The puppies seem to get everywhere these days and have managed to thwart my best efforts to stop them gaining access to the utility room. I tracked down a strange rumbling sound, only to find a puppy running round the drum of the washing machine, intently watched by his siblings, and whenever they tried to […]
Author: Nessa
Kitchen chaos
The puppies are eating really well now, and Riska’s visits to suckle them are becoming less frequent by the day, so they are virtually weaned.Their toilet training started nearly a week ago, and they are already pretty good at using the strip of newspaper at the back of the whelping box, as well as being […]
Let the hard work begin
The puppies are nearly four weeks old and up until now I have had very little work to do; it’s just been a case of cleaning the whelping box every morning and feeding Riska four times a day, with some puppy milk in between her meals to make sure she is able to produce plenty […]
Plump puppies
Riska is making a superb job of motherhood with the result that her nice strong litter of nine puppies are really rather plump. They have developed at a rate of knots this week, so they are now walking well and starting to play, as well as responding to me when I speak to them. They […]
Looking Good
Riska is making a first class job of motherhood and her 11 day old puppies are looking very plump and sturdy. They are able to crawl round the whelping box at a fair rate of knots and their eyes should start to open any day now. I love listening to their contented puppy chirrups, telling […]