Our Grease litter is 1 week old today! Happy Birthday my sweet chocolates!

This litter has been amazing!! I am amazed at the interest in Early Scent Introduction (ESI). Jynx is the dog I do scent work with and she LOVES it. I am doing the same esi that I did with Raven's Eclipse litter. Raven's litter had mixed results- each pup had some positive, negative, and neutral reactions to the new scent. This is not true of Jynx's Grease litter. I've started with the AKC scents. Every response for every puppy has been positive. Sometimes the pups in this litter are upset by the handling, and when they smell the scent, they completely calm down. It's so crazy! They are a very curious bunch. It's going to be hard not to keep one of these babies! We have not gone through all the scents- we are about to start on birds- so I'm wondering if this trend will keep up.

This litter is gaining quicker than the Eclipse litter. Jynx is an especially good mama dog. She keeps the whelping box spotless and her babies well fed. We already have 2 above 2lbs and 2 more nearly that! She's starting to spend a little time away while the babies are sleeping. She still loves to chase a bumper in the yard- or if there isn't one, she's back to stealing shoes that weren't put away properly!