Pedigree for Puppies

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Getting Bigger

The puppies look bigger every time I look at them.  Their eyes opened this week and they are walking up on all four legs.  Still a bit wobbly on their legs and fall down and roll over sometimes (very cute & funny).  They have started to wag their little tails when they eat...pure Flat Coats!  I also noticed the first attempts at play yesterday.  The little black girl and the big liver boy were playing bitey face.  They were very uncoordinated at it, but it was awfully cute. 

The 2 week portraits were much harder to get than last week's.  They move so quickly now and most of the pictures were blurry!  Need to get some photography advice from Liz at Blazingstar when she gets home

Black Girl

Big Brown

Tank (he was a sleepy head :)

the rest to follow soon...I've misplaced the memory card...gotta find it

Into the 2nd Week

The puppies are doing great!  Most of them have opened their eyes now and they are getting so big and strong.  They're starting to walk on all four legs.  "Little Man" is still not gaining much weight.  He is much smaller than the other puppies, but he is strong and active.  We have started to supplement his momma-meals with some goat's milk.  He has a hard time keeping a spot on the "boobie bar" because the other pups are so big they push him out of the way.  The big pups finish one spot and then move on to another...little piggies.  Marlene is eating more than 4 times her normal amount of food in order to keep up with their demand.

I miss them so much when I'm at work, I wish I could stay here with them all the time.  It's so much fun to just sit by the whelping box and watch them sleep.  But Marlene continues to be an excellent mom so I have no worries while I'm gone.  Everyone looks content and full when I get home.

Here are some puppy pile pictures for you to enjoy.  I'll get their two week portraits done tomorrow.

Vacaction's over :(

I took a week off from work to be home with the babies...now it's time to go back and I'm very sad.  I have to leave the house in just a few minutes and am dreading leaving those sweet little pups.  I know Marlene will take very good care of them, that's not the biggest problem.  I have just loved being home with them and all my other dogs, goats, chickens, turkey, birds, cats and bees so much.  I wish I could win the lottery and be a stay at home critter mom....I really think that is what I was born to do.  I love just sitting by the whelping box watching puppies sleep, sitting in the yard watching bees come and go from their hives, watching the veggie garden grow.  I must have been a pioneer woman in a former life.  Somebody figure out how we can have enough money without having to leave the house and let me know.

Here's a couple of outtakes from the portraits to make up for any "real" photos today.

Week 1 Portraits

Who would figure it would be so hard to get 7 decent photos out of 151 wiggly puppies shots!?! But as promised, here are their 1 week portraits.

"Big Brown"

Liver Boy

"Big Black" (BB for short)

Black Boy

"Black Girl"

Black Girl (Obviously :)

"Little Man"

Liver Boy

Little Black (LB) not that he's little, just smaller than BB

Black Boy

"Mini Me"

Liver Girl

"Tank"

Black Boy

and yes, he's as big as he looks, lol!

Already acting like a Flat Coat!

This is not a great photo, my husband snapped it with his phone.  But it was just too cute not to share with you.  This is the biggest puppy, the one we call "Tank" sleeping on his back like the big dogs do.  How cute is this?!?

The puppies are still doing very well.  Everything went well while we were away yesterday.  Angela commented on how good Marlene is with them...and of course how incredibly cute they are :)

The little ones are a week old today and it will be a big day for them! We will take the first of their weekly "portraits" and they will get their first nail trims today.  Their little, tiny nails are very sharp and  uncomfortable to their momma when they knead during nursing so we'll just snip the sharp tips off with a fingernail clipper.  Marlene is doing really well too.  She was a bit worn out for a day or so, but she's back to her spunky self and eating everything we put in front of her and then begging for more.  I keep saying this, but she is such a good mom, I'm so proud of her.  The bedding in the puppy box stays spotless  and every time they peep she checks on them.  

Visitors!

"Grandma Liz" (Andy's owner) came to visit the babies yesterday.  I think she sorta liked them :)  She and her niece stayed a couple of hours, just watching and cuddling puppies  (maybe I can get her to share a couple of her photos.)  My mom also stopped by to see them and said she was glad she never bred big dogs...when she was young she bred her Toy Fox Terriers a couple of times and could never sell a puppy...good thing they were small and only had 2 or 3 puppies each time.  So I guess my love of dogs and breeding puppies comes to me genetically. 

Today is my son's 21st birthday, so we'll be heading over to Tampa to take him to lunch (and a cocktail I bet!!)  I have Angela, the technician from work coming over to puppy watch for us.  I'm sure they'd be fine, but I always choose to be cautious when I can.  I will post some new photos at some point today...promise.