Puppy Update

When it's quiet and puppies are sleeping is when I think about taking pictures.  When they're up and walking and trying out their voices, I'm weighing them, and watching and playing with them and forget taking pictures.  Today I promise I'll get pictures and videos of puppies standing and walking!  Their little legs are arn't half bent and wobbly any more, most of them stand erect with their tails up.

Looked in at them early this morning Claire's ears are completely open.  I accidentally made a clanging noise moving the exercise pen and she somewhat jumped at looked at me.  They can see blurringly, still focusing and now hear really well.  They will stare at your face working at focusing and memorizing what they see.

Momma Grace feeds them and doing a great job.  Thinking about supplementing momma's milk with a little puppy formulae.  They are not fat but trim to look at, definitately not thin, no ribs, I'd like them a little more insulated to help them regulate their body heat.

They rough house easily, already deciding the pecking order.  They bark when you come into the room and play with each other.  I have two kleins almost 5 months old, I need to doggy door teach Darlin, she hasn't had time to use it so nows the time to open the room so the other poodles can use the hallway and the doggy door.  Grace thinks it's great, now being alone a lot for almost three weeks, she welcomes the company of the other poodles and will ask me when it's time to go in with the puppies.  I can hear them in the house and know too when it's time.  Grace did growl a little when Hilde and Darlin were playing outside of the exercise boundry.  The puppies can smell the other poodles and they can sort of see them but hear them.  It's time for socializing with the other poodles in the house, but of course only for a moment and only when we are standing right there.  Hilde is a little less curious now that they are up on their feet, I think she recognizes that they are puppies.  Joaquin and Darlin want to get really close to them and then walk away.  Pappa Everad he's curious and then says, ok, they're puppies.  Once they are old enough to play with the poodles it wil be a whole other story.  Puppies are 8 wks November 5th, they won't have much outside time in our weather, it will be too cold for them outside.  We are planning on opening the whelping area and hallway and start to show them the doggy door.  They will be using the Eco Solution Potty Park soon.  Momma is still cleaning up after them

All of the puppies have been 1# for about a week, here's today's weight, you can see they fluctuate and will settle more into their size about 4-6 wks old

Cova, 1# 10.5oz, black with wht on the pads of her feet
Collette, 1# 9.9oz, cream
Claudia, 2# 3oz, black pads
Claire, 1# 11.9oz, the darkest cream
Courtney, 1# 11oz, cream
Carly, 2# 2oz, black, wht pads
Cara, 1# 15.9oz, black, wht pads
Conner, 2# 8.5oz, black, wht pads
Colby, 2# 0.6oz, black
Cory, 2# 0.8oz, black, wht pads