1 Week Old!

Here are a few pictures of the puppies at 1 week old today.  It's hard to believe its been a week ago already that we were watching these little rugrats being born in the wee hours of the night.   The kids have started to decide on some names as well.  So far for the boys they like; Duke, Gauge, and Ammo.  For the girls the names of choice are Macy and Birdie.  Kinley has claimed Birdie, Gracyn has claimed Macy, and Boden has claimed Duke.  The puppies once again had plenty of visitors today so if you were wondering if the puppies are going to be socialized when they go home, I would have to say, "most definitely!" 

Here are a few more pictures from tonight.  They are doing great and growing like weeds!  (Weeds on steroids, I might add....)  I can't get over how chunky they all are already.  They enjoy eating that's for sure!

 As you can see the 5 little ones are getting plenty of attention already! I had to childproof the shed door for the one on the left (Kinley).   The first thing she does in the morning is head out to see the puppies and any chance she gets she sneaks out! She is definitely a puppy lover!   The pups are doing great, and I can't believe how much they've grown so far.  I guess that's one plus of having a smaller litter.  Not much competition for food!  Today we'll clip their dew claws, but otherwise the puppies afternoon consists of a little eating, a lot of sleeping, and a whole lotta love from the kids. 

Puppies born!

 After a long wait the puppies were born in the early morning hours of August 10, 2016.   The labor went relatively smoothly and quickly on such a hot humid morning!   Lilly did great and has been a natural mother just like her mother was!  After the first puppy was born she figured out quite quickly what was going on and took over from there.  It's been a hectic few days from frantically working to finish the renovations in the whelping room, to having puppies, to heading off to the Iowa State Fair to watch my children do what they love to do.  I've been a little behind on getting pictures updated, so my plan is to make up for that in the next few days!   Hope you all enjoy the next few weeks as you watch the puppies grow and change, and of course get tons of attention!  The way I look at it 5 puppies (2 female, 3 males) will get plenty of love an attention!