Back in August an Agility friend spoke to me about the benefits of the Bio Sensor Program or 'Super Dog Program', which she uses on her litters, subsequently I have had someone else in the agility world ask if I was going to use it - to which I answered 'yes'!
The Bio Sensor Program was developed by the U.S Military for their dogs and initially consists of stimulating the few senses the pups are born with once a day for no-more than 5 seconds in a way which would not naturally occur in nature; by kick starting the neurological system early, there is the potential for increased capacity and more confident, trainable pups with a 'superior advantage' to others.
After the pup's weigh ins I have tickled their toes, held them upright, upside down and on their backs and placed their feet on a cold towel before promptly returning them back to a confused Hex who can't understand why, when we are usually so concerned by the pups crying, are we upsetting them?
From day 3 (when we started) the pups have all behaved differently and are fairly consistent each day with their own behaviours and which exercises they prefer and which they object to.
I will try and get some pictures during the next 'puppy torture', if you would like to learn more about the program, the following article makes for a very interesting read and also talks about the research which was done on human children (nice to have human testing for once!):
http://breedingbetterdogs.com/pdfFiles/articles/early_neurological_stimulation_en.pdf
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