Through a round about set of connections, I received a comment on the blog this morning. (very complimentary, thank you Gayle!). Part of the email mentioned that the Comments on the blog do not work. Checked with the webmaster and sure enough the comment capability has been turned off. Why? […]
Finally, they are drinking from the water bowl.
Still mix a little water with their canned puppy food, but can now slowly begin to add kibble to the food — they play with the kibble and some of it seems to disappear, but for ‘chow time’ they either go to Merry or the canned […]
Haven’t caught any of the puppies actually taking a drink of water or showing any interest in the water bowl other than as something to fall into. But they are 4 weeks old and puppies are supposed to start lapping around day 24, so decided it was time to try them on some gruel […]
Mother Nature is a wise and wily woman — when puppies begin to walk they fall, they tumble and roll. During this period of about a week, puppies have really short legs, the ground is very close to their bellies, not far to fall. When they are competent walkers, over the period of […]
Yes, the dreaded teeth have arrived. Pants, fingers, toes will be safe for another day or two until the puppies learn what great advantage is to be had by chawing down on everything in sight –
yes, sight has begun too. They do not appear to be able to identify anything yet, but definitely […]
I looked back at my notes to see what other litters were doing at the 3 week stage: this litter is about even with litters 1, 2, 3, but behind litter #4 (Gena’s litter — guess it means that Gena’s litter developed a little faster than the others).
A friend was over, watching the puppies […]
Puppies are all walking, on all four feet — just not walking very far or for very long. A wrinkle in the blanket spells disaster, if puppy doesn’t tire before reaching the wrinkle. Getting a picture is not easy, by the time the shot is framed it is likely that a nose plant, […]
Oh, the joys of fostering puppies! This morning we awakened to puppy poo — they no longer require stimulation from Merry, they can go on their own — which means where ever/whenever, on a blanket, on a sibling, on a human arm. Some law of nature requires each of the others to immediately […]
Short visit last evening by Leslie and Lorene (frequently referred to as the cat people) for a session of puppy therapy, picture taking, and treat devouring (by Merry and MM).
Puppy #1
Still slightly larger than the others, stronger, more active (can get up on all four feet for 1/4 second before falling over sideways).
Puppy […]
This morning when I turned the light on and irritated the puppies, there were glints! All eyes are open — well, Puppy #3 has little slits, but that counts as open.
They can’t see anything yet, but it is the start of the fast-moving changes in their young lives. Perhaps it is not fun […]