Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Sunday, May 15, 2016
12 Week Old Puppies with their Great Grandmother, Gina
We thought they were "pestering" Gina, but then realized how much she loves them too!
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Twelve Weeks Old
Tuesday, May 10th 2016
Puppies went for their 2nd DHPP vaccination and deworming (precautionary).
They have also started monthly heartworm pills (Heartgard)
and Nexgard (flea and tick preventive).
(We will use Bravecto once the puppies turn 6 months old).
The puppies' weights were:
Scout (green girl): 12.8
Zina (pink girl): 13.9
Sunny (yellow girl): 14.5
(All the boy puppies have gone to their forever homes and all reports are happy! )
Puppies went for their 2nd DHPP vaccination and deworming (precautionary).
They have also started monthly heartworm pills (Heartgard)
and Nexgard (flea and tick preventive).
(We will use Bravecto once the puppies turn 6 months old).
The puppies' weights were:
Scout (green girl): 12.8
Zina (pink girl): 13.9
Sunny (yellow girl): 14.5
(All the boy puppies have gone to their forever homes and all reports are happy! )
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Monday, April 4, 2016
Update 4/4/2016
"Short Subjects" from just before leaving the whelping box:
(this is just for future reference). The puppies have now spent two nights sleeping in crates, instead of the whelping box. At this point the sleep 2, 2, and 3 to a crate; we will gradually move them to individual crates. The first night they went to bed around 10pm and woke at 6am - a couple of mishaps in the crates. The second night we got up each time someone cried, which was 12:30 pm and 6:00 am. That worked better. Seemed to be no mishaps in crates. (The goal is a full night with a clean crate, even if it means an earlier wake-up time).
Individual pictures and video to follow shortly, for 7-week evaluation. :)
(this is just for future reference). The puppies have now spent two nights sleeping in crates, instead of the whelping box. At this point the sleep 2, 2, and 3 to a crate; we will gradually move them to individual crates. The first night they went to bed around 10pm and woke at 6am - a couple of mishaps in the crates. The second night we got up each time someone cried, which was 12:30 pm and 6:00 am. That worked better. Seemed to be no mishaps in crates. (The goal is a full night with a clean crate, even if it means an earlier wake-up time).
Individual pictures and video to follow shortly, for 7-week evaluation. :)
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Holly - back to "herself" - and Gisele
Quick clip of Holly (mom - in silver)
and Gisele (also a Monte daughter)
Friday, March 18, 2016
Portraits at 4 1/2 weeks: Mar 18th 2016
Orange Boy
Yellow Girl
(possibly blue)
Pink Girl ("Amazon Princess")
(possibly silver)
Purple Boy
Light Blue Boy (? maybe silver ? )
Green Girl ("Scout")... little but spunky!
still not sure if she's blue or silver
Dark Blue Boy ("OMG" - so pretty and sweet)
(Still not sure if the darker ones are blue or silver... guessing that Pink girl and Blue boy are silver, less sure about Green girl and Yellow girl... Maybe the next clipping will be more revealing.)
4 1/2 weeks old...
The puppies are now well into what is MY favorite stage ... showing lots of personality and creativity (Help! Help! - seriously though, if only all of our problems could be this sweet ).
They are eating (very well) 4 meals a day now: two meals of hard-boiled eggs, yogurt and goat's milk (enriched with vitamin C, colostrum and egg yolk); and two meals of ground meat (chicken, turkey or beef) and yogurt.
We have also added pp pads to the whelping box (they still sleep there) and added a litter box to the puppy play area which is in our grooming area downstairs. The puppies' clean instinct is guiding them to use the litter box, which makes our job (and the "forever home" transition) easier. The litter box is filled with rabbit pellets, theoretically the smell of grass makes it more familiar when they are taught to potty outside.
The play area also includes (if the 'boat door' is open) access to a small area outside and a puppy 'gymnasium':
They are eating (very well) 4 meals a day now: two meals of hard-boiled eggs, yogurt and goat's milk (enriched with vitamin C, colostrum and egg yolk); and two meals of ground meat (chicken, turkey or beef) and yogurt.
We have also added pp pads to the whelping box (they still sleep there) and added a litter box to the puppy play area which is in our grooming area downstairs. The puppies' clean instinct is guiding them to use the litter box, which makes our job (and the "forever home" transition) easier. The litter box is filled with rabbit pellets, theoretically the smell of grass makes it more familiar when they are taught to potty outside.
The play area also includes (if the 'boat door' is open) access to a small area outside and a puppy 'gymnasium':
Saturday, March 5, 2016
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