Yesterday we started doing Early Neurological Stimulation (ENS) with the puppies. The idea behind ENS is that presenting puppies with a small amount of stress stimulates the hormonal, pituitary and adrenal systems and later in life enables the puppies to cope with and recover from stress better than those that haven't been through ENS.
It was a system developed by the US Military, known as "Bio Sensor" or "Super Dog Programme". You normally start at 3 days old and carry on until 16 days old, we decided to wait a little longer due to the stress of having dew claw removal and currently I'm not doing this with Black as she is under going extra stress as we're having to help her feed a little bit (nothing to worry about, she just gets pushed off the teat easier than the others).
The benefits of doing this are
1. Improved cardio vascular performance (heart rate)
2. Stronger heart beats
3. Stronger adrenal glands
4. More tolerance to stress
5. Greater resistance to disease.
It has also been noted that they are more active, exploratory in new environments, stronger in competitive scenarios and much more. You can read about it in the links below.
http://www.angelfire.com/fl/alaturka/imgArticles/ENS.pdf
http://breedingbetterdogs.com/pdfFiles/articles/early_neurological_stimulation_en.pdf
Here is a video of our experiences today, holding them upside down is more awkward than you'd think!
It was a system developed by the US Military, known as "Bio Sensor" or "Super Dog Programme". You normally start at 3 days old and carry on until 16 days old, we decided to wait a little longer due to the stress of having dew claw removal and currently I'm not doing this with Black as she is under going extra stress as we're having to help her feed a little bit (nothing to worry about, she just gets pushed off the teat easier than the others).
The benefits of doing this are
1. Improved cardio vascular performance (heart rate)
2. Stronger heart beats
3. Stronger adrenal glands
4. More tolerance to stress
5. Greater resistance to disease.
It has also been noted that they are more active, exploratory in new environments, stronger in competitive scenarios and much more. You can read about it in the links below.
http://www.angelfire.com/fl/alaturka/imgArticles/ENS.pdf
http://breedingbetterdogs.com/pdfFiles/articles/early_neurological_stimulation_en.pdf
Here is a video of our experiences today, holding them upside down is more awkward than you'd think!