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Here they are at week two. They celebrated their "2nd"
birthday by walking around...and around....and over and under....and...almost
- out of the whelping box. This is a fun time...their personalities are
just starting to come out - we get to see a bit of themselves emerge. Fox is
a super mom - takes wonderful care of her babies and is easy and happy -
thought observant, when folks come to see her pups.
Given all the red in this litter....we are going with
a FIRE theme! For now, we have given them names that are fire related so we
can call them something besides "puppy, puppy".
As always, we are using the Bio Sensor Method with
this litter. A bit more about this method:
The
U.S. Military in their canine program developed a method that still serves
as a guide for raising grounded puppies. In an effort to improve the
performance of dogs used for military purposes, a program called "Bio
Sensor" was developed. Later, it became known to the public as the "Super
Dog" Program. Based on years of research, the military learned that early
neurological stimulation exercises could have important and lasting effects.
Their studies confirmed that there are specific time periods early in life
when neurological stimulation has optimum results. The first period involves
a window of time that begins at the third day of life and lasts until the
sixteenth day. It is believed that because this interval of time is a period
of rapid neurological growth and development, and therefore is of great
importance to the individual.
Getting puppies started right provides
huge advantages later in their lives.
The benefits observed in dogs started with
the Bio sensor method include:
Improved cardiovascular performance
Stronger heart beats
Stronger adrenal glands
More tolerance to stress; and,
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. Secondary effects were also noted
regarding test performance. In simple problem solving tests using detours in
a maze, the non-stimulated pups became extremely aroused, wined a great
deal, and made many errors. Their stimulated littermates were less disturbed
or upset by test conditions and when comparisons were made, the stimulated
littermates were more calm in the test environment, made fewer errors and
gave only an occasional distress when stressed.
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