Flo-Jo x Donald’s Puppies Are Now 3 Weeks Old

Oct 212018
 

In my last post, I spoke about Simone and the tremendous influence she has had.  These puppies are great grandchildren of Simone. They moved to a bigger “playpen” today so they can exercise those little legs.  They are just beginning to walk. (shown in birth order)

Pink Girl, the first-born, is not afraid to protest if she doesn’t like something.

Handsome Blue boy had a slow start, but now he is gaining weight by leaps and bounds.

Green Boy is vying with his brother, Blue, to see who can weigh more.

Pretty Purple is doing well. She’s a compact little girl.

Orange Girl was nursing when it was her turn for pictures. She wasn’t too happy with me!

Brown Boy is the largest of the puppies.

Today Concludes Our Neurological Stimulation Exercises

Oct 192018
 

Military studies confirmed that there are specific time periods early in the life of a dog when neurological stimulation has optimum results.  The first period begins at the third day of life and lasts until the sixteenth day. It is believed that because this interval of time is a period of rapid neurological growth and development, it is of great importance to the individual.

The handling of each pup once per day involves the following exercises: 1. Tactical stimulation (between toes)  2.  Head held erect  3.  Head pointed down  4.  Supine position  5.  Thermal stimulation

Pink Girl demonstrates the Head Held Erect position.

Orange Girl reluctantly demonstrates the Supine position.

Nail Trimming Day

Oct 172018
 

16 x 6 = 96
That’s a lot of nails to cut…especially on squirmy puppies! Brown Boy is modeling.

Two Weeks Old

Oct 142018
 

Flo-Jo’s puppies are two weeks old today.

Their eyes are starting to open.  They still cannot hear.  They scoot around a lot, but haven’t yet gotten up on their legs.  There are lots of changes between weeks two and three.  Stay tuned!

The smallest puppies are the Blue Boy and Green Boy (Chewy). Chewy seems a bit slower to mature than his siblings. His nose is not as black and his eyes are just beginning to open.

The Pink Girl and Purple Girl are the medium-size puppies in the litter.

Orange Girl and Brown Boy are the largst puppies. Brown is waving, just like he did in his one week picture.

Eat and Sleep

Oct 072018
 

Puppies specialize in eating and sleeping.

I did remove them from their comfortable bed, attempting to get some pictures of them at one week old.

What young puppies do best

Orange Girl, Pink Girl, Purple Girl

The boys are waving. Blue Boy, Green Boy, Brown Boy

Two Hours Old – Three Boys, Three Girls

Sep 302018
 

Shown here are five of six of Flo-Jo’s puppies. We took the pups, one at a time, and made sure they were able to nurse. The Orange girl was still in the warming box. When her turn came, she crawled under some of her siblings and dislodged them from their spots. She was determined to get her share! Mother and babies are doing well.

Easier Said Than Done

Feb 052017
 

Twelve week pictures—Uncooperative Puppies

From left: Violet, Oliver, Mitzi Violet is not really this much smaller than the other two...she just slid down.

From left:
Violet, Oliver, Mitzi
Violet is not really this much smaller than the other two…she just slid down.

Violet

Jan 272017
 
Violet is almost 11 weeks. She is a promising show girl.

Violet is almost 11 weeks. She is a promising show girl.

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