I’ve been bad about posting video clips over here- they all go on the Instagram and Tiktok – but I’ve started uploading them to youtube as well. 🙂 Check out Story’s first session learning to skateboard. You can’t hear it with the music (I will admit I’m covering up Jack’s really irritating whining in the background- he loves to train … Continue reading "Story is learning to skateboard"
Now that I’m trying hard to blog more, I figured I’d take advantage of my extended word-space to write more about our individual puppies! 🙂 Facebook isn’t very conducive to wordy, multi-photo posts (plus the restrictions on selling make it tricky to word things), so I’ve sort of gotten out of the habit! So this is a new feature- I’m… Continue reading "Puppy Profile – Mountains Litter’s Fuji"
In accordance with Puppy Culture guidelines, we swap out toys frequently as puppies grow up, starting around 2 weeks when they first start to notice that anything exists other than Mom (well, the milkbar) and themselves. The first toys that we give them are very small stuffed animals- generally sized for cats, so they’re little enough to be manipulated by… Continue reading "Orizaba makes a friend"
They’re not the fanciest photos. and all the Mountain babies are beautiful. But Denali is going to be one GORGEOUS silver doggo. (Photos snapped during ENS last night.)
We hit up Elephant Butte Lake State Park again for a puppy party with our Blockbuster Puppies. 🙂 This is something we try to do with every litter when they are around 7-8 weeks (after first shots) and ready to start socializing a little bit more out in the world. This is a concept we’ve adopted from Puppy Culture, although… Continue reading "Puppy Party 2019 Edition"
Week 2 is another quiet week for puppies. Mom has usually relaxed by now and will leave the puppies of her own accord for potty breaks several times a day, and may even begin spending time next to the whelping box instead of in it. Everyone’s doubled their birthweights! We continue on with the Biosensor exercises. We trim nails. Puppies… Continue reading "A day in the life of puppies! (Week 2)"
The Biosensor Protocol was a program designed by the US military in conjunction with AKC judge and Doberman Pinscher guru Carmen Battaglia to try and produce better working dogs by stimulating puppies’ nervous systems in their first few weeks of life for better development. It’s also sometimes called “Superdog Program” or “Early Neurological Stimulation”, and consists of 5 exercises (each… Continue reading "Biosensor Protocol – Bringing up Better Dogs"
If you haven’t asked your breeder what a typical day in your puppy’s life is? You should! Knowing your puppy’s existing routine will make it easier to figure out how to help them adapt to yours. This post is part one in a series documenting how we raise our puppies! Week 1 for puppies is a quiet one! Mom’s whelping box… Continue reading "A day in the life of puppies! (Week 1)"
