More puppy pics

Here are a few pictures from tonite. They are growing so much from day today and they are starting to get around pretty good on all fours. I changed carpet and cleaned the whelping box tonite, and it took them a while to get used to the new carpet. It was kind of cute listening to them whine and cry. The second picture depicts how one felt pretty well. Pretty soon Belle decided to see what the fuss was about, and they all attacked! As you can see from the top picture she looks pretty excited about it!! haha She is starting to spend less and less time in the whelping box b/c it seems whenever she's in there they are after her! This coming week will pretty exciting!! The pups are just about getting to the point where we will let them outside so the can experience the great outdoors!! Hope you enjoy the photos and hopefully the boring pictures of them in the same setting will be a little different some time this week. The forecast looks pretty nice so we'll try spend lots of time outdoors with them.

Here are a few pictures of the pups from this evening. I was trying to get a good one of them sitting up, but they wouldn't cooperate. As you can see their eyes all pretty well open, and they are starting to move around a lot more in the last day. Can't wait until we can start getting them outside!. As you can see from the bottom picture, they get plenty of love from kids, so they'll be used to it when they go to their new homes. Pretty much all of my nieces and nephews constantly ask when they can come over and see the pups. The door is pretty well opened to them anytime. I know my oldest daughter has been sneaking one in the house here and there when I'm not around!! It doesn't take long and they get pretty whiny for their siblings, but in the end its just another step in getting them ready to go to their new homes.

The puppies eyes are open!!

The puppies eyes are starting to open as you can see from the first picture. My daughter, Maddy, came in after school and said their eyes are open! I thought she was messing around b/c she likes to do that, and she continually has been asking the past week when their eyes would start opening. Some of the pups eyes are still closed and some are more open then others, but within the next day they should all be open. They are still a little glassy eyed, but its fun to see how much they are progressing and growing! They are really starting to move around on all four legs instead of scooting. They are pretty wobbly, but its just part of the progression. It's kind of crazy b/c within the next week to 10 days they will look and act like completely different pups. By that time we'll probably start getting them used to life in the great outdoors!! I really enjoy watching them in different surroundings. At first they'll whine and want to be back inside, but after a couple of times of letting them out they will love it. I will upload a short video of them moving around just so you can get an idea of their athleticsm!! (haha jk) you'll probably watch and wonder if they will ever be hunting dogs?

Puppy Pics

Here are a few updated pics of the puppies from today! Still sleeping, eating, and growing, but they are starting to scoot around no all fours! it won't be long and their eyes will be opening!

Gracyn loves her puppies!

My youngest daughter loves to spend time with the baby puppies. Whenever I come home she wants to go see the puppies. She does pretty well with them, but hasn't mastered the art of being completely gentle!! We have to watch her pretty carefully. She loves to hold them and kiss them as you can see from the photos!! She is also pretty selective about the ones that daddy gives her to hold (with my assistance of course) If I pick up the wrong one she lets me know. I keep grabbing puppies until she says, "yesssss" then I know she's got the one she likes!! She really likes to enunciate her "s" words so its pretty cute when she says "yesss" or "puppiessss" As for the puppies they are doing well. They had their dew claws removed a couple days ago and that is healing up really nice.

Puppy Video

Here is a short video of the pups scooting around today. They are pretty content laying around and sleeping, but if they are looking for mom or trying to find their brothers and sisters they move pretty good!

Puppies

It seems like they've already tripled in size since they were born on tuesday. They are all growing great and Belle is doing a great job of taking care of them. My younger female (Remi) also likes to take her turns taking care of the pups. I haven't let her in with them too much yet, but last year when they were a couple weeks old she mothered them like they were her own. I'll wait until they get a little bigger for that, but she would huddle them up just like Belle does, clean them up, and look after them just like a big sister does!! They are starting to scoot around a little bit more now, but they still like laying in a pile and sleeping most of all. I shot a short video of a couple of them moving around a little bit so hopefully you enjoy that.

2 Days Old

The pups and Belle are doing well. They are off to a great start and Belle does such a great job of taking care of them!!! She sure has made my job pretty easy over the years! Never had a single pup in poor health and her ratio of females to males makes finding new homes pretty easy!! The pups have had plenty of attention these first few days. Between my own children, nieces and nephews, and the rest of my family they are sure to be accustomed to lots of little faces by the time they go home! I am very happy with this litter once again, and I can't wait until they get a little older and start showing their personalities!

The Pups have arrived!!

After days, weeks, months, and even years of waiting for some of you the pups have finally arrived!! Some of you have been looking at this breeding for the last 2.5 years! No matter what the circumstance all of you are I'm sure are excited to see your newest members of the family! Belle was starting to labor last night before bed so I set my alarm for 3:00 a.m. and much to my suprise their were already four on the ground. Belle gave birth to a healthy litter of 8 pups 6 females and 2 males and its hard to imagine that in only 7-8 weeks they will be all grown up and ready for their new homes!! (Wisconsin, North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, and Texas) The time will go quickly but hopefully I can ease the waiting by posting on here regularly! Thanks to all of you have committed to this litter, and I have once again found the right homes for the pups!!

After days, weeks, months, and even years for some of you, they have finally arrived!!!