Day 5

During these first few weeks while the puppies eyes and ears are still sealed shut, there typically isn’t much going on other than ENS, ESI, Nails every few days, and cuddling puppies.  Due to this, I thought that I would talk about where each of the puppies name cames from and some facts about that bridge.  

Today we will talk about the New River Gorge, which is where our red collar boy, River, gets his name.  We often use this bridge when we are traveling to and from dog shows!  It is part of a National Park and Preserve that is located outside of Fayetteville, West Virginia.  A few more fun facts:  It was built in 1974, sits 876’ above the ground, and is 1,700’ in length!

The scent for ESI today was Parsley.  Today I didn’t have the luxury of grabbing some fresh parsley from outside, so I made do with dried parsley.  I took a small condiment cup, added my dried herb, and then rehydrated it with warm water.  After it sat for a bit, it was ready to use.  I have found that it is easiest to drench a q-tip in the liquid, being sure to get some parsley on it too.  Today we had 3 positive reactions, 2 negative reactions, and 1 neutral reaction.

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