Wednesday, March 16, 2016

First Year Developmental Changes That Most Newfoundland Puppies Show

By Christopher Sanders


The desire of most home owners is to have dogs at home. Puppies are so adorable and easy to train. Also, dogs offer home owners one of the most exceptional companies. That said, the challenge most home owners face when raising dogs is what to expect as the dogs grow. Just like babies, dogs exhibit, many changes as they grow. The following are some of the changes you may witness as Newfoundland puppies grow.

At the age of five to three weeks old, it may be termed as the active stage of the dogs. Their sensory system starts to develop effectively and they are now aware of their environment. At this age, they are able to hear, smell and see. They are able to growl and chase, play, wiggle their tails, bare their teeth, and also get involved in activities engage their litter mates. It is also at this age that they are able to socialize and interact with their mothers and litter mates.

Puppies start to develop independent characters at week five to seven. At this point, the dogs are old enough for weaning. It may not be easy to clearly explain the unique behaviors dogs exhibit at this juncture as their behaviors are quite unpredictable. You may realize that the dogs seem to be in fear at all times. However, this should not hinder you from introducing them to the environment with different experiences. It is also the right time to develop sentimental attachment with your dogs.

The dogs will have fully developed sensory system by the age of seven to nine weeks. They will start investigating any other new thing around them on their own. Most of the dogs now begin to sense and formulate the behaviors they should have when they are amid their people and litter-mates. They are willing to develop befriend anyone they come across.

This is the stage within which you can actually build or destroy the self-confidence of your puppy. The puppy is very watchful and careful with their environment. Even the activities they used to do at an earlier stage with a lot of ease become a little bit difficult for them to perform. In order to build their confidence, do not subject them to painful or traumatic situations at this age.

Puppies develop their mortal skills at week nine to twelve of their development. Here, you can easily realize that the dogs are very sensitive to the environment. Although the dogs are not able to remain attentive for a long time, you can notice that they are keen on the way they behave during certain times. They also demand more attention from the people they love. They treat people they know, with love and friendliness.

Your dogs will start to develop teeth at week thirteen to sixteen. One sign of teeth development is seeing your dogs with undying desire to chew every object they come across. The dogs also become aware of themselves. They start to be hardheaded. They refuse to hinder to certain rules and regulations they once adhered to. They seem wanting to be more independent. Training at this stage is quite challenging, as the dogs are adamant to hinder to instructions.

Due to curiosity of exploration, dogs at sixteen weeks and above may still be in the chewing phase. Remember at this age the puppy is through with teething and the training level should now advance to another. Such training include, walking on different objects such grass, tiles, carpet among others. They should also be allowed to interact with people of different kinds such as gender and age.




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