Such a luxury, to have the time to really enjoy a litter of puppies. Pups are always fun but when I was working there wasn't as much time to enjoy them as I wished. Now that I'm retired I can spend as much time with them as I want! They aren't very demanding yet, and they don't stay awake very long, so much of the time is spent just admiring them as they sleep. Once the adults have been out and fed (mama Fern eats in the kitchen with the others) I'm free to go downstairs and enjoy my puppies. Sitting in the pen, I watch them interact with one another and explore their surroundings. It's not long before they run out of energy and fall asleep - on my legs. All eight managed to squeeze on today.
Fern has plenty of milk, and all the pups are chunky and robust, but tonight we'll start weaning. It's a gradual process here, and Fern will still be nursing them if she wishes when the pups are 6 or 7 weeks. There's really nothing better for pups than mother's milk, but as their teeth get bigger and sharper Fern on going to get real tired of nursing pups!
Fern has plenty of milk, and all the pups are chunky and robust, but tonight we'll start weaning. It's a gradual process here, and Fern will still be nursing them if she wishes when the pups are 6 or 7 weeks. There's really nothing better for pups than mother's milk, but as their teeth get bigger and sharper Fern on going to get real tired of nursing pups!
Argh, the html is playing tricks on me. I normally love this blog site, but every now and again the coding does not work and I can't place the pictures and the text where I want them. Until tomorrow.
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