Nita x Stormy , from 3 to 5 weeks.

     

  

     

 

Sky x Roy puppies, 2 weeks.

Eyes are open! I always waiting for this moment, and my heart skips a beat when I see a glance through their not completely open yet eyelids and know it will be shortly now when we can look at each other. 

We do take some pictures of puppies to capture this awesome step-stone time.

This is our light boy:

and his darker brother

and our 3 fantastic little ladies

Today was last day of ENS and ECI programs for these little ones. Everybody's favorite scent in ECI was Clove -  it was active and long interaction and following the scent from every puppy and it was exciting to see ,as Clove  is used as one of scents in AKC Scent work trials. Surprisingly , another one is Cypress, and -  all pups  but dark boy  loved to smell a little branch of it.

Desensitization for vibration of nail grinder also was in program last week. Nail care is a big deal in dogs life, and starting it in right time and correctly is important.

Nita X Stormy litter, 3 weeks old.

Today Nita's babies are 3 weeks old , transitional period is over , we are stepping in Socialization period , and it is very big and important step.

A lot of things happened in the short  7 days , from 14 days old to 21 days old. Little ones what  started the week from opening their eyes and  yet crawling around, with very basic , instinctual behaviors - and now, end of week , we see   wobbling on their legs, moving , starting to interact with each other and pay some attention to their humans puppies.

They look almost like dogs now, too.

 ENS and ESI program are finished , but daily individual cuddle sessions ,of course, continue. They all accepting handling very well , and we were able to let them  cuddle with  few new people  ( love the fact that we can use family help on it - as it is safe way to start socialization without the risk for pups health with outside people ).

New experiences were carefully introduced, one in a time - items and bedding/footing  with different structure in the nest box to walk on, to touch and interact with,  little " excursions" to different corners of the house, and even traveling in the big plastic tub as a choice of transportation to another room .

Nest area looks slightly different from mid of  this week - as we started the potty training , nest is still kept small, but now is divided on "sleeping area" and "potty area" . We do see some attempts from pups to go potty in designated place.Good start!

We did hear first bark, too! And one funny growling sound. I think , puppies are totally amused by their own ability to make new sounds - one bark, and everybody is getting very,very quiet , trying to figure out where sound came from. 

We will be setting up extension for the nest box today. Puppies are growing - and so does their little world, until they are ready to be out and make a whole big world their playground. Busy time ahead for us

 

Few days late with announcement of  very exciting litter born. Roy X Sky babies are finally here. DOB 1/24/202. I will post later about why this litter is so special. So far just want to share our joy with you all.

Salt/pepper girl

Black/silver girl

Black/silver girl

Salt/pepper boy

Salt/pepper boy

Healthy ,active, pretty big at birth weight puppies - the first boy was 9.5 oz at birth , Mom Sky had to work  really hard to bring him into this world. Other 4 came quick and easy - they seems could not wait to get out and were not happy with their brother taking his time.:-) But ,hey, in his defense - it is not always easy to be the first to take a step in unknown. Here he is.

By now I can add they all are pretty active,  1 boy and 1 b/s girl being the calmest , another boy somewhat calm ,and s/p and small b/s girl being the squirmiest. :-)

ESI - favorite smell so far is cinnamon-  big boy was neutral to it , small b/s girl did not want to interact with it and turned her nose away(  she did not want to with with other scents we offer so far), but 3 other pups were very interested to smell  ,following it ,and we let them do it for whole 30 seconds.

I can't get enough watching these babies !

First puppies of the new year.

 It is January, 2022.Happy New Year ,everybody.

Here is what's new in our place.

January,7th  Nita (Shazzam of Oz Seven Notes in Black) presented us with our first litter of this year.Active , wiggly ,nice bones and heads puppies, Sired by our Stormy (GCHB CH Shazzam of Oz Solar Storm )

Nita is truly fantastic mother, very natural,and knows how to do things right. Here - pups are fed,cleaned, and it is time to take a break for her in the cool corner,while little ones are on the heating pad. Not sure  if everybody knows, but neonatal puppies can't maintain their body temperature very well, thermoregulation forms as they grow.And if they are chilled- they can't digest any food.So it is very important to keep them warm, but Mom always has to have an "escape zone" from heat. In Nita's case there is nothing in the world will make her to leave her babies for more then 2 minutes or take a rest outside of nursing box. Therefor , this is her way of chilling.:-)

January,13th individual pictures : 

little black princess, and then her 3 salt/pepper brothers

   January,20. 13 days old. Everybody almost triple their birth weight , we have it from 16.9 to 21.6oz now.

 Eyes are open, our girl was the first one to look at us in the morning yesterday, followed by boys.

ENS and ESI programs still performed.Today's scent of eucalyptus in ESI was a big hit.

In the nest box we adding a couple of big toys to challenge puppies movement and stimulate their rapidly growing brains.  You can see on video on a top of post how each pup taking different approach to the problem on his way to milk bar - go around it or climb over.

Tomorrow pups will graduate from Neonatal period to Infant , or Transition, period. More fun ahead! Stay tuned!