Our Havanese Puppies at 6 weeks
I just posted a video I took two days ago when my brother and sister-in-law were visiting.
Enjoy!
I just posted a video I took two days ago when my brother and sister-in-law were visiting.
Enjoy!
I love waking up these days!
I love watching the puppies even more…especially after they have eaten, the pen is clean and they start their day of play.
Tossing and rolling |
They love these plastic rings. Now that they are bigger, I can hang them in their pen. |
They have been using the litter pans for almost two weeks now. |
The water station |
Play, play, play |
Our little Havanese puppies have gone long enough as numbers. Now that they have begun to show their little personalities I have pegged them with names that may, or may not, hold true for these personalities down the road. This is not to say I expect their families to keep these names, mind you!
As for the theme of this litter, I tried to work New Year’s Eve into it and the best I could come up with is another alphabet theme…”Z” for the last letter of the alphabet…as in the last day of the year!
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Zazu-(formerly Puppy Boy 1) is a character from The Lion King. It means dignified. |
Zazu |
Ziggy (formerly Puppy boy 2) because he is so sweet. |
Ziggy |
Zola (formerly Puppy Girl 3) means tranquil. |
Zoey (formerly Puppy Girl 4) means life. She is full of it! |
Zoey |
Zia (formerly Puppy Girl 5) means light. I chose it for her almost all white coloring. |
Zenia |
Zenia (formerly Puppy Girl 7 means flower. |
Zhubin (formerly Puppy Boy 8) means swift. He is! |
Zusa (formerly Puppy Girl 9) means beautiful! |
Our puppies had their first taste of Florida sunshine yesterday. It has been a cold winter, even down here, so they haven’t been outside until now. Enjoy their romps on this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeyvLbhgLxE&feature=youtu.be
Also, I came to the shocking realization yesterday that my individual photos are a little off! Puppy boy 1 and 2 were the same puppy!!! I’m really seeing a lot of black and white and it is beginning to affect my brain. That’s my excuse anyway.
So, I corrected the photos of Puppy #2.
And, I weighed the puppies just to see how they compare and here are the results:
Puppy boy #1: 1# 14 oz.
Puppy boy #2: 1# 14 oz. (this is not a mistake. I checked it three times! LOL)
Puppy girl #3: 1# 10 oz.
Puppy girl #4: 2# 2 oz.
Puppy girl #5: 1# 15oz.
Puppy girl #7: 1# 15 oz.
Puppy boy #8: 2# 4 oz.
Puppy girl #9: 2# 8 oz.
Other new happenings:
Puppies still sleep a lot. It does not appear that there is any stress here at all! |
They look like spokes of a wheel when they eat. This is kibble soaked in water overnight. They love it! |
More sleeping! |
Taking a taste of Mama’s food.
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I want to apologize for being remiss in my posts. We had a bit of a tragedy here last Saturday that has taken up a considerable amount of my time. Once the puppies’ eyes opened and they began moving around I noticed the chocolate boy puppy demonstrating some unusual behavior. I had always bottle fed him as he was unable to nurse sufficiently to gain weight; though the bottle proved not to be a problem and he did gain weight nicely. However, after a few days of observing his unusual behavior and spending extra time trying to help him to no avail, I took him to my vet who immediately determined the pup had suffered a stroke either in the womb or during the trauma of birth. He strongly recommended I put him down as he had permanent brain damage. Of course I was crushed but knew it was the humane thing to do.
Anyway we are back on track and the other eight puppies are doing great! I thought I’d devote a separate post to each puppy….mainly because I have a hard time keeping them straight myself.
So here is puppy #1, a little boy. Keep going back in the posts to see the other seven!