22 Days old... and getting BUSY!

Oh no! They are little dogs... with ideas, needs and desires. Right now they desire to be out of their pool every chance they get. They want to come out and potty, which is a good start to their potty training, but I am not quite ready for that yet. Guess I had better hurry up!
I moved my rug out and put down black trash bags on the floor for now. And I will put down newspaper so they can start getting the idea to potty on that. I will still need to run into town for a heavy duty shower curtain to put down to protect my floor. That holds up very well usually.

Hendrix is the first one to be out all of the time... he knows what he wants, complains about it, and then just does it... too funny. He is full of it! He has decided he does not need a puppy pool and prefers to climb out and sleep next to my bed.

Hendrix sleeping by my bed.

Hendrix, Simone, Quincy, Calloway and T-Bone all wanting out.

Guess who is first? Hendrix!

Yea we are free! to pee! LOL

T-Bone, Simone & Quincy.

Three Weeks Old...

Puppies are 3 weeks (21 days) old today! Oh may are they getting busy. They want to be out and looking around. Mainly looking for Momma Sabrina's dinner bar. LOL. They love toys. Today I definitely will be setting up a bigger play/sleep area, with more toys and puppy sized obstacles and overhead stimulation. All good for their development and growth.

Simone the center of attention like a girl should!

Hendrix, T-Bone and Simone wanting out...

Day 20...

OH my! These guys are so fun already! They are playing, barking, play bowing, wagging tails and howling. They love to snuggle, but most of all they love to nurse. I can feel teeth and Sabrina is not wanting to stay in with them long for nursing. This is really young for them to be biting while nursing and Sabrina is usually so stoic and nurses them even after weaning. These guys may be early weaners... switch over to puppy gruel. I usually don't do that until 4 weeks of age.

Video taken this afternoon. TOO FUN! I love my babies and Momma Sabrina!

Day 20 Photos...

Here are some photos taken yesterday on Day 19. I didn't get a good one of Liver Boy... shoot.

Black girl

Nursing

Black Girl head

Boy 1

Boy 4

Boy 2

Boy 4 head

Girl

Day 18...

Puppies are doing well. Growing, chubby healthy, hearing, toddling around and getting out of the whelping pool. Time to move them to an xpen with a sleep area and a potty area. These guys are doing great. I trimmed their toenails today, they were getting sharp. All are still hearing at Day 18, some were hearing on Day 12, and all by Day 14! I looked again this morning and still do not see any blue eyes!

Sleeping out while I clean their quarters on Day 18 (2 Weeks, 4 days old).

2 Weeks, 1 day Old (15 days old)

Puppies are doing great! Sabrina is doing great. I am doing pretty good. Still dragging around, but coffee helps alot. I get sleep on and off all night long. I have lost track. I think last night was a pretty good night for sleep except for getting woken up at 4 a.m. and being wide awake for awhile. 

Here is what you have been waiting for! Head shots!

WARNING.... Precious! These photos may just give you "puppy fever"! 

We are 2 Weeks Old...

Too much cuteness, Momma Julia just can't stand it! My heart overflows looking at these sweeties! They are crawling around, eyes and ears almost all open, spotting is starting to come into the fur, and they HOWL! On a two week old puppy it is adorable!

Day 13

Eyes are cracking open but none open all the way yet. After completely open it will still take them a day or two to be able to focus. I always wonder what they are thinking when they finally see me. LOL.  Ears continue to open up. Not sure you know, but all pups are born with their ear canals closed. Around 12 to 20 days they open up and are able to hear. It is so cute to see them scratch at their ear. This is a good sign that they have begun hearing.

AND... ta da! Boy 1 now has a small dot of color on his nose! Keep on coming baby! :)

I apologize for not posting more, but this is a crazy busy week for me and I am once again wearing too many hats... when I normally would sit down and post in the evening, I have fallen asleep on the couch. Last night I got more sleep than the other night, so this should be an okay day. :)

Photos coming... have I said it? They are SO DARN CUTE!