Eclipse Litter 6 Days old WARNING: NOISY!! Days 5-10: Neonatal period. We are removed from the nest for 3 minutes a day to drop our body temperature. This neurological stimulation creates a mild stress to stimulate our hormonal, adrenal, and pituitary systems. This boosts our ability to cope and adapt to stressful situations faster and…
Early scent introduction (ESI) is a training program for puppies designed to enhance their ability to identify, and react to, specific scents. Each day, the trainer introduces a strong scent to the puppy for brief intervals, and records the puppy’s reaction. The reaction is considered to be positive when the puppy shows interest in the…
The puppies nursing. Yellow (Titan) is the largest puppy. Green (Ganymede) is the smallest.
Today is day 1 after the whelping of the Eclipse Litter. Here is a short 30 second video that shows the litter feeding with close up video of individual puppies. Here are a couple of photos.
Raven and Her Eclipse Litter After a long night of helping Raven whelp (Terra is taking a nap now), nine puppies were whelped. Just after the “family” portrait was taken, Raven and her puppies fell asleep. Raven whelped her first puppy during the middle of the Beaver Moon Lunar Eclipse, the longest lasting lunar eclipse…
Pedigree for HRCH UH RFC’s Levi’s Truth Be Told MH x SHR Raven Of Tatanka Bluffs, Joining Three-doves TD, CGC,RN Both Levi and Raven have a distinguished pedigree. Twenty-one dogs in their pedigree are in the Retriever Hall of Fame. Levi and Raven share several dogs in their pedigree and are distant cousins. They share 6 ancestors…
On October 22, 2021, Raven had an ultrasound to confirm that she was pregnant. The vetinarian counted at least 6 puppies. Raven will have an X-Ray in the near future to obtain a more precise count of the number of puppies. A brief video of the ultrasound follows.
We’ve been going over list ideas for our early scent introduction. Here is what we are thinking of using: The 4 scents used by AKC scent work titles: Birch Anise Clove Cypress Various bird wings: Pheasant Duck Chukar Quail Pigeon(?) Goose (?) Other scents Cat Antler Shed Used Shotgun Shell/Gunpowder Let us know if you…
This is a picture I got from another Breeder who also uses Puppy Culture. This picture is worth a 1000 words. The difference you will see in your puppies will be amazing. These puppies are 7 weeks old and already know so much! Sierra/Raider puppies week : Our final week with mama and littermates! This…
Today Lily once again achieved a “Triple Q”. This is a tough accomplishment, and one of the requirements to achieve a RACH title. AKC Rally® Champion: The letters RACH may be added preceding a dog’s name when it has achieved a minimum of 300 championship points from the Advanced B, Excellent B and Master classes,…
