I have not posted for awhile! Been a very busy time and it only keeps on getting busier and busier as these little ones grow up! They are eating gruel three times a day now. Figgy is still nursing them too of course. Just supplementing them as 9 puppies is quite a few for a momma dog to feed, and Figgy is doing a great job.
All is going well. I just do laundry all day long and wipe out whelping box every couple hours and laydown a new blanket with a heating pad underneath one corner. I use the blender to prepare the puppy gruel three times a day and serve them in their puppy saucer. I feed momma dog small meals with lots of water several times a day and of course let her outside to potty frequently as well.
The good news is that the puppies are starting to not want to poop in the whelping box! They are showing signs of potty training already just by instinct or by Figgy's direction. I have called her a bit of a drill Sergeant in the past. LOL. Boy 1 ("JBoy" now as he has spots that form an upside down "J" on his nose) will crawl out of the box and do his pooping and then crawls back in! Girl 1 and Girl 2 also holler their heads off, wanting out. They can usually crawl out, but cannot get themselves back in just yet.
This is awesome, but also presents me with an urgency to go to the next conversion of their rearing quarters. I will remove the pool I use for whelping and go with blanket on one side and papers on the other side. NOW more work commences of changing papers every couple hours and disposing of it.
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| A very happy Figgy smiling at me... I told her she is a good girl and a great Momma! She is SO pleased with herself. |
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| Boy 3, Girl 2 and Liver Boy in the background. Wonder what they are thinking as they look at me? |
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| A wild time in the puppy pool... LOL |
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| Just settling in for bedtime... |
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