Keeping your dog’s nails neatly trimmed not only looks nice, it also is less stress on the dog’s foot. No long nails to splay the feet out. No long nails to jab into your foot either!
We start when they are just babies, getting them used to getting the nails trimmed and also keeping the quick nice and short.
Having nine puppies means LOTS of nails to trim. I use a Dremel to grind the nails, which keeps them nice and smooth. For more detail, check out this old post.
The puppies had their first venture outside today. They did great!
Frankie
Dickens and Gigi (FKA Greg)
Isla
Babe
Ace
Kizzy was excited about their outdoor adventure, too!
Finished off the experience with dinner outside.
The puppies’ eyes are open and they are starting to have short bursts of play. So cute to watch them wobble around and start to play with each other!
Lots and lots of pictures available at 2014 Litter.
Puppies are 10 days old today and we can start to see some little peepers opening.
We barely fit in the laundry basket while the whelping box is being cleaned now. We grow so fast!
Day three and the puppies are all gaining weight and doing well. We started the Bio Sensor program tonight.
With the help of my boys and my mom, we named the puppies alphabetically in birth order (well, for the c-section group, we made up the order):
We have nine healthy babies! The first five were born in the wee hours of the morning, June 25th. The next four came via c-section several hours later.
3 mantle males
2 mantle females
2 piebald males
2 piebald females
Mom & babies are all doing great!
Poor Kizzy…there just isn’t a comfortable position at this point!
We had an x-ray done on Monday, the 16th, and saw 7-8 babies!
Counting from the first day of breeding puts this picture at day 48:
Trying to find a comfortable position..
Standing up, from the other day:
And, a poor quality image, but a sweet shot of Kizzy and our feline family member, Oliver:
Kizzy at Day 41:
I think she looks huge already. Went through some old pictures of her mom, Skyy, while pregnant (with Kizzy!) and found a Day 41 image of her:
Have an x-ray scheduled for June 16th, which will give us an idea of how many babies Kizzy has in store for us.