A look back at these beautiful babies. They are all doing really well in their new homes. I’m so proud of them and their new parents.
When the pups are still trying to get their footing, there is a lot of falling forward and rolling over. It’s a super cute age to watch.
The jelly beans are getting to be enrichment seekers. They love being out of the whelping box, but not too far from their mom yet.
Chocolatiers are on the move. Getting very active now. We have started feeding them mush, working with sound habituation and will be starting take a treat soon.
The jelly beans are mouthing, breaking out of the whelping box and getting more curious. It's time for a new play area.
A&W's- for your viewing pleasure. 😁 They are growing fast! It's time for a playpen as they've outgrown their whelping box.
I love their little grunts and noises. This little silver girl is going to be feisty. She already has teeth and is not afraid to use them on her poor sister. 🤣
Fun time, play time. Sophie's babies with their separate "nest" area and potty area. We also added toys now. The moose has a crinkly sounds when they walk on it.
Moving away from their "nest" area to go potty is a milestone. Mouthing/ playing with each other is also a milestone. This is when they start getting really fun. Their eyes are open, but they won't be able to see clearly for quite some time. This week their ears should be opening also.
I said in the video they will be 3 weeks tomorrow, but these munchkins will actually be 3 weeks on Saturday. Moving away from their sleep area to go potty is a milestone. It means they are now able to go potty on their own and they are able to walk, albeit wobbly. We will be giving them 2 separate areas tomorrow. One area to sleep in and the other to go potty.
This is why Ruby's babies are a miracle. Ruby eats everything and anything. About 6 months ago or so, she ate a cocklebur on our walk around the farm. It's a spikey weed. She was trying to cough it up but couldn't. About 12 hours later, she was crying and trying to pass it. The vet said that if it didn't pass on its own by the next day, they would have to remove it. She was miserable, but it did pass.
Fast forward to when she was about a month pregnant. She starts coughing again. I couldn't tell what she ate, but I knew it wasn't a cocklebur because she had only been in the backyard. There was nothing in the house she could have gotten a hold of as there was nothing on the floor. She didn't eat much at all for a couple of days, but wasn't crying like the last time she ate something spikey. I was worried that maybe she had pyometra, an infection that intact females can get. This happened to our Lucy when she was 3 years old. We thought Lucy was pregnant and just had morning sickness, but it turned out much worse.
Soon after, Ruby stopped eating, and her stool looked like the picture in the comments. I rushed her to the vet, and she did some blood work. It was pyometra negative. Our vet doesn't have an ultrasound, so we still didn't have confirmation she was pregnant. She told us to watch her and if it got worse, bring her back. Ugh! This went on for another day, and just as I was going to take her in again, she passed a twig. It was a barberry twig, which has thorn like projections on it. Her stool was still the same for a few more days, but did get better pretty quickly. I thought if she was pregnant, she probably wasn't anymore.
The ground was frozen, so instead of digging up the barberry bushes, my husband went out and cut them all down. There were 4 of them all together. We have had them in our backyard for years, even before the dogs were here. Never had this happen before. Leave it to Ruby! Thankfully, she recovered quickly and got lots of special treatmen
The A&W babies are 2 weeks old. Their eyes were not open in these pictures, but the very next day they were. Lots of changes happening this week.
Rosy's setup for now. The puppies always look so big in pictures, but this gives a visual of how small they really are.
Rosy's babies were born early morning on Friday. Another long labor, but once the first one was born, the rest followed pretty quickly. All are doing really well. Last babies for Rosy. We weren't sure if she would have babies this time as her pregnancy didn't take last fall. It may have been the unproven male we used with her last time. We are so thankful to be able to enjoy her babies one last time. 🥰
The twitching is called activated sleep. They sleep a lot at this age, so the twitching helps develop muscle tone. This is so important for their development. When I'm sitting by the whelping box, I'm purposefully looking for this twitching in each puppy. Lack of twitching can be a sign that there is something developmentally wrong with that puppy.
Ruby and her babies are doing well. These are our miracle babies. I'll explain why in a later post. 2 boys and 2 girls.
2 babies, both beautiful girls. Mom and babies doing really well. They are gaining weight quickly and steadily. Sophie is a wonderful mama and is very attentive to them.
Poppy's favorite spot. She's pouting because she's in season and I won't let her play with Harley.
