I had my family here all last week which is my excuse for not posting! LOL
Anyway, it certainly did not mean the pups were being ignored. Alex and Michael played with them every day. Here are some shots of Alex, Marli’s pups and all the other dogs playing in the yard. Enjoy!
Also, please forgive me for adding a few of our newest boy…Potter. Isn’t he special!
One of Marli’s puppies has her eyes open now and a second is almost there. Here are three photos I took this morning.
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| Girl #1 has her eyes open! She, like her siblings, is moving around quite well in the whelping box. She is black and tan with white markings on her paws, her chin and her chest. The tan is showing up on her rump and her legs. She also appears to have some lightening on her eyebrows. At 13 days old she weighs 13.4 ounces. This puts her right on a par with Maxi’s pups at the same age. |
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| Girl #2 still has her eyes completely closed. But she is a bit smaller than her sisters so this is no surprise. She, too, is moving around nicely. She is black with white markings…no tan in her coloring at this point. She weighs 11.4 ounces. |
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| And, you can’t see it from this photo but girl #3 has slight openings in her eyes. She weighs 12.5 ounces, is moving around well and is black and tan with white markings. |
Ziggy is the last of our eight puppy’s from our New Year’s Eve litter. He is just 8 weeks old, has his first shots, has a stellar report from my vet and is a very cuddly puppy. Here are some photos of Ziggy.You can see the results of our Volhard Personality Assessment on an earlier post.
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.
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| Tossing and rolling |
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| They love these plastic rings. Now that they are bigger, I can hang them in their pen. |
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| They have been using the litter pans for almost two weeks now. |
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| The water station |
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| Play, play, play |
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:
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| Puppies still sleep a lot. It does not appear that there is any stress here at all! |
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| They look like spokes of a wheel when they eat. This is kibble soaked in water overnight. They love it! |
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| More sleeping! |
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| Taking a taste of Mama’s food.
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