RAISING OUR POODLE PUPPIES

At Ormar, we take breeding and raising our puppies very seriously. We are fully committed to the care and well being of not only the mother and her pups, but to also ensure that your new Poodle puppy gets the best possible start in life, which will enable him/her to develop into the loving and well-mannered companion you wish to share your life with.

 

Our puppies are born in our home’s nursery room, which is adjacent to our bedroom.  I do not work outside of the house, which enables me to supervise and tend to my puppies’ needs around the clock.  In order for me to monitor each Poodle's growth and development, they're all identified at birth by putting a small dot of non- toxic water-soluble acrylic paint on top of their fur,  pink for girls & blue for boys. This enables me to identify and follow up on each puppy from birth, and up to the time, they leave our home at 9-10 weeks of age.

 

Newborn Poodle puppies spend approximately 3.5 weeks in the nursery room.  It is there where their socialization begins with humans other than myself, my husband, and with our adult dogs.   During their neonatal period, from the 3rd to the 16th-day post birth, we utilize Dr. Carmen Bataglia's Biosensor Early Neurological Stimulation exercises with our newborn puppies. Several benefits have been observed in puppies that were exposed to the Bio Sensor Stimulation exercises, such as improved cardiovascular performance, stronger heart beats, stronger adrenal glands, more tolerance to stress , and a greater resistance to diseases.  Puppies were also found to be more active, and more exploratory. We encourage all our clients and their children to visit the puppies at least twice a week, to hold, interact, and play with them. We accommodate our clients and invite them to come and socialize the puppies when their schedule affords them to visit.  We always love to have clients and friends visit us and play with our puppies.  .

 

At 4 weeks old, we start to wean our puppies. Once they learn to eat on their own and are well on their feet, we move them into a large puppy enclosure measuring 10ft x 4ft, which is set up in our large and bright family room on the house’s main level, overlooking our beautiful backyard, garden, and fenced-in swimming pool.  It is in the family room where our puppies continue their socialization and exposure to a myriad of noises, various stimuli, daily interactions with visitors and our dogs, all of which prepares them for the big world and gives them the tools with which to deal with a variety of situations they will eventually encounter when they leave our home to join their new families.

 

During this time, our Poodles get introduced to grooming, which consists of bathing, blow drying, clipping nails, shaving faces and feet, and getting their first trim.  Early grooming is very important in order to teach the puppy not to be afraid of the clipper, water, and blow dryer.