Today marks 4 weeks old for Flower, Charlotte, & Sammy! These 3 puppies continue to thrive. We are bottle feeding them 5 times a day. They are all around 1 and half pounds, with Flower slightly ahead of Sammy & Charlotte. In the coming week, we will teach them to lap goat milk from a bowl, We will also begin adding softened food to the goat milk. The end goal being having them completely on dry food by 7 weeks. We continue to work on paper training with them. Their crate has two areas for them - a clean towel for sleeping and newspaper for potty. They do their business on the newspaper most of the time, but we still keep changing the towel several times day to show them it is a clean spot just for sleeping. In the next week, we will expand their area to include a play area without towels or newspaper. 4 weeks old is also the time we begin deworming the puppies. They received their first dose this morning. This isn't their favorite thing (nor mine), but it keeps them healthy and worm-free before any problems occur. This is also the time they begin to want to play. Up until now, they were mostly content to snooze between feedings. Now, they want to be out exploring and cuddling. Our children like this age because it means they can play with the puppies! Below are a few snapshots from the week. And I must end with the pose Charlotte struck for me all on her own today... Thanks for stopping by!
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Heidi
12/29/2016 05:25:23 pm
Vanessa,
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Vanessa
1/4/2017 09:14:05 pm
Thanks, Heidi!
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Lorraine
12/31/2016 09:15:34 am
What a great job you are doing with the puppies I know they will be just awesome looks like the children are really enjoying them love following your BLOG !!!!
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Vanessa
1/4/2017 09:16:22 pm
Thanks, Lorraine! Yes, the children are enjoying them, as always. I'm not sure how long MJ would sit and cuddle them if we would just let her. She still needs lots of supervision & is never ready to put them back in their whelping area.
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