8/9/2020 0 Comments We Have Our First 2 Pounder!Sadie, yes, Sadie weighed in at 2 lbs. 3/8 oz today! What a little piggy she is! Everyone has officially doubled their birth weights. We had fun visitors today - our friend, Linda, who helped us whelp the litter and our Great Nephew and his girl, Zac and Nikki. We shared BLT's, peach pie, Mimosas and puppies! Rhani did minimal grumbling. She is slowly getting used to people coming to admire her babies. She even escaped my office/dog room to come upstairs to the kitchen while we had pie. She was very happy about that! Once again, I was a photographer failure! But here's a picture of the pups in their holding cell (where they go while I change the pads in their box) and of Nikki talking to Maxwell. And below that is an amusing little video of the puppies having a frenzy at the milk bar last night. Rita cracks me up! Not much else to report today. Until next time....
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Here are the one week mug shots. For comparison purposes, I have below their 1 day and 1 week photos side by side. The eye and nose pigment is really coming in nicely on all the puppies. Jo Jo and Sadie have the most to fill, but given how much they gained in just one week, I would guess they will ultimately have solid colored noses and eye trim.The puppies had more visitors today. Dave and Margot came for a second visit along with their son and daughter in law - Alex & Brittany. Rhani decided all of them were ok after they all gave her ample treats! They were all surprised by how strong the puppies are. Besides the visit, it was mug shot day, they had their 5th day of Early Neuro exercises, and their usual weigh in's. I was a little surprised that only Sadie and Lizzy actually doubled their birth weight by today. But both Maxwell and Jo Jo are within an ounce of doing so and Rita is within in 1.5 ounces, so I think we are good. Everyone has gained weight every day and they are vigorous and content. That's Jo Jo in the scale below! Until next time....
Well, really, what else can we do at this stage? We can't see. We can't hear. We can't smell. YET! We are just concentrating on growing. The first image above shows how Maxwell's ears (like his eyes) are closed as a newborn. Eyes should begin opening next week sometime. Ears will begin to open a few days after that. They should also be able to begin smelling sometime next week. They will be little dogs before we know it! Since I last posted, the puppies have had two more visitors, Danielle (bad me - I didn't take photos) came to meet the puppies on Thursday. Danielle will be getting one of these babies so she has weekly visit status! Today, Cindy and Steven came by. They are our neighbors and have Lexi, Raj's sister and the "Great Aunt" to these babies. Rhani continues to be wary of anyone except Dave and me coming into see the babies, but she is getting a bit better. Steven truly is a dog whisperer, so she was ok with him. She continued to give Cindy the stink - eye though! It is safe to say that Cindy and Steven took more photos and videos of the puppies during their visit than I have since they were born! I'm trying to organize one set of visitors each day. At this point, this is mainly to get Rhani more comfortable with the idea and also to get the puppies used to being handled by humans. We have visitors planned for tomorrow and Sunday. Next week is open at this point if you want to make a reservation! LOL! Rhani had been running a temperature since the babies were born and also having VERY sloppy poop. I started adding canned pumpkin to three of her meals (she gets 4 a day now!) and two kinds of probiotics our repro vet recommended. As of today, her temp is almost back to normal and so is her poop! She's definitely feeling herself again giving me hugs and tail wags. In fact, she's decided that she can leave the box for short forays into the yard to do her business and investigate potential other places she might like to keep her babies! Today, she decided to park herself in the storage tub I use to put the puppies when I clean their box! What a goober! Everybody continues to gain weight daily. By tomorrow they should all have doubled their weights at birth, and all seem on track to do so or at least come very close. In fact, Lizzy, who was smallest at birth, has already! Two puppies are now without ric rac. Maxwell's was getting very tight, so I cut it off yesterday morning. I think I ought to be able to figure out which one he is since he's the only black boy! When Jo Jo's falls off or gets too tight, I won't replace his either. Lizzy's ribbon fell off, so I just left it off. Hopefully I won't confuse her with Rita if Rita's comes off! They look a lot alike at this point. (Yes, I think I've decided that Rita is indeed black). Danielle helped me notice that Lizzy has spots on her feet that Rita doesn't have, so when in doubt, I will look there! I'm trying to get all appointments scheduled and paper work taken care of that I can so I don't forget something! So far I have scheduled BAER (hearing tests) at MIZZOU for September 17, registered the litter with AKC, submitted their whelp date and results to our DCA Futurity chair, and spoken with the repro vet re: when we should do the first set of shots and confirmed that he will also do microchips and the CHIC DNA Repository blood draw at the same time. He recommends the first shots at 8 weeks and not before 7 1/2 weeks. He says doing it earlier is a waste because until then they are fully protected from the antibodies they get from mom's milk. I ordered another big bag of Purina Pro Plan Puppy Chicken and Rice to make sure I don't run out, (Rhani is plowing through it!), more Forti-Flora, more Vitamin C and a few new toys. For the new owner puppy kits, I've ordered Juju Dal tote bags, Purina Puppy Kits, AKC Puppy Kits, and the "official" AKC pedigree. Still to do is to contact my old friend to see if she still does puppy temperament tests and schedule those for when they are 49 days old and make the vet appt. for their shots. I'm probably forgetting something, but I will remember it eventually! Tomorrow they turn one week old, so tune in for the one week "mug shots". I think you will be surprised at the difference a week makes! Until next time... 8/4/2020 0 Comments Puppies Have ArrivedThe Dewey x Rhani babies made their appearance across a 5 hour period on Saturday afternoon, August 1! They are a feisty, vocal, vigorous, hungry bunch! 2 boys and 3 girls. No patches, and we think 4 are black with one liver boy. (However, one girl is still TBD - more on that later!) They all weighed in at birth between 11 1/4 to 14 1/2 ounces. Not huge, but very good sized puppies. Rhani is a very attentive mom. She is also a vigorous eater! The puppies are only 3 days old and they've already had lots of experiences! Our good friend, Linda Duncan, was here to help us with the whelping. Thank you, Linda! Our next door neighbors, Dave and Margot, came to meet them on Monday and they got their first nail trim! Today, we started Early Neurological Stimulation exercises this morning and they had their first car ride out to Chesterfield Veterinary Group to have their dew claws removed. Dr. Boillat pronounced them "big, vigorous" puppies. And he's right! As of today's weigh in, everyone is at least 1 pound. Everybody has consistently gained weight each day. It's amazing how fast puppies grow!
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Toni LinstedtI like to keep a diary of the puppies as much for myself as for prospective puppy buyers and interested friends. Sadly my blogs for Lucy's and Baili's litters are no longer available due to legacy systems, but I saved them off as pdf's and was reviewing them last night. It was a good refresher on all kinds of things and brought back lots of good memories. Looking forward to Imagine memories too! Archives
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