Early Neurological Stimulation? [ ENS / Bio Sensor / Superdog Program]
Would love to hear about what you guys think of this. 
"The U.S. military did studies on raising puppies, and they found that doing certain exercises with puppies during the time of rapid neurological growth, between the puppies third and sixteenth day of life would increase the pups performance in later life. They created a program called the Bio Sensor program consisting of 5 exercises to be done once a day with the pups. They found that not only were puppies able to cope more with stressful situations, and problem solve better than other puppies, but that they were actually physically healthier with higher cardiovascular performance, stronger immune systems, adrenal glands and heart beats.
The exercises should only be repeated once a day, as the point is to add mild stress. More than once, and it could be overwhelming and could have the reverse effect on the puppies.
Natural handling should also be a big part of rearing puppies, and these exercises are not a replacement for that!
These exercises should be followed up by environmental enrichment, and socialization as the puppies grow."
You can find the full article by Dr.Battaglia with examples here. ~
"The U.S. military did studies on raising puppies, and they found that doing certain exercises with puppies during the time of rapid neurological growth, between the puppies third and sixteenth day of life would increase the pups performance in later life. They created a program called the Bio Sensor program consisting of 5 exercises to be done once a day with the pups. They found that not only were puppies able to cope more with stressful situations, and problem solve better than other puppies, but that they were actually physically healthier with higher cardiovascular performance, stronger immune systems, adrenal glands and heart beats.
The exercises should only be repeated once a day, as the point is to add mild stress. More than once, and it could be overwhelming and could have the reverse effect on the puppies.
Natural handling should also be a big part of rearing puppies, and these exercises are not a replacement for that!
These exercises should be followed up by environmental enrichment, and socialization as the puppies grow."
You can find the full article by Dr.Battaglia with examples here. ~
Comments
“The capability [Military Working Dogs] bring to the fight cannot be replicated by man or machine. By all measures of performance their yield outperforms any asset we have in our inventory. Our Army (and military) would be remiss if we failed to invest more in this incredibly valuable resource." - GENERAL DAVID H. PETRAEUS
There seems to be three sides to it that people take:
- The First set believe it really works and produces dogs with really good nerves.
- The Second set are not sure if it works, but do it anyway as they figure it doesn't hurt the dogs.
- The Third think it's a load of BS & a waste of time.
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