Dogma Thursday
The Great Dane Service Dog puppies are almost two months and you can expect them to do more than your average human.
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During this first stage of development, puppies are born with their eyes and ears firmly closed and without any teeth.
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His eyesight and hearing improve daily, and by the time he’s 3 weeks old your puppy will be toddling around, trying out his voice and beginning to play with his siblings.
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[At 3-7 weeks] your puppy is a now a ‘toddler’ and he’ll be very busy learning how to interact with other dogs (both puppies and older dogs) and with other animals and, of course, humans. Your puppy’s teeth start to emerge during this stage and this means that he doesn’t have to rely on drinking milk as his sole source of nutrition.
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That little puppy has grown up pretty quickly and by 8 weeks old he’s ready to leave his canine family and go to his new home.
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Socialization is also very important during this stage of puppy development… the more new sights, sounds, smells etc. that he can experience the better. Puppies who have lots of socialization experiences and stimulus during this period will be much better equipped to handle change as they grow (read more here).
The photo above is the calendar from the Service Dog Project.
