This morning the temperature was nice ,so I loaded the puppies up in the car and took them along for a car ride to the training fields!! They could not get out yet as the grass was still wet and did not want to take any changes!! It was al about the car ride and they did fine!!
Friends from Holland who own 3 WO goldens came to visit with 2 children,so great for the pups and they were all over and played with and held and they were great, both kids and pups and the dogs all enjoyed the visit. And the 4 week old portraits!!
Pups were also dewormed today and weight and are doing great!!
Let the pups wander out of the whelping box this morning to explore a little. At first they were very sceptical, but that only took a few minutes and off they went. Hopefully this weekend the weather is nice and we can do a little outside exploring!! A picture of pink girl sound asleep, the way her great grandmother & mother sleep a lot!!
So first we tried water and then we tried some real food and then the girl pooped on the box, so a good weekend!!! Mr. red very relaxed and ms. pink laying on my lap sound asleep!! They all weigh more then 2200 + grams, so they are good eaters. Teeth are coming in and they are starting to walk faster instead of the slow motion movement at first.
Pups are moved into the livingroom and seemed have to have adapted right away to their new surroundings and noises!! They see the other dogs pass by them and even attempt to go into the pee box and have managed already to be there on time a few times. Soon the kibbles will start, a littel at a time and see how they will experience that!! Supposedly the warmer weather is coming, so that is good, but no sun yet, so no outdoor experiences yet till maybe next weekend! Enjoy!
I tried to make head shots of the 2 week old puppies. Results below, red male x 2, pink female x 2, green male times 2.( The green male wanted to spread his wings ) Their stimulation program ended today and now the sight and sounds come with them going into the living room tomorrow. Now the see and hear and een if they wake up and put them on a newspaper they pee on it, so will get the woodchips out this weekend and then it all goes very fast!!
Easter Pictures, eyes are open, dewormed, and 2 weeks old!! Now hoping fore some warmer weather so they can all go in the living room at the end of the week and start with some regular puppy food!! Mr green is now mr. Blue plaid with a greenribbon tied to it as he outgrew his puppy collar!!
Today it was nails & tails day!!! The nails they didn't like, very wiggly, tails they didn't care. I always trim the little hair at the end of the tails many times & then they supposedly get nice full tails. ( So I have heard from a befriended breeder) Green boy is 1356 grams today, pink girl is 1167 gr and red boy is 1244 gr!! So not suffering from Hunger!! I do see some slight opening of the eyes at the sides. It is like glue slowly loosening.
I got them to lay still for a minute to take a picture of the weighing yesterday. Today the green male was past the 1 kilo point!!! A cute red male picture and a find a puppy picture, they sure blend it with Gibbs color!!!
They almost all weigh 1 kilo, so we must start an obstacle course to get to Mom, the "milksupplier", otherwise they will get too FAT!!! Puppy "Weight Watchers"???? No really, they are doing great, no heat lamp during the day, even though it is freezing outside, but they are warm enough!! They are doing great with the stimulation program, very little protest!!
Today I start the stimulation program for 12 days and by then at the end ,eyes and ears are open and we can start different stimulations! Meanwhile still eating good and gaining a lot. They move around the box on their stomach and manage to do that quite fast, searching for the "Milkmachine", while making quite loud noises, especially during the night of course and I lay next to them, trying to sleep Male green at birth 516 gr - now 877 gr Female Pink """"" 448 gr- "" 774 gr Male red """"" 470 gr- "" 833 gr
Pups have gained between 100-150 grams!!!! All are doing well and moving around the whole whelping box!!! Heat lamp off for a few hours as the sun is shining in and that feels so good!!
On St. Patricks day Gibbs delivered 3 puppies, 1 female and 2 males!!! I think she decided Quality instead of Quantity!! They are big and healthy, males 516 gr and 470 gr and the female is 448 gr. They all have gained already more then 40 gr. each. Unfortunately I had to disappoint people, which I feel very bad about, but that is nature, no control over!!!! BUT the good news is that I will do a re-breeding in September!! Below some pictures!!
Gibbs is still going strong!! On our walk this morning on the leash (no more freedom for her right now) she really thought it was absolutely neccesary to do something, so I gave in and had her search 5 discs in the old high grass and she loved it and did it perfect as normal, then she wanted the frisbee as that was what I was doing with Eli & Jinks, (Mom Eli is 9 today), but that was a No, to much jumping and turns. SO now we rest till our walk later!!! Temperature is still very steady!
As of right now the kennel club changed their pedigree "name" policy!!! Instead of 3 minimum-10 maximum letters , one word, it is now 3 minimum- 29 maximum and you can use spaces and -. The only thing that is not allowed ,is that you add another kennelname, besides Whispering Oaks!!! It is still the year of the M, so that does not change for this year!!!
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