Archive for the ‘pups’ Category
Puppy Chow Time
Here is the video I referred to a couple days ago. Here the pups are eating (and wearing) solid food for the first time…
Make sure your sound is up for puppy noises!
Puppy Play Time
Here are two videos of fun, romping, 3-week old pups – very cute!
Good Morning Puppies
Here is a video of how the morning starts. Annie greets me at the door – tail wagging – and the pups stir and yawn and stretch…
Puppies First Solid Food
So, this morning I’m hanging out with the puppies and they seem to want to walk around so I take them all out of the bed area and put them into the puppy play room. They wander around, crying less than usual, and Annie is eating and they all walk over to her food bowl. Instead of nursing, they all crowd around her bowl and start trying to eat her dry kibble!! She was tense and growling at them but stopped when I (more…)
New teeth and play area
After wondering for a day why Annie’s teats seemed excessively full (yes, you are supposed to check them daily for obvious reasons) I realized the pup’s teeth must have come in and sure enough, all their little razor sharp teeth have erupted! No wonder she is less eager to nurse them. So last night for the first time in their lives I supplemented their diet with formula. They cried and cried. No one likes to grow up I guess. But a few caught on perfectly and lapped up the formula like they had been doing it for ages. I will introduce it again tonight and once a day for a bit. They are still unsteady on their feet so they can’t really manage eating (more…)
Puppies Get More Space
Today the pups graduated from their puppy bed to a new and improved sleeping situation. They have grown so large that they were peeing on each other because they were so crowded! Also, one of them escaped from their sand box a few days ago and needed to be rescued by me. I didn’t want that to happen again. So now they are sleeping on the floor snuggled in blankets with access to another part of the floor to practice walking and hopefully begin peeing in a different place from where they sleep. Both of these sections are separated from the rest of the room to keep them somewhat contained.
At this point they are better at walking backwards than forwards and tend to get confused and scared when they see where they want to go but can’t get their body to get them there. It they have a smaller space to maneuver they can’t get into as much trouble.
New video! (more…)
