Everything is going well with the puppies. They are on 4 meals a day and have progressed from the porridge mixture (soaked kibble) which has been blended to having kibble that is soaked and is like little sponges. This will help take the strain off Tilly now. Tilly has been amazing as she is still feeding them even though you can tell she cant cope with them when they are ravenous.

Toilet training is also going exceedingly well!!! All poos have been outside today! YES! We are getting them out regularly so approximately 80% of the wees are also outside.

The puppies are learning how to play with the toys we have given them. They like to hold toys and yomp on them. Learning how to play with a ball is exquisite!

A few videos!!!

Roll call

Going on a puppy walk

Been out drinking… Know how to party – could they handle it? look worse for wear now!

Mumma Milk Tilly is so tired bless her

Next stage of Weaning

oh and a new article from me, Ode to a dog breeder! A small insight to consider the meaning of time. People often think they might like to have a litter of pups – it isnt a case of cuddling them all day long. There is a lot to it and fundamentally time is a massive factor in how well you cope! So many things to consider, finances, resources, welfare, health tests, research and having a mentor all BEFORE you even consider a mating.

We are now half way in with having our beautiful puppies! They are such sweet adorable pups.

Yesterday they were 4 weeks old – we celebrated this milestone with a weighing and clipping of the claws.

Clipping claws is an intricate business as the claws are so very tiny that you don’t want to accidentally clip the claw too short or worse harm the pup through being over zealous with the nail clippers. Often people who breed puppies have no idea that the claws should be clipped regularly. This is now the third time they have been clipped!

Weights (Pups in order of birth). (BW – Birthweight)

Miss Orange (BW) 330g is now 2780g

Miss Pink (BW) 422g is now 3090g

Miss Red (BW) 346g is now 2780g

Miss Purple (BW) 306g is now 2780g

Miss Yellow (BW) 378g is now 3030g

Mr Blue (BW) 388g is now 2930g

In order of heaviest at birth compared to weights now.

1)Pink 1) Pink 3090
2)Blue 2) Yellow 3030 (60g less than pink)
3)Yellow 3) Blue 2930 (100g less than yellow)
4)Red 4) Red
5)Orange 4) Orange
6)Purple 4) Purple

I am pleased the litter is so balanced there is little between them all at this stage! With the bottom 3 weights now being of equal weights!

A “few” videos over the past few days…..some proper smashers in amongst these!

Wilma’s job is to administer kisses! She takes on this challenge throughout the day and smashes it!

You have to watch this puppies, they have the bite of a lion!

Miss Red steals the show!

Puppy playtime in the garden

Going on a puppy walk (no harness required!) (Recall commands of pup pup pup or puppy puppy puppy or puppity puppity puppity – all work!!)

Little Miss Red

Puppy Playtime part 1

Puppy Playtime part 2

and saving the best till last!!!!! Im not giving it away with the title!!!!!

I have added photos to the Tilly’s Puppies 2022 photo gallery, here are a couple of my favourites!

22nd June
Wilma is taking on the role of puppy sitting. She checks in on the pups regularly. Wilma likes to bring the puppies toys, I think with a small agenda of taking away a different toy! She cleans them and continues to be blown away by them!

Adorable Puppies Wilma taking her pup sitting role very seriously.
Puppies tummies are just asking for raspberries to be blown on them.
Pup Sitting Duties
Wilma is that happy – Air Guitar Tail!!
When you always say Pup pup pup pup puppy and a certain someone thinks she is being recalled!!!

23rd June

The puppies are loving the weaning process. So we start them off with puppy mousse that we add warm water too to make it liquidy. They have enjoyed slurping up this yummy liquid. Over the past few days we have reduced the qty of mousse which is then replaced wth soaked, liqiudised puppy kibble. They are eating everything put in front of them! YAY – great work puppies!

Wilma is on watch to clean up the bowls and check on them after they have finished.

Mealtime – part1

Mealtime – part 2

Tilly is an excellent attentive Mumma. Spending up to two hours feeding them is impressive. Tilly pops her head over the top of the whelping box even when they are fast asleep, just to check they are all still there!

The puppies are incredibly sweet and very balanced. Im really enjoying watching their development. They are having such a lovely time in the garden, their confidence is growing all the time!

Watching them come on in leaps and bounds continues to fill me with awe! They are so confident in the garden that it astounds me they seem to have so much confidence at this tender age.

Here are a few videos from today….

New toys in the nursery!

Miss Orange and her special friend!

I am so very lucky I get to have cuddles in abundance!

The best part about a litter of puppies? Is the puppy pile before they settle down to sleep!

There development is now racing ahead! They are playing with each other and also starting to pick up toys. It is just pure joy watching these puppies! They are making lots more woofing noises (which is just adorable!!!).

Today they have had two meals in addition to their Mumma’s milk.

We have now completed the course of worming, a daily dose of panacur for three days. They hated it but we got through it without event (no upset tummies). No worms have been seen! We routinely choose to worm from the age of three weeks, repeating worming every two weeks until they leave. We will continue our course of worming with Drontal suspension (which is one dose a day). Tilly also has to get wormed at the same time as any potential worms can pass through the milk.

Another milestone has been reached – they now have their deciduous teeth (baby teeth!) so they will definitely enjoy having something to hold on to as their teeth finish coming through! So more toys will get introduced now!

The puppies have had several short periods of time in the garden today and I am delighted to say they have started to explore already! This is amazing for such youngsters!

So toilet training has commenced – obviously at this stage we are very relaxed about it, as we are creating a habit for them. This helps our future owners as it means the puppies should have a pretty good idea that the garden is where they need to go for wee’s and poo’s. All six pups did a poop in the garden this morning, and 4 did a poop in the garden this afternoon! What a result! Im so pleased!

Here are a few videos!

Puppies leaning how to play

Feeding time with Mumma (on the living room floor rather than in the whelping box!) they had been having a little scamper about before they went to their Mum

Engaging with their litter mates and climbing over their Mumma

Confident pups in the garden

Wilma adores her siblings I get the feeling that Wilma is going to make a good Mumma in the future! (If we are lucky enough to proceed with Wilma as she hasnt had her hips and elbows scored yet!)

The pups have turned three weeks old today.

The day starts with a roll call! This is when I check them over and weigh them. I have been weighing them daily for the past 3 weeks, from this point going forwards I will be weighing once a week.

We have introduced them to puppy mousse. This is a guarantee for cute puppies being covered in food needing a bath afterwards. I am pleased to say they all enjoyed their first meal! Here is a little video of their introduction to food.

The puppies have had their first experience of going in the garden. As their world has been the whelping box up until now – it can feel overwhelming to have the sense of so much space around them. They took to the garden really well. They were only outside for about 3 or 4 minutes as it needs to remain a positive experience for them! This will be the start of their toilet training once they are used to being outside. We will now be using the next few days to get them used to the garden – where they are outside for only a few minutes at a time. Then depending on the weather and how the puppies are enjoying the garden, the timeframe in the garden will increase as we will be able to pop the puppies out more frequently which will be tied in with – every time they wake up, every time they have a meal of puppy mousse (which in time will be soaked kibble).
Garden video clip 1
Garden video clip 2
Garden video clip 3

Today is also worming day! So fingerscrossed for tomorrow morning!

Photos are added to the gallery !

3 weeks old on the 18th June (diary entry submitted on the 19th June)

Yesterdays progress…the puppies were 19 days old yesterday. Seeing the development of the pups going from hauling themselves around the whelping box to gaining some strength and starting to lift themselves up off the floor, to walking whilst fully weight bearing. These puppa’s are amazing!

I have had to clip their claws again – having only clipped them at the age of 10 days old!

Yesterdays video clips…

The daily weighing, followed by the roll call!

The puppies make lots of squeeking noises… they are also making little growls and woofs. So far I haven’t caught a little woof on video!

Then they sleep! Sweet little lullaby puppies±

Today they are 20 days old, we have a super busy next few days planned with the pups. It is worming time, we need to introduce them to solid food and we will also start putting them outside for a few minutes.

Here a are a few videos from today

Squirming Puppies – this is the best – I really enjoy seeing this stage as it is when you get the best cuddles ever.

A little video of them seeing Mumma appear!

Feeding time at the Milk bar!

Puppy Bundle (the best kind of cuddles can be found here!!!)

Photos added to the pups gallery

Yesterdays cutest photo!

Just who was it who said they are sleeping too much! …. Now there is no stopping them!

So… I have taken quite a few videos today – so with some editing and tweeking – these are the final few.

Mummas Love

Toe Beans

Stop, Drop and Roll (fire drill)

Puppy play fighting

My personal favourite has been set to the Benny Hill theme tune.

A few photos …

The puppies photo gallery has been updated.

so yesterday they were 17 days old!!

They are getting so busy! The pups are spending more time awake now, which is lovely as I am getting to see more and more of their beautiful eyes and tottering footsteps. They are walking with less falling over, it will become more steady as they get stronger. At just over two weeks old it is hard to even consider how far they have come in this short time!

They are getting so big that the yellow box previously used when weighing them has now been replaced with a washing basket!

They are so very cute, that whenever they are awake they are simply captivating.

I am still sleeping downstairs with the pups, so I have very broken sleep as I am waking up to check on them hourly and help Tilly whilst she settles down with them. Tilly is finding it harder to settle down easily as they are so big and mobile. Tilly also has got into the habit of expecting food before she goes in to feed them! (Tilly does need the extra nutrition however), Tilly is having high value food so that she doesn’t need to consume as much. (being mindful that too much food can have a negative result!). This means constant record keeping. Whilst some people may not keep a note of everything, I do as I then can refer back over the past few days or two weeks as to how much she has had and link it (if necessary) with what is happening with Tilly’s health. I know that Tilly is keeping well and healthy and equally can be instantly aware of any concerns.

It is very hard to keep loading up the videos (and saving them!!) when you are tired. I will try and get todays diary entry done today!!!

Here are yesterdays videos….

Just after being weighed

Cute little bundles

This is a seriously cute close up of the pups

Pop Goes The Weasel

Pups using each other as pillows!

15 days old :- The puppies are being super cute, with one pup now starting to wag their tail!

Here is a video at 15 days old as you can see they are pushing up off the vetbed. They are making little dog noises too – funny little woofs! So sweet! It is good to see these developments which show they are meeting their targets!

They are now doing some wee’s without being stimulated by Tilly. So my workload is about to increase!

Now 16 days old…..
Up until now the puppies have mainly been on eat, sleep and repeat mode. Today…everything has suddenly gone up a gear – the puppies are now starting to have periods of time awake in-between sleeping and feeding!

A few videos from today!

Tilly and Wilma with the pups
The beginnings of puppy play! totally on target for their milestone of puppy play movement !

Wilma and the pups

Too cute