{"id":492,"date":"2010-01-18T08:48:50","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T15:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/?p=492"},"modified":"2010-01-18T08:50:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T15:50:34","slug":"superdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/?p=492","title":{"rendered":"SuperDog&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AKA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tehillahgermanshepherds.com\/earlystimulation.html\" target=\"_blank\">Early Neurological Stimulation<\/a> started today.\u00c2\u00a0 Today is day 3, and you do the exercises from day 3-16.\u00c2\u00a0 It was interesting how they all responded a bit differently, some just accepted it, others complained and then relaxed, others complained the whole time.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s very quick (each exercise is only done for 3-5 seconds once a day).\u00c2\u00a0 Everyone is back in the whelping box nursing now.\u00c2\u00a0 I will be interested to see if their reactions change tomorrow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_521\" style=\"width: 183px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/day_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-521\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-521\" title=\"day_3\" src=\"http:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/day_3-173x300.jpg\" alt=\"Day 3\" width=\"173\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/day_3-173x300.jpg 173w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/day_3.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day 3<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today is first nail trim day!\u00c2\u00a0 They already have little sharp hooks on their claws, and we don&#8217;t want poor Nina getting scratched, nor do we want them scratching each other, so we will trim claws today.<\/p>\n<p>Everybody grew nicely, they are visibly bigger, and they are all ahead of where they need to be to double their weights by 8-11 days of age (I was told there would be no math, but according to Jim, they need to average out to around 6% gain a day to do this, and they are all doing so).\u00c2\u00a0 The slow gainer from yesterday (long tailed boy who only gained 4.9% yesterday) got extra feeding time yesterday and had gained over 13% by today.\u00c2\u00a0 They are all over 300 grams now except the Wee girl, who is gaining well and was 264 grams today (up from 245 yesterday), she&#8217;s just littler than her siblings, but is active and sassy and feels like a bean bag when you pick her up, as she should (newborn puppies should feel heavy for their size, kind of like a bean bag).<\/p>\n<p>Nina has one nipple that seems to be inverted, so nobody is nursing from it.\u00c2\u00a0 I will keep an eye on it to make sure she doesn&#8217;t get a problem there, since there is milk in that mammary gland that isn&#8217;t getting expressed.\u00c2\u00a0 She is happy and doing very well, eating up a storm, wrestling and playing with Rakki when she isn&#8217;t mothering the puppies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AKA Early Neurological Stimulation started today.\u00c2\u00a0 Today is day 3, and you do the exercises from day 3-16.\u00c2\u00a0 It was interesting how they all responded a bit differently, some just accepted it, others complained and then relaxed, others complained the whole time.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s very quick (each exercise is only done for 3-5 seconds once a 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