Learning to feel OK with being Off-Balance
Mr. White loves his paw rubs
Lookey Lookey! I spy with my new eyes.
I notice last night Ms. Grey is our 1st puppy from this litter to open her tiny peepers👀🥰
They're developing so quickly!
What's your smell?
Today we're interacting with smelly things. Smelling is the first way puppies can take in information about their world.
Some of the scents are from our families (i.e., the chocolate/ mint) & some are ones our dogs may interact with as adult dogs in environments which could create some fear or hesitation (i.e., rubbing alcohol typically used at the vet).
We want to provide an opportunity for our pups to CHOOSE to interact with these scents. That's why they're in something that can roll away easily.
We also started using our mouths! We're licking and trying to bite. This is all good stuff. Our mouths add another layer of information intake.
When you find something your dog LOVES to do...
Keep tapping into it.
Grandma Adira LOVES to swim & do agility. It took 5 minutes to show her the paddle board. Her answer....HECK YEAH!!
Feeding from a bowl is sooo yesterday!
Today Halimah is having to search for her scattered kibble. It's in her stuffable toys, under her blankey, hidden in the soft fluffy fingers of her bed.
This process is working her nose, her eyes, even her ears when she makes the kibble filled toys roll. It's engaging her brain.
Nevermind the fact that it takes her 20 minutes to eat her lunch this way vs the 2 seconds it takes when eating out of a bowl.
Be creative, have fun, your pup will appreciate it. #slowfeedingfun
Oh the conversations of Puppies!!