from birth to 8 weeks?? - Page 1

http://www.vipoodle.org/PDF_Files/TheInfantPuppy.pdf

How many people out there do something like this with their puppies?

Skip the part about docking tails.....of course.

At what age do you start playing with a rag?

http://www.vipoodle.org/PDF_Files/TheInfantPuppy.pdf  

Comments???

Goals:
We are endeavoring to maximize the potential of each puppy by stimulating its learning ability, interests and natural instincts. By utilizing the tests and exercises in this guide we hope to develop and identify a group of alert, friendly, fearless, inquisitive, happy, and smart adult Dogs.
Methods:
We intend to stimulate all of the senses as they first begin to develop and we pay particular attention to the 4 Critical Periods of development as defined by Paffenberger.
1. Day 1-19, baby puppies need warmth, food, massage, sleep
2. Day 20-49, infant puppies learn to play, learn limits, and learn dominance
3. Day 50-84 (7-12 weeks) puppies learn independence and relationships with people and other animals, and they learn fear
4. Week 12-16, puppies learn self-confidence, housebreaking, that they must obey and the difference between play and work
IDEAS FOR STIMULATING THE VARIOUS SENSES:
Smell: breeder's hand, orange peel, nail polish, bird feather, bread, meat, cat hair, carrot, etc.
Touch: cool metal, pan of sand, ice cube, pan of gravel, terry cloth, cotton sheet, nylon cloth, tile, brick surface, wool mat, newspaper, plastic, screen, metal floor grate (place puppy on these various surfaces from day 3 onward).
Hearing: clapping hands, pounding on wall and door and floor, dropped cake pan onto floor, radio, voice (loud, soft, variety of voices), bell, cap gun, bird, vacuum, clock.
Vibratory: Vacuum cleaner, clock ticking, mixer, hair dryer.
Sight: people, other animals, TV, toys, cars, machines, trees, everything that you can think of.
Taste: Begin at day 21, use your imagination, they tend to taste all new things, floor, rocks, you, toys.

Sounds similar to the Army's Biosensor program (commonly called the Super Dog program, Early Neurological Stimulation program, etc.) that they use on puppies.

http://www.elcajonschutzhundclub.com/Early%20Neurological%20Stimulation.pdf

Also look at http://www.starkepfoten.com/schutzhund-german-shepherds/ 
They seem to have a well thought out puppy development program, maybe you could email them? I don't know them personally, but I like their dogs.

mollyandjack
thnks for the links......


what do you who have puppies do - (back yard or large scale) to prepare puppies of the real world???

from all these responses, a big flat nothing?

As wee babies I follow the link that MollyandJack gave.  As they start to get mobile, eyes/ears open then I play the radio constantly, vacuum, .......  lots of noises.  Outside in the puppy yard I dig a shallow 4 ft X 4 ft square in the ground and place plastic bottles in there for them to walk thru and play with.  At the puppy yard gate I place a plastic tarp that they always have to walk over to get in/out of puppy yard.  At food time and random times I carrier a split bambo stick(see french ring stick) and bang it around the ground/objects then eventualy lightly on the pups at play.  I have them play in my wood pile and even a cut down(the sides) kiddie pool with about an inch of water in it.  I have Mom or when they are older one of my other adults out with them showing the way on how to do this stuff.

I do a lot of this,although some things similar but not exact, and some not in the same time frame.I would take what makes sense to me and use it,and disregard the rest.Very careful with the pups when they are in the fear stage.Think about what you are doing very carefully as you advance with this type of exposure. You can do damage and imprint good and bad .If done properly this is a great game plan.Just think of it this way,the pup is clay in your hands so to speak,Your molding him with each step you take. Slow and carefull is the only way to go here.

"from all these responses, a big flat nothing?"

Oh, come off it.  Because you don't get a ton of responses WITHIN 1 HOUR of starting a thread you immediately post that you guess the rest of us do "a big flat nothing."  What a mean-spirited post.

You've spent so much time on this board posting nothing but OT threads and vilifying people who disagree with you, but now that you need something, you're all about asking for help from the same board and because you want it NOW you go and insult people for not jumping to your aid ASAP.  Give folks a little time to respond before you assume they do NOTHING with their puppies.  Sheesh.

I have known a number of GSD people use some or all of the tests in links like those below.

Here's a helpful bit of info from the USA site, since we're looking for different things than the poodle folks:  http://www.germanshepherddog.com/schutzhund/faqs.htm#raise_puppy

More info here on what some look for:  http://searchwarp.com/swa353475.htm and here: http://www.workingdogs.com/doc0044.htm

Some vids here of what people do:  http://dogtrainblog.vonjacobs.com/

Volhard tests (very common & popular) are here:  http://www.volhard.com/pages/pat.php

all the links went to the same page.....about choosing a puppy


but what about from day one until 8 weeks, what do you do to prepare a puppy ?

Well said Tess! Sitasmom...... With all due respect isn't this information you are requesting in all of your many posts things that you should have already researched?? You apparently are not even prepared as to where how or why to whelp these puppies??  I highly suggest before jumping in with both feet you DO YOUR RESEARCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All of these questions etc. should have been answered prior to you deciding to "breed". And before you give me your standard answer when you don't like something..... I know- "Go Away". If we all went away you would be shit out of luck on getting any answers wouldn't you??? Perhaps people are not answering because they are busy with puppies or training, or maybe they "went away". Something for you to ponder.

I didn't breed the dog....................

the dog that I have wanted for a very long time came up for sale I bought her.......already bred.

I didn't want to loose the opportunity of having this dog, just becasue she is pregnent.

Now I'm scrambling to catch up with all the stuff that I need to know so that the puppies will have the best chance of being will adjusted and ready to leave home at 8 weeks.....

It would be irrisponsible to not try to do this.....don't you think?