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My neighbor’s daughters came to visit! They were more than happy to pet puppies. At this stage, the puppies are just associating humans with being warm and comforted. All the puppies were held, petted, talked to, and got to fall asleep in someone’s lap other than mine. They got to know other people’s smells andContinue reading “Puppies’ First Socialization!”

Sir Winston Churchill Out of Sight is Jane’s son from her first litter in 2019. He turned two today, February 24, 2021. He got to go to the park with his dog grandma and his human auntie. He got to play fetchy-stick and visit a park he hadn’t been to before, on his auntie’s recommendation.Continue reading “Happy Birthday to Winston!”

The puppies were 2 weeks old on Saturday, and I wanted to get some pics of their faces, so someday, when you want to see your baby’s first picture, you can go back and look! I plan on taking pics regularly, so their development can be observed from week to week. Right now, they don’tContinue reading “Individual Puppy Pics”

All eyes were opened yesterday. Hard to get good pics when they are so dark! The puppies have not really integrated the use of sight yet. They are still going on heat, vibration, and smell to find mommy and each other to nurse and stay warm. Check out those toenails! Ready for a first nailContinue reading “Eyes open!”

Most breeders have some way of identifying puppies when they are born, so they can keep track of things like who is getting pushed aside, who is whining a lot, and who is first to nurse most often. In small litters or ones where there are obvious characteristics like different colors, marking the puppies mayContinue reading “Rick-rack”

In these pics you can see varying degrees of tan coming in on their faces. Their eyes are starting to open, but I couldn’t get a decent pic of eyes open. They are just little slits. I will try again tomorrow. Notice that the pads have gone from pink to almost black. The toenails willContinue reading “Colors coming in!”

I go to check the puppies, and they are all perfectly arranged in one corner, sleeping soundly, all carefully piled onto the pink blankie. This is totally not staged. Heat seeking is all I can think of. The pink blankie must hold heat better than the sheet. And they all figured it out on theirContinue reading “How does this even happen?”

I don’t know how she does it, but Jane consistently separates the puppies into groups of five and six, and nurses them separately, thereby avoiding too much competition and dissatisfaction. She will awaken sleeping puppies by gently licking them and cleaning them, and they will then naturally start nursing. When they get their fill, theyContinue reading “Jane the Genius”