The BB's are very noisy while drinking and scooting around the box, if you're watching the Puppy Culture videos you might have heard a new word:
"etepimeleticin" - which means the noises and behavior in young animals from their care-seeking adults.
Some other info about the pups development at this stage . . .
NEONATAL PERIOD: DAY 1–DAY 12
For the first two weeks of life, a puppy is considered a neonate. Born with his eyes and ears closed, he enters the world blind, deaf, and neurologically underdeveloped. At this early stage, there is almost no difference in brain activity between the time he is sleeping and the time when he’s awake. Studies have shown that handling and other interaction experienced during the neonatal period can lead to a quicker maturation of the nervous system and an enhanced development of motor and problem-solving skills.
As part of Puppy Culture, we do ENS (to be covered in another post) and start (2) two days after their tails and dew claw removal. The procedure is necessary, but does put stress on the puppies so we want them to recover before moving to the early neurological stimulation processes.
