3.5 weeks old

The pups are really coming alive this week!  They are playing with each other and their toys, they growl and bark and are quite mobile.  Of course, life is still mostly sleeping, eating, and pottying but they are no longer sea slugs- instead they are getting their own personalities.  They are nice, solid pups for 3.5 weeks old and will be getting a number of visitors over the next few weeks in order to get comfortable with strangers.

Mr. Green has such a sweet, chunky face

 Mr. Red

 Mr. Red

 Mr. Purple

 More Mr. Green

 Mr. Green winking

 Miss Blue

 Miss Blue

 Miss White

 Miss White

Miss Yellow

 Pups look so sweet when they are sleeping!

 Waking up...

 ...and back to sleep

 Now time to eat.  This was the pup's first meal but they ate like little pros

2 weeks old

The pups are growing like weeds.  They have eyes and ears open and are starting to growl and play with each other.  They still walk like little drunken sailors and are quite amusing to see fall over when they try to walk at more than a snails pace.  We added toys to the whelping box this week and the pig rails are coming out so they don't sneak out of the box...yet.  Now that they are two weeks, they are being carried around the house and can spend some time hanging out on a blanket in the living room getting used to the normal sounds of a busy household. 

 Miss Blue loves to snuggle under the pig rails- she is getting in one more snooze before they are taken out to make more room for the growing pups. 

 The pups are starting to realize there is a world outside the box and are getting curious.

 Miss Yellow may be the smallest pup (by only a few ounces) but she is mighty as she topples her bigger brother- mr purple

 Red decides to snooze while the other pups try to wrestle

 The pups are quite mobile and shoot around the box but it is still a half crawl/half walk with a lot of falling over

 

 Nap time- the pups tire out very quickly and go from playing to sleeping in a matter of seconds

 Ooof- you are heavy!

 getting situated for a group nap

 Aahh- nice and warm and comfortable

 Love the fat, shorty muzzle  

 So peaceful

 White wants a better spot

 Red gets displaced

 Bianca takes a well deserved rest 

 The pups get geometrical

I love the forehead to forehead snooze of purple and blue

Week One

 Not much has happened this first week, which is a good thing!  The pups continue to grow and thrive and Bianca is providing a lot of good milk and is keeping the pups clean.  The pups get weighed twice a day, get loved on, and checked over but mostly spend the days nursing, complaining when they are getting a bath from mom, and sleeping.  Time passes quickly with pups and soon they will be all over the house exploring and pottying everywhere so the calm of the first weeks of life is much appreciated.

 Miss Yellow joins mom in a nice nap with a full tummy.  The other pups are still filling up.

 Blue getting weighed

 The warm box is getting a bit crowded- time to upgrade to a bigger box

White has a nice big schnoz!