Guiding puppies to be their best
Early Neurological Stimulation
Early Neurological Stimulation
Early Neurological Stimulation
Done at day 3-16
5 exercises that produce neurological stimulation that naturally do not occur during this early stage of life.
Benefits of ENS:
- Improved cardio vascular performance (heart rate)
- Stronger heart beats
- Stronger adrenal glands
- More tolerance to stress
- Greater resistance to disease
In tests of learning, stimulated pups were found to
Done at day 3-16
5 exercises that produce neurological stimulation that naturally do not occur during this early stage of life.
Benefits of ENS:
- Improved cardio vascular performance (heart rate)
- Stronger heart beats
- Stronger adrenal glands
- More tolerance to stress
- Greater resistance to disease
In tests of learning, stimulated pups were found to be more active and were more exploratory than their non- stimulated littermates over which they were dominant in competitive situations.
Early Scent Introduction
Early Neurological Stimulation
Early Neurological Stimulation
Done at Day 3-16
Daily, brief, exposure to different scents each day.
Benefits of ESI:
1. Helps with nose awareness
2. Builds confidence
3. Enhances the ability to identify and react to scents.
This procedure creates a more aware and alert dog, which in return makes an even better companion, service, and therapy dog.
Studies have shown that
Done at Day 3-16
Daily, brief, exposure to different scents each day.
Benefits of ESI:
1. Helps with nose awareness
2. Builds confidence
3. Enhances the ability to identify and react to scents.
This procedure creates a more aware and alert dog, which in return makes an even better companion, service, and therapy dog.
Studies have shown that stimulating puppies scent ability early on has been proven to dramatically increase their scent ability later in life.
Handling Exercises
Early Neurological Stimulation
Sound Desensitization
Starts at Day 4
10 body handling exercises that expose puppies to positive human touch and associations. Ears rubbed, eyes gently covered, bellies rubbed, tails and paws touches, nails tapped and neck rubbed near collar area.
Benefits of Handling:
1. Desensitization- aims to introduce the puppy to touch using baby steps so as to introdu
Starts at Day 4
10 body handling exercises that expose puppies to positive human touch and associations. Ears rubbed, eyes gently covered, bellies rubbed, tails and paws touches, nails tapped and neck rubbed near collar area.
Benefits of Handling:
1. Desensitization- aims to introduce the puppy to touch using baby steps so as to introduce touch in a gradual method, always at the pup's pace.
2. Counterconditioning- aims to create positive associations with touch so that the puppy looks forward to it because it leads to happy outcomes.
Sound Desensitization
Sound Desensitization
Sound Desensitization
Starts on Day 18
When puppies are this young, they do not fear sound, so we use this as an opportunity to get a head start on desensitization of loud noises
Benefits of Sound Desensitization:
1. Puppies learn that loud noises do not need to be met with fear
2. Puppies learn trust and thoughtful reactions to loud noises instead of fear as the reaction.
Examples: TV, Carpet cleaner, fire alarm, music
Curriculum Exposure
Sound Desensitization
Curriculum Exposure
Starts at Week 3
Introduction to a large variety of common and less common objects, materials, movements. environments and people. I follow the BAB exposure activity guide.
Benefits of curriculum exposure:
1. The main goal is to build trust with our puppies when faced with new or strange items or environments.