Male (black/blue) " Ryan"

Ryan

Ryan was puppy number four and 12.5 oz, he is now 1 lb 10.8 oz and growing well!

Female (pink/black) "Gabby"

Gabby

Gabby was the first puppy born at 9:30 am and weighed 12.8 oz, she was 1 lb 12.3 today. 

Day eight - get ready for some cuteness!

Shhhh Momma

How many in this puppy pile?

Gimme five!

Yawn!

Day seven update - A week old

We are a week old!

We are a week old today! We have all doubled our birth weight and got out first nail clipping today. We are trying to get up on our legs and moving around a lot. Momma J is feeling much better and spending lots of time with us now that her belly doesn't hurt so much.

Kaja supervising our nail clipping

Kaja supervised while Morgan cut our nails today, we didn't like it much.

It's amazing that in just a week Jada went from needing the fence around the box to being comfortable with Kaja and Mazi right up next to the box.

Day six update - An unexpected trip to the vet

After a long night of clean up and mopping the downstairs floor we ended up at the vet this morning. Our friend Sue was here and babysat the puppies while we were gone. Jada is being treated for an infection that is causing her to have severe gastro issues and not be very hungry. Hopefully the meds will kick in quickly and we can get back to normal. 

On the bright side all the puppies continue to do fine, gaining weight, moving around and being totally cute. I could sit and watch them for hours. With the craziness of the past two days I have not gotten the last three puppies photos up. I will as soon as I can!

Proud Momma J

Check out the "mustache" Jada has developed on her upper lip. It is from licking the puppies constantly, she wore all the fur and pigment off it. Last time she ended up with a pink nose from rolling them, I wonder if she will get that this time around.

Day 5 - Update

The den

All weekend Jada kept going under the shed and digging under the ATV and cement mixer. I put a dark blanket over the back of the box, hanging it on the pen. She has been under the blanket all day. In the photo it looks like the blanket is behind her but it's actually above and in front of her. The blue ball was filled with frozen wet food and one of the ways we keep her calorie count up.

All the puppies continue to gain weight, we have a couple over a pound already. They are very mobile for creepers but want to mostly be together. They are also quite loud at times especially when Jada gets up quickly because the other dogs bark.

Male (Blue) "Hansen"

"Hansen"

Handsome Hansen was puppy number eight and was 10.5 oz. He is now 14.6 oz and doing great.