Shepherd Sight

Puppies’ First Socialization!

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 and voices, and accept them as part of life. I will be having all types of people over as they develop, so they all learn to like people and to be trusting, not shy or aggressive. This will in no way prevent them from barking at strangers who come to the house, but will make them accepting once they are introduced to new friends.
I hope you will contact me if you would like to pet puppies too. You don’t need to commit to buying a puppy. A visit would serve two purposes. You get to check out the health of the litter and see how and where they are raised, see the adult dogs that they are related to, and experience the joys of new life. The puppies get to experience the socialization that is priceless. If puppies are not socialized during the critical stages of development, it cannot be crammed in later. Early socialization is critical for proper development. And I love taking pics of all the cuteness!
Please don’t hesitate to contact me with questions or to schedule a time to pet German Shepherd puppies.
If you are considering buying a puppy from Shepherd Sight, please contact me to discuss how puppies will be selected.

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Happy Birthday to Winston!

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. He loved it! And so did Grandma Nellie. Nellie will be 11 in May. Here are some pics!

Individual Puppy Pics

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’t look much like German Shepherd puppies! It is cool to watch them transform over a period of a few weeks!

Rick-rack

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 may not be necessary. But with a litter of 11 all Black and Tan German Shepherd puppies, Rick-rack is the way to go. It helps so much when evaluating temperaments as they get older, because it is very visible from a distance when they are out playing in the yard. Here’s Jane with her now very colorful puppies.

Eyes open!

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 nail trim.

Colors coming in!

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 will almost certainly turn dark as well. Check out the “ghost!” on the chest!

How does this even happen?

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 their own, instinctively. Jane was not in the box. Their eyes are not open yet.

Jane the Genius

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, they fall asleep. Then Jane gets up and lays next to the other group on her other side, and wakes them up the same way, and lets them nurse. That’s what ya gotta do when you have more puppies than you do nipples!

Impossibly cute

There are no captions on these pics because words cannot describe this level of cuteness.

Vet check!

Jane and her puppies went to the vet yesterday! Jane is doing great! She is eating well and continues to take fantastic care of her puppies! The puppies were all checked and rear dew claws were removed. The vet says they all seem very healthy so far. There is one boy who is the smallest that I keep a special eye on. Whenever Jane comes in from a potty break, or gets up and rearranges herself, I make sure that little boy gets on first! That way he doesn’t have to fight as much to get nutrition. Those bigger puppies will push the little ones off! Well, someone has to be the littlest! Doesn’t mean he’ll stay that way!