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| Maxi is giving baths. This also stimulates the puppys’ bowels. |
Our Havanese puppies are one week old now and have almost doubled in size! I love their little pink paws and round bellies. Eyes are still closed…noses still pink. That will soon change!
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| Everyone is gaining nicely. They like to sleep in a clump! |
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| Puppy at the milk counter |
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| Nap buddies |
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| Maxi keeping a watchful eye. |
With the arrival of our latest litter of Havanese puppies I thought I should post some photos of our next Mom and Dad. They are expecting February 25. Our Marli is the sable and cream and Ruger is all black. We’ll have some wonderful color combinations including black and tan which excites me because we haven’t had that color before.
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| Ruger in the garden.He’s a very handsome boy! |
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| Ruger with attitude. |
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| Marli seems a little bored but, really, she isn’t at all. Just playing hard to get. |
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| Nice shot of the parents. |
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| I think Ruger is whispering sweet nothings in Marli’s ear. |
Our pretty girl, Maxi, whelped nine puppies New Years Eve! I knew things were beginning to happen when she would not leave her whelping box. She started labor about 3 pm that day…a mild restlessness and urge to nest and by 5 pm she started contractions. The first puppy, a boy, arrived at 5:45 PM weighing a whopping 5.3 ounces!
Eight of the puppies are black and white parti. One is mostly white with black on her head and the others have wonderful markings in a variety of patterns. The ninth puppy (a boy) appears to be chocolate. Time will tell as this is a fairly rare color. Maxi carries for chocolate but we aren’t sure if Dino does or not.
I will try to post photos (and ones with better clarity) every few days so stay tuned!
I bred my Havanese girl, Maxi, to my friend Denise’s boy, Dino. He is a wonderful little guy and I am sure they will have some beautiful Havanese puppies with very “bouncy” personalities. Maxi is a real snuggle bug and my kitchen shadow. We will probably see mostly black and white puppies as both parents have what is called black parti coats.
This Havanese litter will be born in Florida, some time around New Year’s Day. The puppies will be ready for their forever homes in early March.
Here are some photos of the parents.
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| Dino with his half brother Carson |
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| Dino in the show ring! |
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| Maxi loving some of her puppies |
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| Maxi with her siblings. She is lower right. |
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| Trying to get a drink from a frozen bird bath. |
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| Maxi is a good mom |
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| Chilling out with some of the family. |
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| Here they are. You can’t even see their dish. It does, however, give a great view of their coloring. So, from 1 o’clock and going around the clock, we have: Arthur, Ariel, Abby, Aloha, Alfi, Albert, Annie and Alvin. |
Puppies had their first non-Maxi meal today. I waited a week longer than I usually do because Maxi seems to be keeping her weight on and my breeder friends believe it gives the puppies a better start. But, were they ever ready for mushy kibble today! They just scarfed it down. I hadn’t even warmed it up or mixed it with goat’s milk.
They also got their first pedicure. Their tiny nails are so sharp, I just know it’s painful for Maxi when they nurse. I’m sure she will be very grateful. I’ll give them a weekly pedicure now so that by the time they go to their new homes they will be very accustomed to the weird feeling procedure.
Finally, they all got a dose of Nemex-2, which is for routine de-worming. They’ll all have a fecal exam when they visit the vet in 2 weeks to confirm that they are clean. Fortunately