Puppy Culture represents a gold standard in puppy rearing and early socialization!
New for the 2016 breeding season, Bellator Basenjis is excited to start our puppies out on the right paw by implementing the Puppy Culture protocols in our puppy raising and training program! This comprehensive training and socialization system has step by step age appropriate protocols to help develop smarter, stronger, healthier, and happier puppies who adapt well in new situations, learn to communicate with their owners, and ultimately become better adjusted, well rounded adults. From early neurological stimulation that expands brain power and stimulated cardiovascular health, to developing problem solving skills with appropriate responses to fear and stresses, to learning positive communication skills and problem prevention exercises, Puppy Culture helps set up our puppies for success in their new homes with many of the basics established for their new owners with very easy to follow steps new owners can follow to ensure consistent future success.
Puppies raised in enriched environments, like those outlined in Puppy Culture, have improved cardio vascular performance, stronger adrenal systems, adapt better to stressful situations, develop appropriate responses to stress, and have stronger immune systems making them more resistant to diseases. Scientific Studies have shown that these enriched environments actually cause animals to develop up to 5% more neuron-connections in the areas related to learning, memory, and emotional response. The early neurological stimulation increases learning ability, with better retention, and pups appear more stable, less fearful, with better abilities of coping with and recovering from fear and stressful experiences. We invest the time and effort into each puppy to ensure the puppies become the best pets and companions, whether they be a show dog, or cherished snuggle companion. Within the Puppy Culture program, we start basic attention exercises, easy recall commands, crate training, house training, and many other things we can discuss in person. You can check out the Puppy Culture website for further details and a chapter outline of whats included in the DVD programs by clicking on the picture below.
Although we as a breeder will set your puppy up for success, the Puppy Culture program isn’t just for breeders and to ensure lifetime success, we recommend you look into purchasing the puppy culture program for yourself or the book “When Pigs Fly” which is also by the makers of Puppy Culture! Click on the banner at the very top of this page to purchase Puppy Culture or When Pigs Fly!
We will post picture and video updates to this page cataloguing our training and utilization of the puppy culture program along with posting updates on our Facebook page after our puppies are born and we can get started! Check back often!
Step one of Puppy Culture is ENS or Early Neurological Stimulation which helps puppies brains, neurological systems, and cardiovascular systems develop stronger. This is 3-5 seconds of stimulation for each puppy from days 3-16 of age. The stimulation includes tickling the feet, head up, head down, laying on their back, and a thermal stimulation by laying them on a cold, wet towel. The exercises are performed once per day during the critical brain growth phase.
Click here to see a video of us doing ENS on our puppies at 3 days old!
