Nearly 7 weeks old!
The puppies were about 2 weeks old when they had their last car ride. All 3 fit nicely in the medium sized crate. Today they were chock-a-block in the crate, but they were brave little troopers and uttered not one complaint all the way out to the Shelter. […]
A departure from the norm today, gratitude must be expressed.
Last evening was Volunteer Appreciation Night at the Saskatoon SPCA. Lisa (the Volunteer Coordinator) organized, emceed, solicited items for door prizes, and provided a veritable groaning board of dessert delicacies for our enjoyment.
The honourees represented the wide range of volunteers required to provide the extras […]
For the past several days the weather has been warm and the puppies have been spending a couple of hours a day out on the deck, safely fenced in when I cannot watch them. At this age puppies do not have a reliable reverse gear, so when they get into a tight spot they […]
Over the past couple of years the differences between Shelter-raised puppies and those fortunate enough to spend their early days in foster care have been pointed out to me. I didn’t realize the extent of the differences until a friend adopted a Shelter-raised puppy — the staff and volunteers at the Shelter spend as […]
The teeth are becoming a problem. At this age the solution is to have something appropriate to stick in their mouth when they try to chew something inappropriate — it works at best about 20% of the time — it is a stage all puppies go through.
Turk took the bait at least once today:
It […]
Meet T-Dog (male):
and Topaz (female):
They are being looked after by a staff member of the Saskatoon SPCA, and are doing fine.
As the other foster parents of this litter have chosen names beginning with the letter ‘T’, puppy #1 of my litter will be Tommy, puppy #2 will be Turk, and puppy #3 had already been […]
For the last couple of days the puppies have been almost playing with their toys — in the middle of the night one of them audibly discovered a squeaky toy and was fascinated by it, for a couple of minutes — won’t happen again as all noisy items are now picked up at bedtime!
Today I […]
The puppies have all figured out which end uses the water bowl
and they all have teeth
so today I introduced them to dry kibble: didn’t expect them to eat much of it (the other side of the bowl contained the usual mixture), but soon they should eating some of it at every meal. For […]
More from the siblings:
The puppies have turned into four-footed and furry Hoovers. They eat and eat and eat and EAT. I can’t get over how much food those two can take in in one sitting. They’re completely off the bottle and chowing down on semi-solid food at every meal which makes feeding a little less […]
Puppies are now all eating on their own. They will receive bottle feeds until they are about 6 weeks old, but the frequency and amount will lessen over the period until they are responsible for all their food in-take. For now they get a bowl of Mammalac with some ground up kibble:
followed by […]