Hi all!
We're all settling into our roles here and starting to relax. Kumi is being a wonderful mum despite some initial anxiety, her babies are fat, healthy and very clean. We're struggling to get her to eat, currently she'll only eat in the whelping box with someone holding the bowl but she's starting to voluntarily leave the box. Today the two girls had their rear dew claws removed so Carole to Kumi for a short walk, not everyone is a fan of removing rear dew claws on young puppies but they can cause injuries when they're older so we felt it was best, I actually found that the puppies made more of a fuss when they had their claws clipped than they did with the dew claw removal!
While they lost their claws they have all been gaining weight really well, we didn't weigh them on Sunday but the weights for Monday and Tuesday are as follows
Purple - Monday 360g (40g gain). Tuesday 411g (51g gain).
Green - Monday 353g (53g gain). Tuesday 408g (55g gain).
Black - Monday 305g (47g gain). Tuesday 351g (46g gain).
Orange - Monday 372g (39g gain). Tuesday 428g (56g gain).
Beige - Monday 325g (60g gain). Tuesday 381g (56g gain)
We're really pleased with these gains, they're growing so quickly now. I got a couple of pictures today, you can see them all on the puppy pages.
We're all settling into our roles here and starting to relax. Kumi is being a wonderful mum despite some initial anxiety, her babies are fat, healthy and very clean. We're struggling to get her to eat, currently she'll only eat in the whelping box with someone holding the bowl but she's starting to voluntarily leave the box. Today the two girls had their rear dew claws removed so Carole to Kumi for a short walk, not everyone is a fan of removing rear dew claws on young puppies but they can cause injuries when they're older so we felt it was best, I actually found that the puppies made more of a fuss when they had their claws clipped than they did with the dew claw removal!
While they lost their claws they have all been gaining weight really well, we didn't weigh them on Sunday but the weights for Monday and Tuesday are as follows
Purple - Monday 360g (40g gain). Tuesday 411g (51g gain).
Green - Monday 353g (53g gain). Tuesday 408g (55g gain).
Black - Monday 305g (47g gain). Tuesday 351g (46g gain).
Orange - Monday 372g (39g gain). Tuesday 428g (56g gain).
Beige - Monday 325g (60g gain). Tuesday 381g (56g gain)
We're really pleased with these gains, they're growing so quickly now. I got a couple of pictures today, you can see them all on the puppy pages.