Day 11
First, puppies:
Day 11
They are getting so big now that they are starting to really get in each others’ way when they are nursing. I am close to thinking of getting them to nurse in shifts, but I don’t think that’s necessary just yet. Their eyes will start opening any day now. And they will be due for their first deworming this Friday (2, 4, 6 and 8 weeks is the plan).
Day 11 Nursing
Second: numbers. So yesterday, I had to go to work early, which meant I did all my usual morning puppy care (changing bedding, weighing, SuperDog, cuddles, etc.) very early (I’m talking like 5:30 AM). Usually by the time I get this stuff done Nina has been up for a while, had her breakfast, and has fed the puppies at least once or twice. So littlest girl only gained a small amount as of yesterday morning, and that worried me all day, even though I KNEW it was likely just an artifact of her not having eaten as much as usual by weighing-in time. I am a worrier. Today she is at her usual decent gaining rate and weighs 561 grams.
Third: more numbers. Third-born Immelmann is over 700 grams today (707 to be exact). Another of yesterday’s slow gainers, Lefty (white throat boy – called Lefty because his right front toes are white…no, I don’t really understand it either) is today’s second-biggest, gaining over 13% since yesterday and weighing in at 696 grams today. Everybody else except Wee is well over 600 grams, with Jack and Triangle weighing exactly the same 680 grams.
Fourth: VallhundPox. It is spreading. And they do it on-camera. Which makes it look like I’m running an entirely different sort of webcam.
Fifth: Kate, awesome Kate! She sent pictures of the whelping box she is building, and it is GORGEOUS! She is calling it the “whelping box of doom”, which is a pretty good name. Maybe it needs an umlaut or something, or perhaps some exclamation points, but it’s good nonetheless.