Day nine
Another update– the puppies ears have not started to open yet. It’s actually way too early for that. They were all just complaining loudly because it was too darn hot in the house! We are having a heat wave and needed to adjust for that. All is quiet again. Whew.
One week old today!
Happy one week birthday to us! We live in a loony bin right now. I think the puppies ears are opening, and they are all testing their range of sounds at the top of their lungs. If one starts, they all join in, and though there is mostly shrieking and barking, they are adding little […]
Day seven, part two
Wow! Not much happened yesterday, but today has proved to be a milestone in these puppies lives. They were extremely active today, scooting very fast all over the box; climbing on and over the rails; causing traffic jams with each other in the rails, sometimes requiring rescue as they are a bit fat; climbing all […]
Dewclaws
Sport’s puppies all have their dewclaws intact. Fewer breeders are removing dewclaws, especially now that there is research to show that dogs actually use their front dewclaws. Since my dogs are fed raw meat, I’ve seen the ones with dewclaws use them to grip the meat/bone if it is particularly large. They also use them […]
Day seven
Not the best picture, but the following picture shows a couple of the boys. On the topic of puppy sounds–there are lots of vocalizations puppies this age make. We hear sounds coming from the whelping box much of the time. I’m going to try to make little sound files to link to the following list […]