Training & Behavior · Dogs
The Puppy Neural Passport
Early Neurological Stimulation & Socialization Windows
The brain you get at 16 weeks is mostly the brain you keep. 12 modules on the 0-to-16-week window, ENS and ESS (days 3–16), preventing flooding, the surface library, sound scavenger hunts, emotional neutrality instead of the '100 things' trap, the human spectrum, obstacle courses, the first fear period, and socializing safely before the vaccines are done.
About this course
A puppy's brain wires itself fastest between birth and 16 weeks, and then the gate starts to close. This course is the passport through that window. It starts before most owners even have the puppy — the five three-second Early Neurological Stimulation exercises and daily scent exposures breeders run from day 3 to day 16 — then moves to the owner's job: reading the yawns, lip-licks and freezes that mean 'too much', building a surface library and a sound library, and dropping the '100 people in 100 days' checklist in favour of emotional neutrality from a park bench. It covers hats, helmets and wheelchairs, the backyard obstacle course that builds body awareness, the fear period that lands at 8 to 11 weeks, and the question every owner asks: how to socialize before the vaccines are done without risking parvo.
What you'll learn
- The 0-to-16-week plasticity window and why neophobia rises after it closes
- ENS (five 3-second exercises, days 3–16) and ESS (one novel scent a day) for breeders and foster homes
- Reading micro-stress signals and preventing flooding with distance
- The surface library with cheese trails, and the sound scavenger hunt from whisper volume up
- Emotional neutrality over the '100 things' trap, the park bench, and the human spectrum (hats, helmets, mobility aids)
- Obstacle courses for proprioception, the 8-to-11-week fear period, and safe socialization before vaccines are complete
Course outline (12 modules)
Quiz & Certificate
Knowledge quiz
After completing all lessons, take a short quiz to test your understanding.
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$9.99 · Lifetime access · 12 lessons