Begbie x Lupine Puppies Week 1 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10
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Week Two
Week 2 seems to have come around very quickly. The girls are gaining weight rapidly and all are now over 2.5lbs.

Today, Day 10, they are starting to walk. Note very coordinated walking, but definitely walking. Mostly their days are filled with sleeping, nursing and being washed by Lupine. They are very content and quiet puppies.

Loopy is doing very well and is now joining us on our afternoon walks again. She is such a great mother and spends a lot of time with her puppies. There really isn't very much for us to do..... (no doubt that will change soon....).

We have been able to turn down the heat a bit in the whelping room, as the puppies are now more capable of regulating their body temperature.

Andy came in one day and when he saw them like this, he said they looked as if they had had an argument.
Here they look like they have made up again!
At the end of Week 2 there have been quite a few developments. Their eyes started to open on Tuesday and by Wednesday (Day 14) we can see their eyes quite clearly. They probably can't see us just yet, as it likely takes a few days before their brains can interpret this new sense. They are getting quite mobile and when Lupine enters the whelping box, they are all quickly up on their feet and dancing around in anticipation of food.

They are more responsive to us now too, snuggling up to us and seeking some interaction. Also, they are interacting with eachother in more ways than just lying on top of eachother. I caught one licking another puppy today, in true flat-coat fashion!

A less welcome development today is that they are peeing without any help from Lupine, which means we have to take over some of the cleaning duties now!

There have been several escapes from the whelping box which has prompted some carpentry and a raising of the door to the whelping box so that Lupine can still get in but the puppies cannot get out.
Is it time to wake up?
Eyes!
One of these things doesn't belong....
Interaction