Puppy Development Week Four (Days 22-28)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES

Begin to eat food
Begin to bark, wag tails, bite, paw, bare teeth, growl and chase
Use legs well
Tire easily
Depth perception starts

What a view

Now all eyes are open, I changed the view in and around the whelping box. The 'cave' is gone and toys have been scattered around. I have added a cardboard box with breathing holes for them to cuddle up in.

They are all toddling now and I saw the first play mouthing and pawing today. The extra slats will have to go into the box entrance as they are very nearly climbing out.

Hoax continues to care for them extremely well but is also happy to leave them alone for periods of time.

I will keep rotating toys and will add some overhead for them to look up at and soon will split the whelping box into sleeping/ toilet areas... now it all gets fun!

two in the box!

Puppy Development Week Three (Days 15-21)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES

Teeth begin to erupt
Puppies stand up and start walking
Begin to lap liquids
Defecate/urinate without stimulation
Start becoming aware of environment
Start playing with littermates
Develop sense of smell
Puppies will start to discriminate as to where to relieve themselves

two weeks old

Time flies! Pups are two weeks old now and getting mobile! They are doing that wobbly standing and eyes are all open/ opening. so so so so so cute.

Website updated with the best pics of each. http://www.ourcollies.co.uk/smoketra1.htm

Meanwhile heres a taster...

little pink bellies x

Moving Forwards

They are very strong little girls now, we have standing (well, bandy legged wobbling) and trying to take a few steps from all the pups. Eyes are starting to open and lots of noises coming out!

Weights are fantastic, they are putting on between 30g- 50g a day. Day 12 (yesterday) Coco is now 792g, Gucci 875g and Dior 813g. The last litter hit those weights at around 14/15 days.

They are just perfect!

lovely round pink bellies!