All eyes are open! They can’t see anything yet, but that will come.
Also today the floodgates opened. Over the past week there has a been a little leakage now and then, today a few puddles, tomorrow laundry begins in earnest.
Poor Gena. This evening she came and put her head on […]
So exciting, 11 of the 14 eyes were open this morning. Each puppy has at least one eye visible when I pick them up and annoy them. I waited to do this post hoping more would appear, alas still 11 of 14.
But they are mobile. When Gena moves around the bathroom, 7 […]
This blog began on Day 3 of the puppies’ lives. Actually Lorene had it set up on Day 2 and I had written an introductory piece, but events took over and the introduction seemed irrelevant at the time. Perhaps now would be a good time.
I credit, sometimes blame, my neighbour Bev for my […]
It has been an eventful day for puppy #7 — he opened his eyes this morning and he walked — well sort of, he took about 5 steps, then fell over sideways.
Puppies 1 and 3 also walked a step or two today, ending in a face plant and a side roll. But they were […]
Yesterday was a good day for the little guys — and yes they are all boy dogs — each and every one of them can now lift themselves up on their front legs. Most of them can also lift up on their back legs, none of them has yet solved the problem of immediately […]
Just talked to the veterinarian and the puppies have officially been declared fine — Gena is weird.
Can’t believe they are 9 days old. They are getting so big, two of them have now managed to crawl out of the crate on their own. No eyes opened yet, but will have to start watching or I’ll miss the big event. All of them can now hoist themselves up on […]
Because Gena started to haul all the puppies around, the decision was made to take the whole litter in for a health check. This will happen on Thursday.
I am convinced the puppies are fine (or would be if their mother didn’t keep scaring them to death hauling them all over the house), and it […]
This morning I am sitting at the computer, my dog (Mister Muscle or MM) under the desk curled around my feet. Gena comes in with puppy #3, drops it an inch from MM’s nose, and stands and stares at the two of them. This time I do not react, just watch as Gena […]
I have a phobia about Momma dogs and decks.
My deck consists of boards on top of telephone poles laid flat, which are slightly buried in the ground. The west side rests against the house, the south side has the steps and a brick patio, the east side a flower bed, and the north side […]