Believe it or not these pups do play but not for long. Cutest little sleepers, though, you'll find anywhere. Nails done again, been into kitchen and livingroom (big new world) and all over the office too. Using the paper very well. Now living in a crate and an x-pen and they're very clean.

More cute pictures

Changing Fast!

The kiddos are now onto bedding and newspapers, and bless their little pea-pickin' hearts, they're starting to use the paper rather than the bedding. Carley is still a good momma with an incredible tongue to do the clean-up business, but shortly she's going to hand the job off to me.  Giving pups a chance to potty away from their bed allows them to be clean, which they want to be naturally.  They a

lready realize that paper is not bedding and they do make their way to the paper most of the time. Sometimes they finish nursing or just wake up from a nap and head to the paper, tho, and when their front paws feel paper they then potty. No matter that the back end is still on the bed. But, they are trying!  We have done toenails once and they're about ready to have them done again.

We really do have six puppies in this litter, but it seems that there is always one missing from the pictures. Much of the time they chose to sleep under the bumper board but other times they look like a battle field of dead bodies all over the place.  Soon, these tykes will be out of the whelping box so pictures will not be as easily taken as they are now.  They will soon move to a crate for their bed and a play yard (of newspapers) with fencing.  I will tie dog toys on the inside of the crate so that they can tug and play but not drag the toys "outside" into what might be messy.  We're not quite there yet but soon. I usually bring the crate and x-pen in when the first puppy gets out of the box.

The pups are starting to play with each other, and I wish you could hear the growling because it is so darn cute!  They are starting to want to climb anything they can, grab each other by the nose and growl, even now sitting up and scratchng an itch, like a big dog too. Of course this is still 2% of the time; the rest is spent getting beauty sleep. Pigment is looking very good and the spotting is getting distinct. 

They still have a mind of their own about being held if it is not when they want to be. If they've just nursed you can do anything with them. If it is time to nurse, Nellie bar the door!  They have one thing on their mind.  I hold them often and also upside down in my arms to help them accept that position and also to watch my face and see me talk.  Hopefully they're hearing what I have to say! 

Must go change newspapers!

Puppy names

I'm obviously no computer genius. Sometimes the pictures pop up before the text and other times below the text.  This time, I'm going to fool the system  because there will only be text! 

Since Daddy goes by the name Bubba, I decided to use redneck names.  I actually found many sites offering many redneck names and had recorded 25-28 initially, but widdled the list down to these:

Black male - Billy Ray
Liver male - John Boy
Black female - Daisy Mae
Black female - Sammi Jo
Liver female - Ruby Jane
Liver female - Lori Belle

Of course these are litter names so you adopters don't feel they must stay named this way!  You can come up with your own. One-word names are, of course, better, but with two syllables.  These are just for fun and to identify them.  I don't put ribbons on the pups nor paint them.  I let their spots tell me who is who.

Days 14-16

Now I think you can see the spots too!  Kiddos are walking, bumping into each other, growling at one another and then sinking into deep sleep. Their pigment is intensifying and they are starting to hear! Pretty sure they all hear too, thank goodness.Carley is such a good momma and so patient but she is also more willing to leave the pups and visit with us.  Being a momma to even just six is a big job

Day 12

What a difference two days makes. Now we see spots! Little guys look more like piglets than white mice.  You can hear real barking and sometimes growling now.

Day 10

Those spots are very slowly starting to show. Pups are sleeping as much but walking a bit more.

Day 8

It is amazing how much these babes can change in two days. Their spots are starting to appear, they sometimes try to lay upright on their sternums and they can make more noise. They also talk in their sleep.

Carley is long suffering but such a good momma. She now will come visit us more often, but not for too long.

Day 6 report

We've gone from white rats now to little piglets. They are gaining nicely and GROWING! Doing laps faster, starting exercises and tails starting to wag, though involuntarily. They stretch and funny things happen! They are more vocal now too. If I wake them up to hold right after nursing they are snuggly and cute. They love to be held and kissed. BUT, if they've slept too long and you wake them up, they will YOWL for momma. They're starving!! No holding them then!

From day 2 to day 18 we do an exercise called stimulation. They are held in various positions to the count of five, I tickle their toes, and then lay them on a cold towel that has been in the freezer. This stressing was delveoped by the US Army and it proved to enhance intelligence and also the immune system. Sometimes they fuss and other times they could care less. Even laying down on the cold towel (not wet) doesn't even bother them. Other times they gallop away!

Time to go "torture" babies!

More pictures

Okay, I could only post four pictures so will try to add four more. Trouble is I might get them mixed up. I'm new at this!

Puppies Day Three

As many times as I've had pups, you'd think I'd get use to CUTE. Well, I haven't. I find it hard to not take a zillion pictures and not hold them all the time. I hope you can get a sense of CUTE when you see these pictures. Sadly, still can't tell for sure how many blacks and how many livers there are. All are gaining nicely, meander all over the dog box and are just little rubber duckies. At times they look like little seals slithering along. Other times like bull terriers and other times like little white rats.

About two weeks of age is when they start to see and hear and the spots start to appear. Then they'll look like Dalmatians!

Puppy Pictures

Here are the little darlings snoozing away. They're already taking laps around the whelping box.

Thursday night 7:00 p,

All is well with the little tribe of six.  2 Males and 4 Females, some likely liver. Can't tell just for sure yet. 

All pups are hearty, strong and fat.  Will get pictures soon.  Gonna take a nap bec. last night I sure didn't sleep much!

O O'clock tally

Two boys, two girls. Boys black but maybe a liver girl...All strong and went right to nursing.

Two puppies 12:05

Black/white female now and a black/white male. 

CARLEY'S BIG DAY

Looks like Carley is getting down to business.  At this rate birth date should be 3-3-11.  Neat number, huh?

9:45 pm