A dog's life? No. Not after you have met these puppies!
Today I spent some time making bedding for the new babies and also managed to finalise their ID's and weight charts. It was great fun to get to know them! I love the way they 'swim' blindly around the box yet quite accurately find what they were looking for!
(Considering that they cannot yet see or hear)
(Considering that they cannot yet see or hear)
I refer to it a swimming because they seem to 'doggy-paddle' to drag themselves along.
This is Alex - our 'red boy'. Like his siblings, he knows exactly what he wants from life - food and sleep with plenty of motherly attention and cleaning in between.
It is quite amazing to watch the routine in the box - I noticed that after having his fill, Alex 'swam' to the appropriate end of his mother to be cleaned and then moved away to sleep.
At first I was worried the the 6 puppies might not get enough nourishment or would not find a spare nipple, but nature sorts itself out along the way. While a few are sleeping, the others would suckle.
I hope to get good shots of the other puppies tomorrow.
The puppies are growing at an amazing rate and now weigh between 221 grams and 250 grams.
