I will be updating this periodically with entries.
Entry #1
I must admit, I have been eager for this day. First test subject has arrived successfully. Dubbed Offspring Experiment 1, OE1 in future references. Male. Takes after his dam with incredibly large ears. Interesting. Dam has dubbed him 'Aero'. I have assured her of my willingness to take responsibility for him lest she worry over his welfare and interrupt my experiments.
Entry #2
OE1 makes vast amounts of noise at ridiculous hours. My patience is stretched thin, my focus fluctuates and I find myself making moronic mistakes. I am determined to restore my lab to its former quiet. I will not rest until OE1 is incapable of this obnoxiousness. All experiments ceased until I have accomplished this goal.
Entry #3
Conditioning OE1 for silence took less time than expected. He is mutable, easy to manipulate, and learns quickly even at such a young age. I have modified his vocals just in case his conditioning does not hold. I will not suffer through such noise again. I informed his dam of his 'tonsillitis' that required surgery that would affect his vocals in future. He is incapable of loud noise. When told to yell, subject's voice disappears into silence. I am pleased with my results.
Entry #4
OE1 is developing into a fine test subject. He no longer resists my orders, realizing the futility of such action. He has either inherited some of my mannerisms or I have engineered their existence through conditioning and isolated exposure to myself. I am unfortunately unsure which is truth as I have no control subject to compare him against. I must acquire one, the sooner the better. I shall approach his dam about the possibility. I must rectify my error as soon as possible.
Entry #5
Good news. OE1's dam has agreed to my request for more offspring. I shall have my control subject soon. Reflecting on this mistake, I have decided it could hardly be helped. OE1 had no sibling and putting off his testing until one was acquired would have skewed results. I shall continue my experiments as planned and calculate for error after his sibling arrives.
Entry #6
It seems odds were with me this time. OE2 and OE3 have arrived. I am quite pleased with the outcome of this litter. Their dam has dubbed the male, OE2, 'Campion' and the female, OE3, 'Primrose'. Both OE2 and OE3 seem to take quite equally after both their dam and myself in physical characteristics. I will be using OE2 as a control subject and beginning experimentation anew on OE3. It will be interesting to note whether sex will have any bearing on the results, and compare OE2's lack of testing against OE1's results as well. There are so many more possibilities with three of them, so many more questions and so many more answers to be found.
Entry #7
Two infants are significantly harder to look after at once. Yet again I find my patience wearing thin and my focus wavering. I can at least leave OE2 with his mother as there is no need to bring him into my lab. I have researched common parenting techniques to use with him so that he might grow up 'normally', all the better to compare him to his siblings. His mother is more fit to practice such techniques than I, they require far too much emotional involvement. It seems she has use as more than just a provider of offspring and occasional test subject. I am interested in the psychological differences that may develop between all three siblings.
Entry #8
It is interesting to note how two infants and a young pup can affect my own mental state. I am beginning to wonder if I made a mistake in requesting more offspring. OE1 was already becoming the perfect test subject and now I find myself with less time for him, less focus to devote to my experiments. I suppose I should note that OE1 has taken some interest in his younger siblings. He seems to enjoy observing them, though I do not know for what purpose. He never initiates interaction with them, but is willing to go along with whatever they wish of him should they initiate interaction on their own. He seems to have some preference for OE3, I assume because of their more similar situations. They also seem to be more similar in personality; I am beginning to wonder if it is my influence after all. OE2 seems to take more after his dam, far more excitable than OE1 or OE3. If my influence is extending to OE1 and OE3, it would make sense that their mother's influence is extending to OE2. More observation required.
Entry #9
A series of recent experiments has left OE3 unable to feel any pain at all, it seems. She no longer cries nor seems to react at all to painful stimuli. OE2 has begun to become something of a nuisance. He is becoming defiant of me. He appears guarded in my presence, though he has never once been subject to my experiments so I cannot say as to why. I have never treated him as anything but a normal pup, as far as I can tell. His defiance is baffling in comparison to the obedience of OE1 and OE3. As of so far, I can only conclude that too much freedom breeds rebellion, which seems entirely counter intuitive. Perhaps it is something inherent within OE2 that causes it. More study required.
Entry #10
As much as I am enjoying the relative quiet now that OE2 and OE3 have grown, I think it would be beneficial to approach their dam once more about producing more offspring. I shall allow the next litter to begin to develop outside the lab in order to better determine personality differences that I may be influencing with my early experimentation. Both OE1 and OE3 have spent much of their lives in my lab, from birth. Both are compliant. OE2 has spent no time at all in my lab. He is increasingly defiant. He has begun vain attempts to stop me from performing my experiments. Surely there is some correlation.
Entry #11
OE4 and OE5 have been born. Their dam has named them 'Booja Booja' and 'Laga'. I find these names to be the most ridiculous she has come up with yet. Irrelevant. I will not bring them into the lab until they have had some time to develop outside of it. I am curious how it may affect them in the lab environment, and it may prove my suspicions about OE2's defiance. I do not expect to be able to make another entry for some time. Five pups is going to be quite the challenge and I fully expect my focus and my patience to run low in the coming weeks. Sacrifices must be made, however.
