Shoulda' Pushed Away From the Milk Bar One Slurp Sooner

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Starting to Walk

Not a lot new to report but I am starting to appreciate how entertaining the boys are going to be in the coming weeks.


They eat heartily, sleep deeply, and now they are starting to move around the box as quickly as their muscles and balance will allow them. Two minutes of attempts to get up on all fours, and then they nap so that they can make another valiant attempt when next they awake. They are doing all of this as a unit ---- their aren't any wallflowers in this bunch. A short video showing today's struggle to walk follows.

New Video and Pictures

A new video and pictures follow.  I continue to spend most of the evening and night with my boys, but am able to spend more time away from them during the day. They are working hard at strengthening their leg muscles, and I am even hearing the occasional little bark. 

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#2 Gets a Kiss from Mom

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Eating, Sleeping and Growing

My boys are now one week old and they have doubled their birth weights:

• #1 - 890 grams (1 pound, 15 ounces)
• #2 - 840 grams (1 pound, 13 ounces)
• #3 - 940 grams ( 2 pounds, 1 ounce)
• #4 - 820 grams (1 pound, 13 ounces)

The pups muscle development continues, with the beginnings of shoulders and hocks.

Not a lot of action over the weekend.  As a result, I was able to get out for my longest walk since the birth --- an amazing 45 minutes.

Over the next few days, the pups will begin to stand up, although there will be more collapsing than standing for several more days.  If they are like the last litter, eyes will begin opening mid-week (around day 11).

I can confirm that three of the pups are tri-colors.  Still not sure about #4, although he does have a pronounced tan butt just like his dear old Dad.

Following is a picture of the boys sleeping this a.m. We'll try to get a video to post tomorrow.

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Sleepy Friday

It has been a sleepy day so far.  I'm making the pups work a little bit harder to get to me, and I am now cutting nursing time.  They are learning about eating on my schedule, not theirs. As a result, the boys are tired after eating, and sleep soundly and deeply between my visits.  It is also helping me get some rest. 

There were a couple of full scale tantrums overnight.  No. 2 and No. 3 were quite upset that they had to do some crawling to get to me.  So I gave them a kiss on the snout and removed myself from the box until they calmed down.  A mother's training is so important.  There will be more temper tantrums, but gradually they will understand that good behaviour gets better results.

To make it up to them this morning I let them feed to their hearts content, and then snuggled with them for more than an hour.  They are also realizing that Pack Leader is not me.  Their sniffers are getting very good at distinguishing between where they are, relative to the all day diner.

A few pictures from this morning follow.

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