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!