Wont be long before they are all able to walk properly. It is fabulous to see them tottering about as their muscles get stronger day by day.
Not long till their eyes open now! Little Red is going to be the first I think!
I have put more photos in the album!
We have some good news, Molly is now not wearing a splint or support dressing. She has to take it easy while we build up her muscles gradually. We are yet to work out when an xray might take place as we need her to be able to leave her puppies long enough to have the xray taken. There is some evidence of lameness but it will be partially habit (as it is nearly 7 weeks since she broke her leg) as well as weak muscles through wearing the splint. So we need to keep her exercise as light as possible while we wait for confirmation of how her recovery has progressed. This will be a day by day process.
Molly with her babies SPLINT FREE HURRAY!
The puppies are becoming more active and their legs are getting stronger.
The puppies have all reached double the birth weights which is very encouraging that they are developing as they should be.
I have updated the photo gallery again with a few more photos.
Here is a small clip of Peaches, Red and White Pup (Mr Blue was busy feeding!).
This little video clip is of them feeding, little girl and the second born pup have a small fisticuffs over space issues!
white and blue pup
Peaches and Little Red
Stanley - half brother to the pups - in his usual pose. (Katherine's pup dog)
video clip – feeding time
I will be taking more little videos – they will all be small clips though ;0)
As my dear little girl is away I am putting on a couple of extra photos for my lovely girl to see.
Little White boy - aged 6 days only - how content is he?
Mr White with his Mummy (cuteness all wrapped up!)
These puppies have captured my heart. Bless them they are so lovely. All of them doing really well.
I have added pictures to the gallery (again).
video clip 5 days old
Keep coming back as I will try and ensure there are some new photos every couple of days.
Today little boy Blue – reached 2lbs!!! my goodness me! All of the pups are doing very well with a steady weight gain. It took until day 6 for any of the pups in the first litter to reach 2lbs and day 9 from the second litter. This litter will have the advantage of being able to have as much milk as they like without having to wriggle and squirm to the best teat like they would if there were 8 puppies!
At this stage they mainly sleep and have Mum’s milk! With the odd moment of moving about gaining strength in their legs. I cant wait for their eyes to open and when they are taking their first faltering steps.. It is lovely when they start making progress, for me to watch them reaching a developmental phase makes me feel very proud. It is one of the reasons I enjoy having puppies so much.
Another reminder of why I enjoy having puppies is seeing happy owners with one of our pups. Today, one of my buyers came to visit. They had bought one of our puppies last year (Sam) and it is lovely to be able to see one of your pups all”growed” up. My buyers are very excited to be buying another boy dog! I have put a picture of Sam with the gang in the “Pups in their new homes” Gallery.
Breeding a litter of pups is certainly hardwork full of ups and downs, definitely not to be undertaken without alot of research and willingness to do the responsible thing at every step of the journey (ie: health tests, choosing the right stud dog). Emotionally it is exhausting, a challenge and usually fulfilling BUT definitely not without a awful lot of worry thrown into the mix.
A puppy that makes your heart melt!
The pups are doing great and are very cute! (obviously!). Molly is being an excellent attentive mum. I have now added a photo gallery of the puppies!
I Love You Mummy - you are the BEST!
They have all put on some weight, I tend to monitor them for the first couple of weeks so I am happy that everything is going as it should be!
It will be exciting to keep an eye on how the puppies develop by having a little look at the Puppy Milestones article I have written.
The Little Girl!
DOH!
Here is a photo of two little boy pups.
blue boy 2nd born and red boy 4th born
