1 Week Old puppy update
- Posted on 29th June 2008
- in Featured
- by jvfairbanks
Well, it is Sunday morning and I am making coffee and checking on the puppies as I do through out the day. A little more than a week old and the puppies are flourishing under Libby’s care. She is such a wonderful nurturing soul. Belle has been in to see the puppies under Libby’s watchful eye.
The very plump boys and girls are getting ready to open their eyes and at this stage are still very much eating and sleeping although trying to move from scooting to wobbling on their legs. They are starting to show their colors and mismarks now; where newborns show pink on their noses and feet I wait to watch the color grow in to see what God has in mind. J As a breeder, I also watch the “belly up to the bar” so to speak, to see the pack order start to emerge. Truly delightful to watch unfold.
Usually, we have the puppy cam up by now however a couple of weeks ago we started painting the inside of our home when I got sick and ended up going to the hospital to take my gallbladder (why anyone would want to take it is beyond me?)…
I am behind in the house reconstruction from painting. We currently have the puppies in our garage in a whelping box instead of the living room, not wanting to expose them to the paint fumes. This is a first as they are usually inside our home but the weather is great and Libby likes it there with the whole garage to herself and the puppies. Our garage is attached to the house and we leave the door open to the back hall so we can visit, which both Jeff and I do.
Chief, our stud, is visiting friends who have a puppy and playing and teaching the puppies all the joys of doghood. This is mostly because our Belle is in heat and she is getting a break this cycle; poor Chief, he has to wait for a bit so he is being distracted by playing with another puppy instead of mooning after Belle right now.
My puppy cam line has to reach my computer to stream out the video as well as get wireless network access so hopefully next week we can be up and running.
We are settling back into routine as we get the house back together (downstairs at least), I am feeling back to my old self, better in fact. Jeff gets a break from playing nurse, shopper and cook/cleaner (though he is a better cook then I am, perhaps I can fend illness a tad longer?)…
Summer is here; this morning Libby and Belle got their comb outs and baths and the puppies have clean blankets. The garden is watered, I have a tri tip out to BBQ tonight, laundry is going, I have care packages ready to send our son in Iraq, working on a thank you note to our daughter… and my coffee is waiting.
Soon, we will get the hustle and bustle of puppies running in the house, but right now I am going to enjoy a lazy Sunday and cuddle with chubby puppies and watch for their eyes to open.
