SECOND WELLNESS VISIT

Luna and I just came from her second wellness appointment and vaccination update.  She was a little rockstar once again.

Initial Weight 11/7/17:  14.8lbs
Second Visit 11/24/17:  21.8lbs
ON TRACK - 7lb gain in 3 weeks

Unbothered by vaccinations, sounds or smells of the exam room or general handling behaviors needed.

Preparing your pup for things they are likely to have happen during grooming or vet visits is a very important part of the socialization process.  You should be able to touch, handle and manipulate any part of their body without fussing.  It is actually covered under the TRAINING LEVELS system we are using in Level 2 but I always start it from the beginning.  It is a great follow through to the ENS (early neurological stimulation) exercises the breeder started for us.

While we were waiting to be seen I shot some video of the exercises we are doing although it looks a little different doing them one handed while holding the phone... LOL

BEHAVIOR UPDATE

Here is some of what I am discussing with the breeder...(I had asked a bunch of questions)

Yes they are changing so much as they grow, but the one which did best with the ENS would be the purple collar then the dark pink close behind. The purple collar is most puppy social would say while the light pink girl likes to be near the human. The dark pink seems less pushy at feeding time. None of them seem to be the picked on pup they all have their own times when they initiate and are initiated upon by the others. They started spending time outside and love it so outside playtime right now is there favorite. I'm really thinking the purple collar right now myself from behavior. But like you said we will surely see in the next couple weeks.

Some observations from her daughter:

The purple collar one was moderately calm during the ENS exercises, the exercise she had most problem with was the q-tips. The one she did best at was the towel. At feeding time she is pushy. And as I've seen all three of the females usually initiate play time, as for playing she can most the time hold her own.

 The dark pink collar one also did well at the ENS exercises, the one she did worse at was being held upside down. The one she did best at was the towel. She is typically very calm during feeding time. I feel like she tries to hold her own but the others just get the best of her.

The light pink collar one did not like the ENS exercises at all, she did worse at the q-tips and best at the towel. She is pushy during feeding time, and she has the heart of a bossy pup but not the size.

All three of them love to follow you around. None of them are the nervous type. 

PUPPY UPDATE!

These are the available girls...we are looking forward to watching them develop.

Initial observations from the breeder regarding ENS:

The purple collar does best most days although the lavender one does good other days so I'm not quite sure yet which one will come out on top

WE HAVE BABIES!

Welcome to the world little ones!  9 healthy babies joined us and there are 3 girls in the litter.  We are very excited to see them develop.  The breeder is going to begin ENS (early neurological stimulation) in a few days.

ENS is a system of desensitizing pups to stressers before ears and eyes open through a series of 5 basic exercises.  This is believed to:

• Improved cardio vascular performance (heart rate)
• Stronger heart beats
• Stronger adrenal glands
• More tolerance to stress
• Greater resistance to disease

For more information - read THIS article or kikopup (YouTube) has a good explanation: