Showing posts with label Labrador retriever puppies nursing newborn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Labrador retriever puppies nursing newborn. Show all posts

Monday, September 03, 2007

Puppy Check-In: One Week


Well, we're all eight days old now. And...

  • We all weigh more than two pounds now (we've doubled our weights since we were born).
  • Our ears are flopping over like they should (we don't look like Yoda or Mr. Spock anymore).
  • Our pads are darkening.
  • Our noses are darkening.
  • Our faces have hair.
  • We whine, whimper, grunt, and yip.
  • We lick things now, too.
  • We're experimenting with our hind legs. Some of us can even take a couple really wobbly steps before we tip over.


We scootch across our bedding pretty fast now (it's a race to the milk bar when Mom comes in the whelping box).

Mom sometimes sits up to nurse us because she doesn't like our little toenails scratching her. But Grandma (Mom's human) trimmed our nails this week so they wouldn't be so sharp.

And we're sleeping lots and lots and lots.

That helps us grow. :o)

We'll be back in a week with another update!

Sunday, August 26, 2007

It's Super Elsie!


Doesn't Elsie look terrific, especially after 34 hours labor and delivery. She's doing just fine, but still has one placenta to get out. Oh, and she's become quite the Mom -- wow -- doesn't even want the pups in the puppy box. The pups (ALL of the pups) have to be near her for her to be content. What a good Mom!
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