OUR PUPS are well prepared for a long and happy life

  EARLY NEUROLOGICAL STIMULATION (ENS) IS DESIGNED TO STIMULATE A PUPPY'S ENDOCRIN, CIRCULATORY AND NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEMS, WHILE THEIR BRAINS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY. WE DO FIVE SIMPLE EXERCISES WITH OUR PUPPIES DAILY, BETWEEN DAYS 3 AND 16. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THE PUPPIES WILL BE MORE STABLE, CALM, AND ABLE TO DEAL WITH STRESS, AS ADULTS, WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO BRIEF AMOUNTS OF STRESS DURING THIS CRUCIAL DEVELOPMENTAL TIME. STUDIES SHOW THAT ALLOWING SMALL DOSES OF STRESS TO BE INTRODUCED TO THE PUPPIES WILL HELP THEM GROW INTO HEALTHY AND STRONG, WELL-ADJUSTED DOGS. SOME OF THE BENEFITS TO ENS ARE STRONGER HEARTBEAT AND HEART RATE, A FASTER ADRENAL SYSTEM, A HIGHER RESISTANCE TO DISEASE, A GREATER TOLERANCE TO STRESS AND A QUICKER RECOVERY TIME TO OVERCOME STRESSFUL FACTORS.

EARLY SCENT INTRODUCTION (ESI) IS TRAINING DESIGNED TO BOOST A PUPPY'S ABILIITY TO PROCESS SPECIFIC SMELLS. SINCE DOGS "SEE" THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR NOSE, AS WELL AS THEIR EYES, THIS THERAPY CAN GIVE OUR PUPPIES A HIGHER POTENTIAL WHEN WORKING AS SERVICE AND/OR THERAPY DOGS, AS WELL AS BEING COMPANION PETS. SCENTS CAN ALERT A DOG AND THEIR HANDLER TO MANY CHANGES SUCH AS A GAS LEAK, SMOKE, HUNTING AND/OR TRACKING, AND EVEN IN MEDICAL SITUATIONS, WHERE AN IMPENDING EMERGENCY IS IMINENT. SOME EXAMPLES COULD BE AN ONCOMING PANIC ATTACK, FAINTING SPELL, OR A SEIZURE.  SINCE THE PUPPIES ARE KEPT IN A CONTROLLED ENVIROMENT FROM BIRTH TO 8 WEEKS OLD, TO KEEP INFECTION RATES LOW, WE BRING IN A VARIETY OF SMELLS DAILY, TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND AND PROCESS THE WORLD THEY WILL SOON BE A PART OF.

WE USE A TRAINING CENTRIC PROGRAM WITH OUR PUPPIES THAT INCLUDES ENS AND ESI. AS OUR PUPPIES DEVELOP, WE INTRODUCE THEM TO CRATE TRAINING, SIT, HEEL, NAIL TRIMMING WITH CLIPPERS AND A ROTARY TOOL, BATHING, GROOMING, TOUCHING, TICKLING, AND TUGGING ON THEIR BODY PARTS. THEY PLAY IN VARIOUS DEPTHS OF WATER, MEET OUR CAT, AND INTERACT WITH ADULT DOGS OF DIFFERENT BREEDS AND SIZES. WE SIMULATE SOUNDS WITH THEM SUCH AS FIREWORKS, MUSIC, THUNDER, GUN SHOTS, EMERGENCY VEHICLES, AND HORNS. WHILE IN OUR HOME, THEY HEAR THE VACCUUM, BLENDER, HAIR DRYER, FURNACE AND AC, LAWNMOWER, TRACTOR, WASHER AND DRYER, AND MANY OTHERS. EACH OF THESE EXPERIENCES GIVES THEM A GOOD CORE OF COPING SKILLS TO BUILD ON IN THEIR FOREVER HOMES.

OUR PUPPIES ARE RAISED IN OUR HOME, FROM DAY ONE.  THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY US, OUR TEENAGERS, OUR CAT, AND OUR PACK OF PERSONAL DOGS, INCLUDING THEIR MOMMAS. WE HAVE VISITORS, AS WELL, WHO TEST THEM, TRAIN THEM AND CUDDLE THEM, THROUGHOUT THEIR EIGHT WEEKS WITH US. OUR PUPS ARE NOT IN A GARAGE, SHED OR BARN, WHILE THEY ARE GROWING AND LEARNING.  INSTEAD, THEY HAVE INDOOR WHELPING AREAS WITH THEIR MOMMAS AND A PUPPY PLAY NURSERY, ONCE THEY START WEANING.

ONCE OUR PUPS REACH FOUR WEEKS OF AGE, THEY TRANSITION FROM THE WHELPING AREA TO THE NURSERY. THEY ARE INTRODUCED TO ALL KINDS OF TOYS AND DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES. THE PUPS LEARN ABOUT TUNNELS AND UNEVEN SURFACES; THEY LEARN TO WALK ON MULTIPLE KINDS OF SURFACES AND FEEL MANY NEW TEXTURES. THEY CONTINUE POTTY TRAINING AND START WORKING WITH STAIRS AND THE DOGGIE DOOR. THIS IS ALSO THE TIME THAT WE TRANISITION THEM FROM MOMMA'S MILK, TO MUSH, AND THEN, PUPPY KIBBLE.

WE START POTTY TRAINING OUR LITTERS AT JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS OLD! WE START USING A POTTY TRAY, AND LATER, WE USE A DOGGIE DOOR TO THE OUTSIDE. OUR PUPS HAVE A PRIVATE, FENCED TURF PLAY YARD, TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THE OUTDOORS, BUT WHILE MINIMIZING THE RISKS OF DISEASE, FROM GRASS AND DIRT, OR FROM THE ADULT DOGS. BY WORKING WITH THE PUPPIES, FROM JUST ABOUT TWO WEEKS OLD, WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL BE POTTY TRAINED WHEN THEY HEAD TO THEIR FOREVER FAMILIES.