Royal Manor Labradoodles

Maturing around 15-20lbs

Grace 12/23/24 – Week 4 Pupdate

At this stage of their life, physical exercise is critical to their development. Studies have shown just how important it is for them to get lots of physical exercise as it actually causes their brain to grow larger than those that do not get adequate exercise. Their pen area has doubled in size and they really enjoy running around our house as they play and interact with our family.

They continue to be presented with new toys and obstacles to aid in their enrichment training. We continue to optimize the training opportunity during the critical window. They are introduced to new situations and we have been working with their startle reflex. It is important during this window they develop the ability to be startled and are able to recover quickly. Recovering quickly helps them mature into confident dogs that can handle new and challenging situations.

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Your puppy is now in the Critical Socialization period of their training process.  

During these next several weeks we focus on introducing and exposing your puppies to new items and situations to reinforce behaviors and experiences.  At the young age of 3 weeks to 12 weeks sometimes just one exposure could be enough to learn something or accept something new.   During this time, the pup has really no need for the fear response so almost every exposure reinforces a positive experience to ultimately reduce the stress to the puppy once they develop the ability to fear.

By the time your pup is 5 months old to 1 year, it could take multiple exposures to achieve the same results as just once at this young age.

Over the next several weeks we will focus on several key elements to include Communication, Emotional Stability, Habituation, Enrichment, Health, Skills and Love!

Your puppy is becoming stronger on their feet and learning to communicate with their voices.   They are learning to play with their littermates and with newly introduced toys.   Already we are seeing great strides in their confidence.

Within just a few days of being transferred to their new larger pen area, they have amazingly demonstrated the natural instinct of moving away from their sleeping area/beds and have started to show interest in eliminating on the potty system.

I have introduced a small number of soft toys – they seem to love sucking on those and snuggling up to them. 

Your puppy is 2 weeks old and now weighs around 1.5lbs. Your puppy has moved into the transitional period of their training process. Their eyes are now starting to open and they are seeing the big world around them. 

Your puppy is learning how to balance on all fours and learning to walk around the whelping area. They are developing their vocals and learning to use that to communicate to both mom and litter mates. They are learning to play with each other and have started to suck on each other as a way to communicate and play. The litter is transitioning from the whelping box to a whelping pen throughout the day so they have more room to learn to walk around. They are urinating and pooping on their own. Previously those tasks were stimulated by mom through licking. We are starting to introduce the family socialization aspect of their training. Each and every pup loves the extra snuggles from us all. 

Born on 12/23/24, this beautiful litter includes 8 healthy little bundles of joy in a variety of stunning colors. They will be ready to join their forever families on 02/17/25

The Royal Manor difference is the socialization making them super friendly, affectionate family additions.