Week 3 — Critical Socialization Period As we enter into the critical socialization period, we accept and solicit invitations to play, we will be introduced to new experiences, toys and sounds. We will be listening to classical music, which studies find help animals be more restful and fall asleep faster. We will also be introducing…
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.…
Our chocolate litter is growing quickly! They love to eat and Jynx has been glued to them- only taking short breaks to eat or go outside. She’s been a super mama to these guys. 4 days litter Yesterday the litter had their first Early Neurological Stimulation and Early scent introduction. We are using…
Wow- our Chocolate Grease Litter is already 3 days old! These guys are amazing eaters. Poor Jynx never leaves them and someone or 10 is always at the milk bar. She is doing a great job keeping up. Maybe she is over-achieving- these pups are gaining weight faster than our Eclipse litter. Just for comparison-…
It’s day 2 for our Micah x Jynx Chocolate lab GREASE litter! These guys are big eaters! they are out-pacing our Eclipse litter in gains. Pink Lady our littlest girl is quickly closing the gap between her and her siblings – 85g for her. She was not the biggest though- Zuko (orange) and Rizzo (red)…
We have had a busy 48 hours! Jynx started her prelabor on 11/30. We have been anxiously watching and waiting for her to deliver. We had a vet visit 36 hours after her temperature drop on 12/1 and our vet examined her and did some progesterone testing to see where she was at and how…
Continue readingAnnouncing our Micah x Jynx Grease Litter December 2, 2021
Raven’s Eclipse Litter is now 2 weeks old! This is exciting and brings some fun changes! I’ve had my eyes off them the past 2 days because I was focused on Jynx’s delivery and these guys changed a lot! Kit was home from work and focused on these guys and did a great job keeping…
The Eclipse litter experienced a duck wing today for their daily scent introduction. Mostly very positive results! I don’t know if the scent was more exciting or if they are just more mobile, but they all responded quickly.
Today is day 10 for the Levi x Raven puppies! This is an exciting day for these guys. Today we saw some milestones as well. We had our weigh in this morning and 3 of the pups have doubled their weights! This is great news and means Raven is being a great mom! Most of…
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…
