whelping journal

[bruinsBoxers]

July 11th
Moved all the toys and supplies out of the playroom and moved them into the dining room . I need to have a quiet and child free area to set up the whelping box for Edy . Dave is not too thrilled about having to take down the dining room table to fit in all the daycare toys .

I started building the whelping box and realized I have pieces missing . Not too sure where they are but most likely I forgot to take them when we moved . I will have to go out and buy some wood so we can finish the whelping box .I also need to buy another heat light to keep those babies warm .

July 18.
Started taking Edy’s temp today . It was lower than I expected - 99 in the am and 98 in the pm .Normal temp is 100-101 .I will keep taking it twice a day just to chart any progress .

Edy has decided that she will no longer eat anything with bones .

July 19th
Temp is still lower then what I am used to -still at 99 . Edy has started to refuse eating her food . I have been breaking it up into 4 small meals per day as I know there is not much room in her stomach . But she just is not interested - I will try cooking the meat and see if that help with her appetite .

I got a recipe for bitch milk from a friend . So I will make up a batch tonight . Edy needs to get something in her to keep her strength up .

Edy likes the milk mix . A big relief that she is getting the nutrition the she needs . I also cooked some beef and turkey . She ate a little of the cooked meat but still will not eat any raw .

July 20th
Vet appointment tonight for x-rays to try and get an idea of how many puppies there are . The vets says there are 7-8 puppies . One is way up in the ribcage and maybe the 8th is up in there as well . No wonder why Edy is having a difficult time breathing . Had the vet check to see if any of the puppies looks big on the x-ray , I worry that a puppy might be too big for Edy to whelp on her own . She said they all look about the same size .

I took a copy of the x-ray home to show Dave - he says he can see 10 skulls . I hope that there are not 10 puppies . I doubt that Edy will have enough milk for that many . Which means I will have to supplement some feedings every 3 hours around the clock.

July 21st
I got another recipe this one for puppy milk to supplement the puppies if they need it and if there are more then 8 I will definitely have to supplement them . And even if there are eight and Edy does not produce enough milk for them.

I have started to hand feed Edy as she will not eat on her own . Even with a raised feeding dish , she is just not interested unless I hold her food .

July 22nd
Since Edy can no longer walk down the flight of stairs to the basement I decided to let her potty out in the front yard since there are only 2 steps to the ground . Dave will not be too happy when he starts seeing all the urine burned grass .

I can not find some of the ingredients for the puppy milk . I have gone to 4 different stores and no one carries goats milk .

I have decided to start sleeping on the air mattress beside the whelping box. Edy hates getting in the whelping box so I have to stay with her or she will keep getting out . She needs to feel comfortable laying in there .

July 23rd
It is extremely hot and humid even with the air conditioning going it is too hot for Edy . She comes in from a potty break and is panting like crazy .It makes me wonder if this could be early stages of labor or just because she is so hot from the 5 minutes outside .

Edy has been panting for over an hour . It looks like I will be staying up all night just to be sure things are o.k. 1 am and still panting , no sleep for me tonight .

July 24th
A whole night of Edy panting has now stopped . No signs of labor progressing so back to the vet .An exam , some blood work and more x-rays to be sure that a puppy is not stuck and to check the size of the puppies .
I will have to wait until tomorrow for the blood work results , they should tell me the hormone levels and see if she is close to going into labor .The puppies are noticeably bigger than just 4 days ago , the first in line is still bigger than the rest .

A concern is that she may never go into labor if there are 10 puppies in there . There is a good possibility of Edy needing a C-section . I can not wait too long to see if she can go into labor on her own . Waiting too long could cause the whole litter to be lost and risk Edy as well .


MOD NOTE: Missi has been kind enough to share this journal with us in the hopes of showing "would be" breeders just how much work and sacrifice goes into each litter, and to keep everyone updated on Edy and the puppies progress . I ask that any questions/comments you have be posted in the thread Questions for Missi's Journal to keep the flow of her journal entries. Thank you

[bruinsBoxers]

July 25th

I got no sleep again last night , this is the 5th night .
I got the blood work results back , her hormone levels are still high . I will still have monitor her to be sure she is not in distress as she is having such a hard time breathing .

Temp was at 97.1 this afternoon and Edy began shivering . This can be a good sign if the temp stays low .
Temp is back up a few hours later , no more shivering . Edy is still panting off and on , she just can not get comfortable . But no puppies expected tonight .


July 26th .
Edy temp is around 98 at 5am , a good sign if it stays low and gets lower . She has decided to go and lay in the farthest corner of the house . A huge change as she has been stuck to me like glue for the last few weeks , and especially the last week .

If I do not see any signs today then I will take Edy back to the vet for yet another blood test to check her hormone levels .
Edy is refusing to eat anything , a sign of labor approaching , I made up a batch of bitch milk but she only had a little bit .
Edy’s temp has been slowly getting lower all day . Bottoming out at 97.9 . This should mean she would whelp within 24 hours . A bit of shivering because of the drop in temperature , this is also a positive sign .

Lots of panting late the afternoon for quite a few hours and some nesting in the whelping box . I take this to be a good sign of labor progressing .I really hope we see some puppies late tonight .

My vet called me twice to check on Edy’s progress . If there are no puppies by tomorrow she wants to see her again . I know she will want to do a c-section as it will be day 66 .

Edy is now resting , no more panting . Which makes me worry that there will be no whelping tonight .
Another sleepless night tonight , I know I will not be able to sleep .

Edy started panting again . And has thrown up , while not pleasant for either of us it is a sign of labor approaching .


July 27th
As I had expected no sleep last night with the off and on panting and throwing up . Edy is still panting a bit but after a temp drop and panting of 24hours with no progress I will be making another trip to the vet today. .

The vet did an exam and Edy is fully dilated , but yet she has not been in active labor - no contracting . We did yet another x-ray and the puppies are in the same position as on Saturday - this is not good . It means that most likely Edy will not be able to whelp naturally . The vet can see she is in some discomfort but not distressed - but there is no way to tell how the puppies are doing .

The vet feels it is safer to do a c-section this morning . Edy is at 66 days , the puppies are fully mature and are able to survive if born today . If we wait longer I could loses the litter and put Edy’s life at risk .
We both agree a c-section is best - the vet goes over all the risks of doing the surgery .and then they admit Edy .
It is so hard to have them take her away , I went back out to the car and cried where no one could see .

Edy is now out of surgery and the vet said she did well while under anesthesia ,.We have 9 babies who are doing good . They will monitor them all to be sure the anesthesia has worn off and that Edy will allow them to nurse before letting me take everyone home .

I call home and tell Dave everyone is doing good . He asked how many , what color and what sex . At this point I do not even care about the sex or color , I just want them to all be ok. .

I finally get to bring Edy and the puppies home . Edy is still very groggy . She is off balance and I have to be very careful that she does not roll over onto the puppies . So I sit with her for a while until she is sleeping . I have to help the puppies nurse , a few are having a hard time latching on to a nipple .

I made up a batch of puppy formula to have on hand to supplement the puppies and another batch of bitch milk for Edy . Edy will not eat anything solid so I am blending up some cooked meat and adding the bitch milk to make her a gruel .

Dave gets home from work and when Edy sees him she gives him a little nub wiggle . This is the first wag of her nub all day , you can still so how groggy she is in her eyes . The kids are concerned because she is not happy to see them like she usually is . I explained that tomorrow she will be much better .

I am very surprised that there are no white puppies in the litter , with both parents being flashy I would have expected there to be one or two .


July 28th
We all made it through the night . Again I barely slept , I just kept watch that everyone was all right .
You can see that Edy’s is now completely free of the anesthesia effects . Her eyes are clear . I gave Edy her meds .
She is doing a great job of cleaning her babies and is becoming protective of them . When someone looks into the room she curls her head over the puppies .

I make up another batch of gruel food for Edy , I will be glad when she starts eating solid food again .
I weighed all the puppies tonight . They are doing good with the exception of one girl she has lost some weight while the other have held their birth weight .
Gave the puppies a supplemental feeding tonight . And gave Edy her meds from surgery .


July 29th
The puppies are nursing better today but I will still have to supplement them as Edy just does not have enough milk for all of them . I do not want to risk them not getting the nutrition or lose weight .

Checked Edy’s temp just to be sure she is o.k. . and gave her meds . She is still very sore from surgery , she just walks slowly beside me when I take her out to potty .

Weighed the puppies again . All are gaining weight , the little girl is now back up to her birth weight .
Gave Edy her second dose of meds and made up my air mattress beside the whelping box .

I made up more batches of bitch milk , puppy milk and gruel for Edy . I swear I am cooking more for the dogs then the family .

July 30th
Gave Edy her meds Gave the puppies their morning feeding and the little girl her afternoon feeding .
Edy ate a few bites of cooked chicken today .
Little girl got her afternoon feeding and I swear she can recognize my scent as she wiggles toward me as I get into the whelping box .

Weighed the puppies at night all are now gaining even the little girl is above her birth weight . Gave them all another feeding .


July 31st
Gave Edy her meds
Supplement feeding for everyone and another feeding for the little girl .
I had their tails and dew claws done today , they cried a bit but settled down once they were able to get back with Edy and nurse .

Edy doing much better she gets out of the whelping box with no signs of pain from her surgery .

The kids really want to name al the puppies but I do not want to name them until they reach the 3 week mark , for now they will be listed under the colors I assigned them to tell them apart when we got home .
Weighed the puppies all are still gaining . Last supplemental feeding for the night .

Weigh the puppies and then give them their last feeding for the night .
I am so tired I have not had a full night sleep for over a week now .

[bruinsBoxers]

Aug 1st

Edy got her meds this morning and the little girl and 1 boy got a feeding . The boy just did not gain enough weight yesterday so I am going to help him out a bit .

Everyone is still holding their own . I am still supplementing the little girl , she is just not big enough to fight for a nipple .

Edy is dong much better you can tell she is back to her normal self , she wanted to run in the yard , good thing she was on a leash still .

Weighed everyone for the night and everyone is gaining , little girl & boy gained but not much so I
gave them both a supplemental feeding .
Gave Edy her meds


Aug 2nd

Gave Edy her meds .
Weighed everyone all are gaining . I am still supplementing the 2 smallest .
Edy had her meds for the night .
I am still making up batches of bitch milk for Edy to help her to keep weight on .

Aug 3rd
Gave Edy her meds .
She is still not wanting to eat her raw food so I am cooking up big batches of food for her . She is eating more than twice her normal amount .

Weighed everyone . All are still doing good . I supplemented the 2 smallest .
Edy got her night time meds .




Aug 4th

Little boy seems to have a bit of colic . His belly is bloated and he is crying
I held him and rubbed his belly and he settled down .

Today you can see how the puppies are trying to push up on their front legs . They are really scooting around fast now

I did not get much sleep worrying about green boy and his bout of colic . Every peep I was checking to see who it was and if they were o.k.


Aug 5th
Gave Edy her meds .
Lost power for a little while due to a bad storm . I hope the power comes back on soon . I worry that the puppies might get chilled .

Power was out for about 15 minutes , the temp did not fall too much .

Weighed everyone and all are gaining .I am still supplementing the 2 smallest
Gave Edy her meds .

Aug 6th
Gave Edy her meds .
Saw the first glimmer of eyes opening today .

Found out one of my friend lost a 10 day old puppy in her own litter . I makes you realize just how fragile they are and how easy it is to lose them .

Weighed everyone and they are all gaining , some more than expected .
Gave the 2 smallest their 3 supplemental feeding during the day.

Aug 7th
Last day of meds for Edy .

Pink girl vomited the afternoon , then she started with diarrhea . I think it is because of overeating . I have given her and some of the other big eaters some maalox to help firm up the stools , I hope it works quickly as she did not gain any weight today .
Called the vet , he wants me to give the Maalox and to
giving her sugar water by syringe every hour so she stays hydrated and help keep her calorie intake up .
If there is no improvement by morning then she will be off to the vets .

Some of the puppies are trying to push up on all 4 legs and walk . They are not getting too far but it is good to see the progress.

I gave the 2 smallest their 3 feeding during the day .

Weighed everyone , some are gaining a lot 80 grams a day .
Some of the other puppies are getting loose stools tonight .
I may have to keep Edy out of the whelping box for short periods of time so they can not overfeed .

[bruinsBoxers]

Aug 8th
Early this morning I checked Edy’s milk , a few on the nipples have some stringy milk . This is a sign of an infection .

Off to the vet and sure enough Edy has beginning mastitis , she is on antibiotics for 2 weeks . And the puppies can not nurse on the infected nipples .

I tried to tape up the bad nipples but the tape keeps getting ripped of by the puppies .
Because of the limited nursing I will have to suppliment all the puppies every 4 hours

Edy is getting hot packs and massages on the infected nipples 3 times a day .

Another very long and sleepless night trying to make sure the puppies do not nurse off the bad nipples and that everyone is o.k.

Aug 9 th
Gave Edy meds . And fed all the puppies . I put a t-shirt over Edy so the puppies can not get to the nipples . But she is able to clean them and they snuggle up with her .

I rotate which puppy I let nurse and am keeping a list to make sure they all get a chance .

No more vomiting from the 2 who were the sickest . But still occasional loose stools .

Some of the puppies are now pushing up on their legs and trying to stand .

Weigh everyone .
They are gaining weight but more slowly now . The 2 who were the sickest even lost a bit but are now slowly gaining it back .

I am up from about 3am because of the puppies trying to suckle each other .because they can not nurse as much as they want to . So I am constantly pulling one off another .



Aug 10th
Gave Edy her meds .
All but 1 puppy is no longer having diarrhea .
I am still feedding them all every 4 hours and trying to let everyone have a few chances to nurse off the 3 good nipples .
Poor Edy is very uncomfortable because she is engorged with milk in the nipples that can not be used . I try and relieve the pressure as some milk comes out when I put the hot compresses on .and massage them to break up the clogged milk ducts.

I weigh everyone . Most gained a bit of weight , 2 stayed the same . I will have to up the amount of formula given to them .

Another long night trying to keep everyone happy and stopping them from suckling on each other .

Aug 11th
Edy gets her meds , I think they are upsetting her stomach because she is not really wanting to eat again .

I let orange boy nurse after checking the milk quality , it looks o.k. . He vomits milk shortly after but the milk is liquid and he seems o.k .
Later he has projectile diarrhea . This concerns me so I give him some binding meds and watch him .


This afternoon orange boy vomits again but this time it is thick like curdled milk . Some of the vomit is coming out of his nose and he can not breathe well . He starts choking and gasping for air . I swing him upside down to try and use momentum to get the milk out of his nose and I suction out his mouth . Both are not working well . His breathing is becoming labored .

I rush off the the emergency vet as I am not sure if I can make it all the way to my regular vet .I have to have my oldest daughter come with me as I need her to hold him and keep him breathing . I have her keep rubbing him and moving him into different positions .
My daughter is close to tears and very scared , I feel totally awful that I have to make her come with me to help .
He has bad diarrhea again in the car while my daughter is holding him , it is all over the towel and my daughters clothes .

They rush into the back and take his oxygen levels ,x-rays , temp and other stuff . Sure enough he has something showing up in his lungs . Most likely the aspirated vomit .They will keep him overnight to watch him .

A long and sleepless night watching to see if any other puppies gets sick .

Aug 12th .

Give Edy her meds . I get a call from the vet saying that orange boy is breathing fine and I can get him in the evening . They are treating him for a respitory infection .

Feed the puppies all the ir meals during the day . I go to get the orange boy and try to beat a bad storm that is coming in .

I pick him up ad he looks great , so much better than the day before .

I get a call from my mother telling me the power has gone out and the last thing on the news is to take shelter as there have been a tornado touchdown . And the winds are very bad .

My mom packed everyone up and heads down to the basement .

I get home and the storm is over but we still do not have power , the temp in the puppy room has dropped to 80 degrees . I hope I can keep it warm enough for the puppies . If they get chilled they will not be able to process food .

Finally power comes back on after 11 pm .

Aug 13th

Give Edy her meds .

Feed all the puppies . They all seem to be doing good . The orange boy has lost some weight but he is acting fine .

I can now feel the beginning of little teeth starting to emerge .

I make a many tailed bandage so Edy can spend more time in the box with the puppies . So far it seems to be keeping the puppies from nursing .

I weigh everyone and they have all gained , the orange boy has not lost any more .



Aug 14th

I wake up and feed the puppies .
Give edy her breakfast - she is finally willing to eat her regular raw meals .

I try to lay back down as I am so tired .

Everyone is now walking pretty well . They have even let out their first barks and some even howl .

Everyone nurses fine from the bottle and all are gaining weight . Even orange boy is now gaining again .

[bruinsBoxers]

Aug 15th
Gave Edy her meds and fed the puppies .

Weighed everyone ., all are still gaining .

I amazingly had a easy day compared to the last few weeks .

Aug 16th

Gave Edy her meds .

Fed all the puppies .

Late morning blue boy spit up . He was lying with the other puppies and I did not notice until I took the one next to him out to feed . I then noticed that his white muzzle lookes grey not bright white . Sure enough there was a pool of clotted milk under his head .

I again rush off to the vet with a puppy barely breathing .

I leave him with the vet , they put him in an incubator on oxygen and monitor him. They call me to come and get him a few hours later as he was fine . No signs of aspiration or fluid in his lings . I get another round of meds for him just in case of a respitory infection.

Aug 17

Fed everyone and gave everyone their meds .

Today the puppies are 3 weeks old . They will get their first meal of semi solid food . It is formula mixed with baby cereal into a gruel.

They did o.k. for their first time .




Aug 18th .

Give Edy her meds and feed everyone .

I call the vet to see if they will give all the puppies a short dose of antibiotics . I hate to put them on meds so young but I see most of them starting to snort milk out of their nose a few hours after bottle feeding . The vet agrees and I go back and pick up the meds . I wish I would have thought of asking when I was at the vets the other day .

I gave everyone another meal of gruel today . They did o.k.

I just have to be careful they do not inhale it up their nose .

Aug 19th

Feed everyone and give edy her meds as well as the puppies .

I fed the puppies another meal of their gruel mixture . They are getting better at eating the mush .
The day was fairly uneventful . Bit of spitting up but nothing bad like the situation with the blue and orange boys .

I weigh everyone . Blue boy did not gain , I would assume it is because he was sick and missed a regular feeding or two while at the vets . They did feed him just in very small amounts

Yellow girl and green boy spit up a lot and were beginning to choke . Luckily I was right in the room when it happened . My mother and I got them both breathing . And they are fine now

I barely slept , I kept waking up with every little noise the puppies made .

Aug 20th

Gave everyone their meds and fed everyone .

I took pink girl and blue boy to the vets . I did not like they way they were breathing and the nasal discharge from the possible repertory infection .
The vet kept both of them over night just to be on the safe side .

Weighed everyone and gave Edy her meds

Aug 21

Fed everyone and gave them all their meds .

I went to pick up the 2 puppies from the vets , they are both much better after spending the night in oxygen . I now have a nasal drop to give along with another antibiotic . The vet wants to be sure she gets a wide spectrum of bacterial cobeerage to get rid of the respitory infection .

The rest of the day goes well . No One is really spitting up today and they are all full of energy and playing .

Weigh everyone , they have all gained .
Gave Edy her meds .

[bruinsBoxers]

Aug 22 .
Everyone is up early this morning barking and wanting to play . I feed everyone and give them all their meds .

Not much spitting up or issues today . The puppies get a lot of playtime out on the blanket . They are so cute playing and attacking toys , toes and each other . They are interacting well with people and each other . They are developing their personalities.

Feed everyone and give all the meds .
I weigh everyone they are gaining just not as much as I would like .


Aug 23
Feed everyone and give all the meds .

The spitting up has started again this afternoon . Not bad but it is happening . They are fully weaned and I was hoping that no more bottle feeding would help stop the spitting up .

More of them have started spitting up . It is weird that they were all fine over the weekend , their last dose of one meds was Sunday and now they are starting again .
The 2 who had a longer dose of the meds are not spitting up at all .

I weigh everyone . They have gained .

I am up quite a few times with different puppies spitting up and having a hard time breathing because their nose is blocked .

Aug 24 th

Feed everyone and give their nose drops and meds .

Red boy is spitting up more than the others . And having a hard time clearing his nose to breathe .

I have a call in to the vet and am waiting for a call back .

Red boy is now not acting normal he is not as active as he should be , he has vomited twice .
I call the vet back and make and emergency appointment .

I take them all in to be seem just to be on the cautious side .

The vet wants to keep both yellow girl and the red boy . They are both more lethargic than the others . And red boy is starting to become dehydrated from the vomiting .

Every ones lungs are clear and they all have normal temps - this is great news . The vet suggests feeding thick food in hopes that it will stay down better . Maybe because of the early weaning their stomach and not as prepared to handle the solids full time .

I am sent home with another dose of the meds they finished on Sunday . Hopefully the longer dose will knock this out of them finally .

I feed and weigh everyone .



Aug 25th
Feed and give everyone all their meds and nose drops . I have made the food thicker and I hope this will help with the spitting up

They are all acting fine . No major spitting up . Just a few burps with a tiny bit of food .

The vet calls and wants to keep them both another day just to be safe . The yellow girl is having a thick nasal discharge and not breathing well all the time . So the vets feels safer keeping them both .


I made it through the day with no major problems . A few spit up but nothing like before just burps with a drop or two of food .

I feed everyone and give all their meds with their nightly weighing .
I know I will not sleep , just in case there are any spitting up issues .

I have not slept in my own bed since about June 22nd . My back is killing my from sleeping on the floor with a air mattress .
But I do not feel comfortable leaving them alone at night yet .

Aug 26th
Feed everyone and give them their meds .
Edy is fed twice a day now and back to her normal meals .She gets her meds twice a day .

The puppies are fed 5 times a day and they too get their meds twice a day .

I trim everyone’s nails for the week , those things are sharp.
Everyone is doing much better no spitting up and they are loving their food .

The two at the vets will stay another night , they are doing better but still have some nasal discharge .

I weigh everyone and they have all gained .

Last feeding of the night .

Aug 27th
Feed everyone and give them their meds . This is the last day of meds for the puppies .

Who needs an alarm clock when you have 7 puppies crying and wanting to eat at 6 am .

Everyone is still doing good . Still keeping their food down . So that is a relief .

The puppies are just loving their play times on the blanket , they run , pounce and run around attacking toys .
I weigh everyone , still gaining weight nicely
And the last feeding of the night at 11pm .








Aug 28th
Give edy her meds and feed everyone .

The morning feeding has gone from about 40 minutes now down to 20 minutes . They have really gotten the hang of eating solid food .

Today I get to pick up red and yellow from the vets . They look good , and are eating well .

Weigh everyone .

Yea , no meds for all but red and yellow tonight .

Last feeding of the night .

[bruinsBoxers]

Aug 29th .

Feed everyone and give meds to Edy and the 2 puppies .

They are all eating well and we had an uneventful night , which is great .

Weigh everyone , all still gaining .

Last meal of the night and meds for red & yellow .

I will finally get to go back to my own bed tonight . It has been a long 5 weeks . But I feel comfortable about leaving them alone at night since they are all doing well with no spitting up .

Aug 30th
Fed everyone and gave Edy & the 2 their meds .
They are all doing well .

Weigh everyone and gave them their last meal for the night . They are all still gaining weight .
Gave the 2 puppies their night time dose of meds .

Aug 31
Fed and gave Edy and the 2 puppies their meds .

Tonight I will take down the whelping box and set up 2 crates and an x-pen . They need more room now to play and potty . Hopefully they will quickly learn to sleep in the crates and potty on the paper .

Sept 1
Fed and gave everyone their meds . Today is Edy’s last dose of meds -woo-hoo.

Someone did not get the memo about pooping in the crate . Not too bad that on the first night only 1 mess in a crate .

Clipped the puppies nails again today , they seem to grow overnight . They tolerate the nail clipping well , they just do not like being restrained .

They are playing more now and it seems like there is always at least one puppy awake . They are all doing good and are drinking well from a bowl .

Weigh everyone and gave them their last meal of the night . Everyone is still gaining .

The 2 puppies will also get their last dose of meds .

Sept 2
Everyone is sleeping well throughout the night . Only one pee in the crate .
Feed everyone and clean out the x-pen . The puppies bark and whine because I lock them in the crates while I clean the x-pen . And of course when I let them back into the cleaned area the first thing they do is start ripping up and playing with the papers .

The puppies got to chew on some chicken backs today for an afternoon snack . All but green boy liked them , he just barked at everyone else while they were trying to eat and share their backs .

The puppies are eating about 2 ½ pounds every meal and they are fed 4 times a day with some extra for anyone who I think needs it .

I go to check on the puppies to fined that someone decided to poop on his littermate while it was sleeping . I now get to give the poor pooped on puppy a bath in the afternoon .

Weigh everyone and give their last meal of the night .

Sept 3

They are all doing well adjusting to sleeping in the crates , most of them are still sleeping when I peek into the room in the morning .

I wake them up and feed them . Then clean out the x-pen and crates .


I find that during the day many of the puppies will go into the crates to sleep especially Bailey - she loves sleeping on the blanket , some will still lay on the paper .

Sept 4
Fed everyone and cleaned out the puppy pen .

Today I will be having 3 families coming to visit the puppies . So they will get lost of socialization with

Each family stayed for about 2 hours . And boy is everyone pooped this afternoon .
Weigh everyone . They are all still gaining .
Fed everyone their last meals of the night .