Miss sassy has the zoomies this morning! Her puppies are on a full potty training schedule now and doing so well! They made it the last 24 hours with zero poop accidents inside. It also helps to get them used to the cold now so they aren’t hesitant to go out when they get home. These guys are nearing 10lbs, eating kibble, weaned off mom (although they will try to sneak a drink if she stays still long enough) and 100 percent cute. Their tails just never stop wagging!
One of my favorite things about having an ultrasound machine is being able to watch these babies move and grow anytime! Golden retrievers kicking and confirmed for Oct 2nd!
And while the puppies take a nap and dry off, the rest of the doodle squad got soaked in the rain to play ball!
Three weeks old and officially started on food. I’m sure Paisley is relieved to have to work a little less. She has done a phenomenal job of maintaining all 13 puppies. Clearly they are fans! Side note: the puppies do not get weaned at a fixed age or pulled from their mom for the time they are here. It’s important that they start to learn boundaries, and momma dogs do a great job of letting their puppies know when they’ve had enough. Nursing longer just allows more valuable antibodies to continue to pass to the puppies and protect them.
Happy Father’s Day to all of you dog and human dads out there and to our studs who have brought some amazing pups into this world. Caesar spent his Father’s Day enjoying pool time with two of his very own, Moose and Mya, who clearly share his love of water!
Finally some weather the minis can agree with. They have to stay penned up because their little legs are fast! Moose is providing entertainment as usual.
Special needs puppy!
This is Tiger. He belongs to good from of mine and Leo is his daddy. Tiger was born with amniotic band syndrome, a rare non-genetic condition that occurs once in every 15000 live births. This caused him to be born without the lower half of his left hind leg. Tiger has already been evaluated by a vet and he has some options, and will love a healthy, normal life. First he needs to find his perfect forever family to love him and his uniqueness. Tiger hasn't let his missing foot stop him, he's a big healthy chunk and you can see him walking in this video. I'll post a few more pictures in the comments. If you know of someone who may be interested, please let me know!
I had to convince Paisley that it was time to to take some mommy time and get up and moving today. It's so nice to watch her be her happy self!
She's such a good mama ♥️
I was in a meeting yesterday and I look outside and Lucy is swinging from the pear tree. This is improvement from remote eating. She just loves to be busy.