Wow, I cannot believe that we are already in double digits for our day tracker!!!
We are coming to a conclusion of our bridge talk, at least for now. Our final bridge that we will talk about is the Brooklyn Bridge, which we have shortened to Brooke for our purple girl. The Brooklyn Bridge is located in New York City and connected the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Some fun facts about this bridge: Construction started in 1869, its length is 6,016′, and John A. Roebling was the architect.
Today’s scent for ESI was basil. Interesting results today as we had no neutral feedback. We had 4 positive responses and two negative responses.
We have been listening to classical music on and off for the past week, but will instate it as our usual music channel for the next few weeks. The puppies eyes and ears are starting to open. It is important that the puppies hear classical music at first as a calming mechanism. We will slowly decrease the classical music and add in a whole bunch of other sounds as the puppies get older and are able comprehend what is going on. When the puppies are older, we will use the classical music during bedtime, after meals, and when we notice that the puppies are asleep. This is something that can be used withe their new owners throughout their lives as well!
This is the first steps in creating a Conditioned Emotional Responce, which you will often hear me talk about as a CER. The basics of it are that we are conditioning them that when they hear classical music, they have an emotional response to calm down (possibly to the point of taking a nap). There is a good bit that we will do throughout the time that they are with us that will help build their CER, this is just the tip of the iceberg!
Lots of milestones today, 4/6 puppies eyes have started to open! The other two are not too far behind at all. We also saw some of the puppies toddling around, up on all fours. they are starting to develop their motor skills and becoming little dogs!
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