I am curious...We recently had a litter and this is the first time we are
using the Bio-Sensor method of raising the litter. Today is the fifth day
and I must say they are the most active we have ever had. The only thing I
can attribute it to is this method. Does anyone else experience in this method???
Here is a link for those of you who don't know what it is...
We did something similar with a litter based on an article about a test with GSD pups. Half the pups were stressed in the first few days of life, but instead of using cold as the thermal stressor, they used heat. They placed the pups on a heating pad for a few minutes to raise their temp and stress them. All the dogs subsequently went to Panama to work with the Army, and the pups that had been heat-stressed had no difficulty with the tropical heat/humidity in Panama, while the non-stressed dogs did quite poorly in the heat. They theorized that the 'thermostat' in the brain is not yet set in the early days of life and that you can adjust what the body recognizes as being normal body temp. I don't know about that theory, but I was happy to find that the dogs are extremely heat tolerant in adulthood, while my other two GSDs whom I bought as pups from other people and were not stressed are terrible in the heat.
My puppy yard is about 60 by 40 ft and contains
large rocks, stumps, trees, plastic barrells made into tunnels, some old tires (the favoured playthings and snoozing spots) an old wooden bench, some pieces of 2 by 4 and some cow hooves to chew on!. Right now it is inhabited by three
9 week old alaskan huskie puppies and their mother. The playground keeps them very active and has a nice mixture of sun and shade and the pine needle surface makes it easy to scoop.
I checked out that link on the Bio-Sensor method of raising puppies and a lot of it seems to be stuff that happens anyway in the course of handling a litter, the only diference is the q-tip
between the toes thing. I don't very often get a chance to have a litter so lack of handling them
has never been a problem - they get handled alot!
These little guys and a girl are coming along very well and I while I look forward to putting them in harness I sure am enjoying their puppyhood. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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