1Week 4 Days

Sorry to be so long in getting pictures of the 2 puppies born to Sassy and Baron July 27.  This is the female pup and as of today both she and her littermate are the same size.  For most of the week and 4 days she has been the biggest of the 2, but today the scale reported the same weight for both.  At this age, not much goes on in the life of the puppies–they are just growing a lot.  Neither pup is very big–today’s weight was 9 ouncesThe puppy boy above had a rather “shaky” start.  Born at 5 3/4 ounces he just couldn’t seem to gain weight–either Sassy didn’t have enough milk or he was just working so hard to nurse that he burned more calories than he took in–anyway a little tube feeding was necessary for a few days, but now he is strong and has steadily gained weight–catching up with his female littermate.  You can see that both pups have a lot of pigment–nice black noses, black mouths, and even some black pigment coming in around their eyes.  Guessing that in another week their eyes will be open and they will be moving around more!