Day 5- toys in the box
Well, moms know best, they always say. In my post yesterday I talked about putting toys in the whelping box for Sport’s sake. I hadn’t put any toys in the whelping box yet thinking the puppies were too young for them. It turned out not to be the case– we saw lots of toy […]
Day 4
A number of people asked yesterday about the Early Neurological Stimulation. To learn more, here’s a link to the article by Dr. Carmen Battaglia. Today Sporty decided the whelping box was too boring, so she started bringing leashes, collars, slippers, and balls into the box. Since we didn’t want random things in there, it’s now […]
Day 3
There’s not much going on now, just the puppies getting bigger! Tonight we’ll start the Bio-Sensor early neurological stimulation exercises, and that will go on for the next couple weeks. Ms. Pink seems amused by No-Collar’s happy nursing dance. I walked into the room to find Sporty’s six-pack in this configuration. They are like sky-divers! […]
Day 2
A gorgeous day, filled with puppies and sunshine. Here’s an ungroomed Sport the day after having babies; she was happy to play ball a few times in the yard. The puppies all gained 2.5 oz on average the first day. Here are the fatties Feeding when standing up makes for strong legs and necks. 🙂 […]
William x Sport puppies are finally here!
It has been a long 36 hours, especially the last 12! We have 6 BIG healthy puppies. 4 boys and 2 girls, the lightest weighed in at 19 oz (a boy) and the heaviest was 20.6 oz (also a boy). Average weight was 19.7 oz. The first puppy (a girl) arrived at 2:30am, and the […]