WHAT IS ESI AND ENS?

At Rechlicz Family Doodles, all of our babies participate in ESI and ENS. Early socialisation is crucial to the development of your puppies. Outside of the usual puppy socialisation protocols, there are two early puppy stimulation exercises that I’d like to introduce you to. 

Let’s talk about ENS and ESI for newborn puppies!

What are ENS and ESI for puppies?

Early Neurological stimulation (ENS) and Early scent Introduction (ESI) ENS are simple exercises to which you expose puppies from days 3-16 to help aid their development, resilience and coping mechanisms. 

These early puppy stimulation exercises don’t take long to perform but can pay off huge dividends in the long run. 

Benefits of introducing early puppy stimulation exercises

• Boost brain development

• Improves circulation and immune system

• Stimulates the neurological system

• Improves stress responses in later life 

Why ESI?

Scent is the way puppies experience the world. Introducing natural scents early on can help:

• Introduce puppies to new scents in a controlled way.

• Improves scenting ability in later life.

• Enhances confidence and stability as adults.

• Reduce behavioural issues in the long term 

Research has shown that when puppies are exposed to scent at this early age, they have an association and a recognition towards that specific scent.

If your puppy is likely to be used for a service role, detection role or perhaps as a working gun dog, then you can introduce them to “job specific” scents and increase their association with that scent, even at this age.

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