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Our breeding program starts far before the conception of the litter. When our female starts to show the signs of her heat we immediately change her to an exclusive diet to aid in fertilization, and begining growth of the embryos in her womb. It's a specific diet only available to those who are a part of the "Royal Canin Elite Breeder Club." And it is called "HT 42d". It will be fed to her, along with other fantastic additives - to give her the best possible chance of growing the most healthy offspring and keeping her own self healthy. We supplement their regular dry dog food (Veterinary Exclusive Royal Canin Adult) with Spirulina (Blue Green Algae - click word to find out more info) and Coconut Oil (click for more info) and will also continue that throughout her pregnancy - they are both fantastic for dogs (and humans) and have many uses. Few weeks before the female delivers we switch them to a  "Royal Canin Maxi Starter" it's also another exclusive diet to aid in the overall well-being of the mother dog and will also help her produce lots of milk - it is also the food we start the puppies on when we wean them slowly along with Royal Canin puppy mouse and goatsmilk. When the puppies are 8 weeks of age and ready to go to their new homes we will be changing them over to the "Royal Canin Puppy Maxi" - this is the food they will go to their new homes on. There will be samples, and coupons for Royal Canin in all of our puppy packs that will be going home with you. I use Royal Canin because there is so much science behind all of their foods, I trust them, I trust their food. My dogs have been on Royal Canin for years and I've had the most amazing results.

 

It takes approximately 63 days for the pups to be born, we may possibly Ultrasound to confirm pregnancy at day 30, but most definitely do an x-ray around day 60 to make sure we get an approximate head count. The puppies will be born in our home, and receive nothing but the best standard of care. 

 

After the puppies have been born, we perform  "Early Neurological Stimulation(ENS)"  This happens between days 3-16 of the puppy's life - The U.S. Military in their canine program developed a method that still serves as a guide to what works. 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.The "Bio Sensor" program was also concerned with early neurological stimulation in order to give the dog a superior advantage. Its development utilized exercises which were designed to stimulate the neurological system. Each workout involved handling puppies once each day. The workouts required handling them one at a time while performing a series of five exercises. Listed in order of preference the handler starts with one pup and stimulates it using each of the five exercises. The handler completes the series from beginning to end before starting with the next pup.

 

Here is a video displaying the excercises done on each puppy once per day...

Our Breeding Program

Benefits of Stimulation - Five benefits have been observed in canines that were exposed to the Bio Sensor stimulation exercises. The benefits noted were:

1. Improved cardio-vascular performance (heart rate)

2. Stronger heart beats,

3. Stronger adrenal glands,

4. More tolerance to stress, and

5. Greater resistance to disease.

 

In tests of learning, stimulated pups were found to be more active and were more exploratory than their non- stimulated litter mates 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, whined a great deal, and made many errors. Their stimulated litter mates were less disturbed or upset by test conditions and when comparisons were made, the stimulated litter mates were more calm in the test environment, made fewer errors and gave only an occasional distress sound when stressed.

 

(Source: "Early Neurological Stimulation"; Dr. Carmen L. Battaglia)

 

 

The puppies are blind and deaf until approximately 3 weeks of age, and need to be stimulated by mom to eliminate. During this time the mother dog can be very protective of her babies and a puppy's immune system is very fragile, therefore we will not allow any visitation until the puppies are at a minimum 5 weeks of age. When the puppies reach about 4 weeks of age, they are starting to see, hear, and explore their world. They will also be starting to wean off mom. Once the pups are at this stage, they will be transferred to our puppy room, it's a large room with lots of environmental enrichment, a crate, bedding - they will start to recieve lots of stimulation and socialization. We will also be building an outdoor area, that area will also have lots of environmental enrichment, and even a little swimming pool! - it's very important to us that the puppy get out onto the grass, it helps greatly with potty training - Indoors the puppies will be paper trained. Once the pups have reached 5 weeks of age, we allow visitation - and recommend lots of it! We only ask that you sanitize your hands before playing with them, and bring a clean pair of shoes (not ones that you wear regularily outside) to try to reduce any chance of contamination or viruses.

 

The puppies will have their first vaccinations anywhere between 6-8 weeks of age, and during that time be exposed to a lot of different experiences, cats, other dogs, being handled, bathing, nail clipping. different sounds, different flooring, stairs...etc etc. We want to prepare your puppies for an exciting life - it is crucial to puppies to have these early learning experiences to ensure they grow up to be happy balanced dogs. If you have any more questions about how we raise our precious babies, please do not hesitate to ask. 

 

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