On The Move!!
Sienna’s pups are 18 days old now and their eyes are wide open!
And boy are they motoring!!
Now the fun really begins!!
Carneys Kennel
Week 3 Begins!
Sienna’s puppies are really beginning to devlop now! Most of their eyes are open…a couple are still just half way there…the littler ones. Sunday (at 2 weeks old) they got their first pedicure! 7 pups X 18 wiggly toes…126 toes altogether!
They also got their first dose of dewormer. This is precautionary. All puppies are born with intestinal parasites…passed on from their mom in utero. My adults get regular doses of dewormer about every other month but even then they pick things up inbetween from being outside. Adults can tolerate parasites to some extent. Puppies, on the other hand, are very susceptible to complications! So they get dewormed every 2 weeks with two different formulas that treat different varieties of parasites.
Besides eyes opening, they also are getting pigment devlopment on their noses. I hate to see the pink noses disappear… wish they could stay forever! Oh well!
Here are some pix!
Eevee is a red sable parti (means some white). His eyes are just beginning to open but his nose is getting pigment.
Pikachu has beautiful eyes! and his nose is almost fully pigmented.
Pansear’s eyes are also open and partial nose pigment. She is really moving around too!
Togepi. Isn’t he adorable! Some of his coat is getting a bit of color…maybe apricot like his mom. Some nose pigment too!
Ash has some nose pigment and it’s difficult to see, because of his black coat. but his eyes are fully open!
Swirlix is getting more coat color too. And check out those beautiful eyes!
Our little guy, Luxio, is still waiting to see the light! But his nose is completely black.
Rise and Shine!
A morning wake up call, a light clean up and then breakfast!
After you turn it on, be sure to click on the CC button beneath the video to read the captions!
One Week Old and Twice as Big!
The beginning of socialization! My daughter in law getting her first wiff of puppy breath and giving Sienna some loving!
Our puppies turned 1 (week) today! They are doing great…even the little one! Everyone has at least doubled their weight which is a good sign.
The first three weeks are always the clinchers. I
don’t want to let Sienna outside because we have tons of deer in our neighborhood. They are beautiful but also disease carriers. While the pups do benefit from Mom’s antibodies in the colostrum and in her milk, I am nervous.
Here are some recent photos!
Grandson Ben loves to hold puppies! This is the same young man featured on the “cover” of this website….10 years ago! He is holding our littlest one, Luxio.
They try to sleep in clumps!
You can’t see them all, but the other 5 are nestled under the whelping pen’s pig rail. A pig rail prevents mom from accidentally crushing one of her babies.
Sienna getting some quality on my bed with Luxio. My way of making sure this pup gets all the milk he needs. Special times.
Sienna, me and Luxio. (I am terrible at selfies!)
Sienna’s Puppies–Day 3
As a first time mom, Sienna was a little bewildered when her puppies began to arrive. But after the fourth pup descended (she has 7!), her instincts kicked in big time.
Fast forward to Day 3 and she has got this!!
In the video below she is seen picking up one of the pups to gently (puppy never made a peep) and place him in the circle of babies so that she could curl her body around all of them for nursing. I think this is just amazing!