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| 2009 Wayeh CELESTIAL Litter
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Dr. Carmen Battaglia's Early Neurological Stimulation is the beginning of a socialized puppy. Ever wonder how you get a super dog? You raise a super puppy. | |
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Karen Pryor's Clicker Litter. The clicker can be your puppies most important tool, which is why we start there and strongly encourage you to continue. The clicker facilitates learning. The puppy learns quicker and retains the information forever. It's a tool, just like any tool, but this one is invaluable. | |
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The Rule of 7's. This is fun. Ever thought about finding 7 different things for a puppy to eat out of? Don't worry, we've already done that and more. They've also met 7 different people by 7 weeks, played with 7 different toys, been to 7 different places, slept in 7 different places, eaten in 7 different locations, heard 7 different kinds of music, smelled 7 different distinctive smells... | |
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The New Knowledge of Dog Behavior, by Clarence Pfaffenberger, to stimulate the sense to get a happy, confident, curious puppy. | |
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Potty Training -- no guarantees as to your consistency when you get the puppy home <G>, but we have STARTED crate training, paper training, house training, and litter training with cedar in wading pools. | |
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Regular Toe Nail Trims. Sounds easy. Unless you've ever tried to trim nails on a puppy that wasn't handled properly. | |
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Regular grooming. Again sounds easy. Unless you've ever tried to brush a ticklish puppy for the first time. | |
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Car rides. They go to the mail box. They go to drive-thrus. They go to vets just for a cookie. They go to grandma's house... through the woods, and in a car. They make an hour-long trip to the CERF eye vet. They make 3+ trips to our regular vet for initial check-ups, then dewormings, vaccinations, and health certificates. They go lots of places so car rides aren't frightening by the time they go home with you. |
In addition, each puppy gets housetime separate from littermates and mom sitting in my lap while I answer email or watch TV; crate time in the kitchen and basement kennel with and without littermates and mom; yard time with littermates; kennel time with and without mom.
All of these things help socialize and train a well-rounded puppy. But temperament can only be influenced so much and if you have a shy puppy at birth, you can have a shy puppy as an adult -- or a shy puppy with tons of socialization and training so he learns extra confidence as he grows (my Wyatt is very shy but has LEARNED to be social). If you have a rowdy puppy at birth, you can have a rowdy puppy as an adult -- or a rowdy puppy who has learned extra self-control as he grows (my Maestro is very rowdy but has LEARNED self-control).
We find out the base temperament of the puppies using the following criteria:
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Explanation of Fishback's Lead Dog Testing
| F1 | Day1 | Day2 | Day3 |
| Where does the puppy walk | |||
| Demeanor of puppy | |||
| Obstacle | |||
| Startle reaction (keys) | |||
| Tug hard on leash | |||
| To loud clapping | |||
| To happy "Puppy! Puppy!" | |||
| To seeing other dogs |
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Explanation of Puppy T-Test
| F1 | F2 | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M6 | M7 | |
| Petting Puppy | |||||||||
| Cradle Puppy | |||||||||
| Voice Test soft | |||||||||
| Voice Test shrill | |||||||||
| Voice Test gruff | |||||||||
| Loud Noise | |||||||||
| Leash Test | |||||||||
| Outside | |||||||||
| Food |
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Explanation of Volhard's PAT
| F1 | |
| Social Attraction | |
| Following | |
| Restraint | |
| Social Dominance | |
| Elevation Dominance | |
| Retrieving | |
| Touch Sensitivity | |
| Sound Sensitivity | |
| Stability |
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| F1 | |
| Set Puppy astride hula hoop | |
| Call puppy with large object blocking his path | |
| Hide from puppy & call | |
| Set puppy on second step of stairs | |
| Put hand towel over puppy |
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The good-fair-poor ratings are from Volhard's evaluation above
| F1 | Strait Front | Shoulder Angulation | Shoulder Layback | Croup Angulation | Strait Rear | Rear Angulation |
| Good | ||||||
| Fair | ||||||
| Poor |
These ratings are taken from Pat Hastings Puppy Puzzle
| F1 | |
| Head backskull/muzzle/bite | |
| Pigment | |
| Coat texture | |
| Eye shape/color | |
| Ear set/size | |
| Balance front and rear angles | |
| Tail set/carriage | |
| Bone | |
| Back length/slope | |
| Tuck-up | |
| Foot shape/color |
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| F1 | |
| F2 | |
| M1 | |
| M2 | |
| M3 | |
| M4 | |
| M5 | |
| M6 | |
| M7 |
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| Coats | Size | Proportions | Pack Rank | Overall | |
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| M7 |
Contact
Wayeh *
423-365-6039 * Spring City, (East) Tennessee |