Early Nuerological stimulation

Q-tip toe tickle
Green boy

Perpendicular to the ground
White girl

on the back in palm of hand
Whit boy

Head held down
Red boy

on cold damp cloth
Brown boy

Mild forms of stress create many changes in newborns including changes in electrical activity in the brian, muscle tension, and changes in oxyen levels and breathing. When tested later as adults the stress dogs were better able to withstand stress than their non-stressed littermates. Battaglia says "kicking the neorolgocal system into action earlier than normal will benefit the pupppy with improved cardiovascular, stonger heart beats, stronger adrenal glands, more tolerence to stress and greater resistance to disease". Puppies were also more active, more exploratory, calmer, and less distracted when working. We perfom these exercises from day 3-16.