Girl 2 – Went home with my aunt!!

Week 6 Update: Not much too eventful for updates this week. Pups ears are starting to go up and they absolutely love the snow!! Some pups are having a harder time adjusting to weaning so have put on less weight due to the dreaded “weaning diarrhea”. It takes us about a week to get them solid again and back on track. We are still working diligently at getting the cam ready for live streaming. It will be ready soon. We are a week behind because of being sick.

Week 4 Update: Babies are becoming fun puppies this week. They are exploring, playing, and eating mushy food & drinking water. They are starting to prefer their fur-mom isn’t around them as much now because she doesn’t let allow them to misbehave like they want. Although their current human family doesn’t let them misbehave very much either but we give them fun toys, belly rubs, and body massages. Babies are still nervous when being picked up and instantly assume the prayer position with their front legs crossed. This starts to subside around 6 weeks of age as puppies confidence builds.  We’ve been asked by a few families what their baby weighs so I’ve included weights on their pics. Weights at this age are honestly meaningless, except to gauge current size and by allowing us to monitor that everyone is doing well nutritionally and increasing in weight appropriately and not staying the same or dropping weight. Babies are just learning to eat & drink, as well as, being more independent of mom so some babies prefer more mushy food while some still prefer mom’s milk. Those still preferring mom’s milk more over mushy food will weigh less. By 6 weeks of age you’ll start to see pups weights equaling out between them.

Week 3 Update: Babies can control their own body temperatures now and are no longer dependent on heaters to ensure they stay nice and toasty. It’s quite the ordeal keeping babies content before they can control their own body temperatures. If their area gets too hot it’s very dangerous, if it gets too cool it’s very dangerous. Week 3 is a reprieve from stress of ensuring the babies stay just the right temperature.  They are also now used to mom leaving them and going outside to go potty and stretch. They no longer cry for her the whole time she’s away. Now they utilize the mom-free time to test out their wrestling skills. Little personalities are starting to develop as they are starting to venture out of the bedroom which is their “safe area” to the living room. Soon they’ll be exploring.

Week 2 Update: All babies eyes and ears are open now.  Babies can only see a very small distance in front of them. Week 2 pictures are the most difficult to take because we cannot use the flash and must shine a light from behind the babies to protect their newly open eyes. Babies spend all their time milking, sleeping, & going potty. Once in awhile we can spot a couple starting to mouth wrestle with each other. Definitely have their howls and are not afraid to use them, lol!

Newborn