Two weeks old
Can you believe it - Our litter is two weeks old today!
They're still sleepy little loaves of bread, but any day now their little blue eyes will begin popping open, and their ears too! With that progress, they'll begin trying to move more - getting better at crawling, then working on standing and walking. Teeth come in next, and at that point in the next couple of weeks we will begin weaning them to solid food. First, we start with a soaked mush of their food, working towards getting them on normal solid puppy food by the time they're ready for pick up in mid January.
This week, we'll be watching out for their eyes and ears to open up and monitoring their progress towards large motor skills (walking, jumping, running) and social skills (playing, tumbling, nipping and correcting).
They are all growing perfectly and gaining weight right on track. They had their dew claws removed, which have healed well. They'll be due for their first dewormer medication next Saturday, but other than that, Meadow is still taking excellent care of them without our meddling 😆
She is a patient and calm mom to her puppies, and is excited to show them off and let all of us in to hold them. This is great practice for the puppies to be well socialized to people, especially tiny hands.
Two females and three males are still available to be reserved for pick ups January 18th. Puppies are reserved by gender, then once they become more mobile and begin to differentiate their personalities, we begin asking families to choose their specific dog by the order in which the deposits were received. We are available for families to come out and meet the puppies before deciding, or we can do this remotely over email, text, or video call. Please reach out with any questions, or to inquire about a visit to our farm. We're looking forward to talking with you!
-Amy