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During her first month, a puppy spends 90 percent of her time sleeping. When she is awake, she instinctively seeks food from her mother (the dam). This behavior pattern changes abruptly when the puppy reaches three weeks of age and begins interacting with the environment. Her eyes open between ten and fourteen days, and her ears begin functioning between fifteen and twenty-four days—and suddenly she becomes aware of the world around her. She learns to stand and walk, and within another week, she leaves the whelping box to explore her new surroundings.

As her first milk teeth erupt, she becomes curious to taste real food and begins weaning off mother’s milk. She also starts to explore her environment by chewing and tasting. The puppy starts responding to humans and playing with her mother and littermates.

Two Chinese crested puppies, just weeks old, peer down at the world from a new advantage point. Like all puppies, they are intensely curious about their surroundings