Thursday 10 March 2016

Developmental Changes You Expect From Newfoundland Puppies

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.

When dogs are three to five weeks old, they are able to smell, see and hear. At this stage, their sensory systems effectively develop and the pets are now aware of the surroundings. This awareness enables the puppy to interact very well with their mother and litter-mates. In fact, the dogs will also start to play, chase and growl, bare their teeth, wag their tails, bite their litter-mates, bark and walk. Their teeth also begin to erupt setting them ready for soft solid foods.

Puppies start experiencing a sense of freedom at the age of five to seven weeks. At this stage, they are ready to be weaned and in fact, their habits are not understood by many since their wanton curiosity is growing at a higher degree. At this stage your puppy may exhibit some fears. However, it is the most appropriate stage to introduce an environment that is filled with stimulation and diversity. It is also the right stage where they develop some sort of intimacy with the humans around them.

The sensory system of most dogs develops fully at week seven to nine. Here you will notice that your dogs are very curious to discover new things. They will do crazy things with an aim of learning new things. They also become more mature, in the way they behave when with people and litter-mates.

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.

The motor skills of the puppy begin to grow when they are nine to twelve weeks old and their sensitivity to the environment in now evident. Though the attention span of your puppy may remain short, they are able to know the behaviors that suit particular times. At this age, the dogs do all they can to win your attention. To them, you and your family members are their close litter-mates now.

Many people who own dogs discover their teething age when they realize a great urge in the puppy to chew items and objects they find around. This happens in the age of thirteen to sixteen weeks. Here, the puppy desires to explore the environment on its own and for this reason, they begin to object some training rules and orders.

Chewing phase may continue even after the puppy is sixteen weeks and over. They will not chew because they are teething but because of unstoppable curiosity and exploration. Puppies past sixteen weeks should be trained to walk on the grass, tile, blacktop, carpet, cement, gravel and linoleum among others. You should also introduce them to people of different handicaps, races, genders and ages.




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