Put the baby in the cart as she was getting too tired for walking around, she does so well in the cart!
10 minutes into being crated for the night....
These are good babies.
Some outside puppy chaos since it was a little less cold today! (Not that the pups even notice the cold, their coats already keep them plenty warm)
It's play time! Also have the dremel plugged in and out under the litter container to give extra loud input, and also to give them the feeling of the vibration.
The vibration only extends about a foot out around the container, so they are easily whole to explore and escape it as they want
We got individual pictures of all the babies yesterday! I have to sort through them, and then will introduce everyone.
But for now, watch these confident little nuggets play with a noise maker (and demand attention)
Look how cute these little nuggets are !!
Let's talk socialization!
The puppies are old enough now to start learning about all kind of different things in their environment, it's super important that we get them desensitized to as many things as possible while they're so young.
Some of the things I am doing everyday include:
- Letting the puppies explore different environments of the house
- Giving them different textile experiences
- Each day, at least twice a day. I also play a series of decentatization sounds from the TV. We do a different playlist/ set of sounds. Every time, listen to is to ensure that they get a healthy amount of exposure to a wide range of sounds. Some examples of the sounds that are played include but are not limited to: construction and busy city sounds fireworks, storms, dogs and other animal noises, household noises such as things dropping and breaking, as well as other sounds, you might hear inside a house, like vacuums babies, crying, doorbells, knocking, etc.
This is not a comprehensive list, but examples of what we have played so far and will continue to play.
I have also real life sounds, such as vacuuming around the house, in the puppy room, dropping things around the house (this is easy because I drop things a lot lol) blenders, etc.
I've also been doing plenty of handling them, including picking them up and holding them, playing with their feet and their ears, touching their teeth, lifting their tails, and petting and patting them a lot.
Some other ways that we are socializing, is they get to be around my personal dogs and cats and as of this week, i have also started to introduce them to more people, and will continue to do so.
The puppies are super curious right now and unless the puppies are sleeping, anytime someone comes into their room, the puppies will run right over to sniff and explore the new people, and are very happy to be picked up, and played with.
As a reminder, these sweet babies will be up for adopt
Went for a 2 mile walk this morning with our current little pack. We have Jackson, my personal service dog, Sebastian, who is doing a board and train for 2 weeks, and our current foster dog!
Look how well mister Piggy was doing learning his "heel" position this week! Pig is about 17 weeks old, and he's doing a great job training so far!
This is a very short clip showing all the kids (Janie, my dog Jackson, and my cat Remus) all finishing up their breakfast together. Janie sometimes had a hard time eating around other animals and had a habit of feeling like she had to guard her food, by our last day together, Janie was comfortable eating around both other animals and was very polite.
A short clip from a training session where Janie is learning her "bed" command and learning how to stay there while I was walking around.
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