What is it? Puppy evaluations truly start on day 3 of life when we begin ESI/ENS Activities we start to record the individual responses to each activity categorized as a "no protest, mild protest or strong protest" we can begin to form a very rough idea of which puppies are more sensitive or resilient. As they mature over the next few weeks the activities become more unpredictable and challenging and we continue to note specific behaviors like "blue collar tends to have more prey drive than pack drive" , "pink collar tends to want to sit alone and observe during exposure activities" etc. As the puppies approach 6 weeks they really start to develop personality traits. We conduct the final 7 week behavioral evaluations and score the puppies on their stable and adjustable traits to finally categorize them into 5 different personality "types" to help our puppy parents make the best decision possible for themselves!