The Pups at Two Weeks!

Well, lots has been happening this week for the pups! They are wobbling around the box on all four feet instead of crawling (especially comical as they tend to fall over sideways and do "barrel rolls") and talking--loudly!--in little barks and howls as well as their usual squeaks, chirps, and whines. They are getting their nails trimmed every four to five days so that they don't scratch Kyrie while they are nursing. Their puppy preserve has grown by the addition of a weaning pen which they wobble around in while grandma cleans the whelping box every day--you can see that down below, at the end of the post. Their eyes are all open, though in the first days they can only distinguish masses of light and darkness. As of today--a couple days past two weeks--they are all well over 3 lbs in weight! Without further ado...puppies! :)

Baker at two weeks. We think he has his mom's light-colord eyebrows. What do you think? :)

The Ravenous Belli, Eater of Everythings! She continues to grow by leaps and bounds. :)

Blazie at two weeks! She appears to have adapted well to her new pink collar. :)

Boomer at two weeks!

Needed to include this pic of Boomer and Brownie...so cute!

And Brownie at two weeks:

Brownie continuing to ridicule his brother about being mistaken for a girl...

Actually, the brown sables just kinda stick together a lot...kinda like the black-and-silvers at the top of the page!

Bullet at two weeks!

The girls, almost yin yang puppies!

Someone mentioned that a few people wanted to see our setup. :) We do not have a giant house to raise the pupsters in, and here in Texas they don't give us basements (something I miss hugely from my childhood up north!). So when we have pups we section off around half of our big living room and make it into a puppy preserve. Here's the left half--this is right by our back door. The surgical drapes and sheets are to keep out drafts and also to give the mom and pups privacy and separation from other pets. Kyrie is hanging out in the newly-placed weaning pen. Whelping box and weaning pen together create a 6 foot by 8 foot area, all of it self-contained and easy to clean and disinfect! All bedding is machine-washable.

Here's the right side. The grooming table holds the scale and random puppy supplies. Later, it will hold the pups for their litter evaluation. :) The couch straight ahead is where Kyrie will be able to escape the pups once they are allowed to roam outside of the pens. The couch on the right side is where I sleep until we're sure the pups or Kyrie won't need anything during the night!

Thanks for reading, everyone!