19 days old

Physical and mental development is moving at a fast rate. What a dramatic change in the puppies in less than a week! At 19 days of age, puppies are vocalizing, moving more comfortably, starting to interact with each other. Now that their vision is improving, we added several visual field stimulation patterns to their whelping box for them to focus on.

They are adapting to auditory sounds being played on a CD (Gentle Leader Canine Sound Desentization) that has babies crying, dogs barking (they get exposed a lot to that from the other dogs in the house), chain saws buzzing, door bells ringing, etc. Yesterday (day 20), I started using a clicker as they nursed. Several are also now wearing proper collars so they are already adapting to that around their neck. Non-sleep time is increasing and it's fun to watch them.