club activity.

There was also a fish bowl raffle for prizes like the large Royal Canin Dog Food and gift packs of dog treats.

The activity is a great educational event.  We learned a lot about dog obedience.  Our dogs learned to socialize.  I also realized as I got closer to take a photo for this blog entry that the fish bowl raffling system can easily be rigged.

As expected from a Hobbes and Landes Pet Club Activity, it is always tons of fun for us and our dogs.  It is the one of the best dog activities that is organized here in the Philippines so I hope you guys can join it too!  It's best if you apply dog socialization at a young age.  Too bad we learned that the hard way.  =p