FIVE WEEKS! Phoebe x Diesel Litter

 Man, these pups are now rocking and rolling!  So much growth is happening.  Pups are wagging their tails when I come in and do the same when my other doodles go in for short stints of dog socialization. Phoebe is quite happy to share.  :+)

I have been introducing a gruel of milk and The Honest Kitchen blend with Gerber Turkey meat to entice the pups to eat more gruel and lessen the load on their mom.  They happily have embraced the gruel.  

Phoebe has been enjoying spending chunks of time with her family and always comes back to make sure her babies are all well.  Very soon Phoebe will be spending more time with her family and small brief moments here as we 'officially' wean the pups.  I like to do it over a week so both mom and pups are not stressed.  Then Phoebe will be invited to visit her brood to play and teach until she decides she has had enough.  

The pups now have teeth, wrestle until one calls 'uncle', actively play with the toys in their pen, drink water and enjoy their free time out of the pen to meet, greet and investigate.  They are all like toddlers now.  :+)

 

Miss STAR is now four chunky pounds and identified as a Caramel with her liver colored pigment on her nose and footpads.  She is the smallest in the group as expected.

A true 'Momma's Boy'.  Loves to eat and the first one at the bowl of gruel and his mom's 'milk bar'.  Jiggles weighs 6 lbs. today.  He is identified as an Apricot & White Extreme Parti.  He will have black pigmented eye rims and nose - just like his momma.  Jiggles is an oversized marshmallow.

'Do you see what I see'?  Yes, Elf has blue eyes.  It is another trait of the Caramel identified color code.  Most Caramels have light eyes similar to a hazel color.  Like his sister Star, Elf will also have a liver nose and footpads.  No, they won't need sunscreen.  :+)

Finally, a decent picture of Cinder showing she actually HAS beautiful brown eyes!  With her black nose, Cinder is identified as a Black Abstract.  The sweet 'goatee' and splash of white on her chest defines this color code.  She also has a couple of white toes too.  :+). Weighs 5 3/4 pounds today.