Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Day Twelve

The puppies are 12 days old today.  They are starting to get up on all fours and maneuver around the whelping box really well.  It was time for a fresh carpet change and so all the puppies were relocated for a brief time.


We aren't going to be able to use this box much longer when we clean and change out the carpet. They were all snuggled together in there so cute! 

Amirah though that she could help the best by just holding the puppies.  When her older brother and sisters are at school she gets lots of alone time with the puppies.  She has become such a little mother.  

This is the largest of the yellow males.  He has acquired the named Eddie.  We are not sure why, he just looks like an Eddie to us.  He is the fastest of the puppies and seems to always find his way to the milk first.  He is almost always the first puppy to latch on when Hazel is ready to nurse.  You can tell by the looks of his tummy and roll under his chin.  He is so sweet and very content...probably because his tummy is always full!



This is the smallest of the black females.  I call her "Squirt", but the kids are not sold on that name and are still trying to decide on a good name for her.  I can't wait to hear what their "forever" names will be, but until then she is my little "Squirt".