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Copyright ©2001-2011SilvestreCreations
New born Weimaraner puppies
Birth to Seven weeks.
 
Picture of new born Vizsla puppies left and Weimaraner puppies right
NEONATAL STIMULATION
Please read this info: We have read now about neonatal
stimulation with some interest. We have been in touch with the owner of
the following website and have permission to link on our website to theirs.
Please check this out as we are now going to try the following exercises for new
born pups to see if in fact over the years this makes some sort of differences
to them. Our next litter we are going to try the above.
Birth
When a puppy is born it is deaf and blind
but it has senses of touch, smell and taste present at birth. They can
weigh anything from 8oz to 1LB 6oz being our largest Weimaraner puppy born
here. When they are born they are completely dependant on their mum.
We do not interfere much with the goings on in the litter and the mum will
look after the pups. On odd occasions one puppy may not feed as well
and these are then hand fed until they catch up.
The mum has to clean them by licking them.
They stimulate the pups to poop and wee, if they did not do this the puppy
would die. If we have to hand feed we have to take mum's job on and
clean pup too.
Around 48 hours pups can have their Dew
Claws removed. Weimaraners were traditionally docked but since
April 2007 a docking ban came into force in the UK. See the Kennel
club website for more details on the docking ban. As their are some
exceptions for working dogs.
2 Weeks
At 10 days onwards pups
eyes start to open, and their ears start to hear. We notice that pups are
aware of sounds of the home. They can bark. Their teeth also start to come
through. Mum still cleans them up but they are becoming more in-dependant
and can wee and poop on their own. We trim claws because they seem to grow
such a lot.
3 Weeks
We introduce food to the
puppy, they will take to raw meat much quicker than complete foods. They
will start to walk about, and they learn to play with their litter mates.
This is around the time they are given their first wormer. We use Panacur
paste for worming as it covers a wide range of worms.
4 weeks
This is the earliest we as
breeders like people to come and view the puppies, they are now cute puppies
that will sit, walk about, and start to scamper about. Their claws will be
trimmed again as they seem to grow lots in this stage. The pups are
now eating more raw meat, and they are having less milk.
5-6 weeks The puppy will
now be on its own adventures, they love to play with toys, explore the
world, and they growl and play with their litter mates. Your puppy will
learn all about voices, and will start to come to words when we call them.
Some puppies will play fight with their brothers and sisters. They can
sound rather loud and noisy if they play fight. They also will start to cry
to be let out of their house pen and want to explore their surroundings. We
start to play our Firework CD to socialize the puppy to noises of fireworks,
loud bangs which also helps for gun work. This is the ideal time we
like the puppy owners to come as you really have a nice little puppy to look
at and have cuddles. By now some pups can cope with chicken wings to
eat by 6 weeks of age. We smash the wings up so the bone fragment is tiny.
They are also introduced to other foods such as fruit, veg, crushed rice.
6 weeks
At week 6 only can we look
at the puppies behaviour. Some may be more aggressive in play, others may
be shy, some wont like loud noises, others do not mind loud bangs. The
puppy needs security still of the litter mates and mum around. The
pups are eating well by now and do not need their mother at all. Their
diet is good and varied.
7 weeks
Puppies are in dependant
characters at 7 weeks, they no longer need their mother to survive. Puppies
are found new homes at this age as the puppy starts to focus all its
attention on its new owner rather than other puppies in the litter. The
puppy is confident at week 7. A puppy will start to learn its name, but it
still has a very short attention span so you must not over do training each
day. The puppy will have basic instincts to explore its surroundings.
Puppy training can start in the home with basic commands of what is
acceptable and what is not. A puppy that stays with its litter siblings
longer than 7 weeks can shown to be a bully into adult life.
(Taken in part from: Complete Dog training Manual by Bruce Sessions) The scientific tests at Hamilton Station have show that it is advantageous for a puppy to remain with the litter long enough to acquire a little competitive spirit, but that too much is detrimental to the puppy's emotional growth. The pups that remain in the litter after the seventh week will begin to develop bullish or cowed tendencies - which will remain with them into adulthood. The longer a puppy remains with the litter after completing the seventh week of its life, the more deteriorated the emotional growth of that puppy will be. At the end of the third critical period, the puppy is considered emotionally developed and ready to learn. But the puppy does not possess an adult brain at that age. It is for this reason of reading research which is available to read on the internet/books that we choose to place our puppies in pet homes at 7 weeks.
Please do not copy any photographs in our website or any text. Uk Weimaraner and Hungarian Vizsla breeder Norfolk
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