We have had a busy weekend! The puppies who are now 4 weeks old are now ready to get more visitors. So this weekend some families has been here to see them.
Aswell as having visits here I have been busy with entertaining my daughter Ellen, going to her cousins birhtdayparty and so on.
Yesterday afternoon me and husband did the big project and rearranged our livingroom. The puppies playarea was moved closer to the windows and our door that goes to our garden. Soon they will get a bigger area aswell as being allowed to go outside when the weather is good enough for it.
Changing the place for the puppies and getting them closer to the windows meant more light and a lot better possibilites for good photos. So during the afternoon I was in there with my camera getting these photos for you to enjoy! Puppies here 30 days old!

After a few very busy days it was time for new individual photos of the puppies. Unfortunately today was also busy so I did not have time to get better headshots of the puppies today. They are more comfortable on the table when they get to eat something ;)
These photos will have to do until next week, I will do my best to give you great photos then!

Today the puppies turned 4 weeks old! I will take new individual photos of them tomorrow, so more updates after that. But until then I give you a video from earlier tonight of their bigsister Koya spending some time with the puppies after dinner. 
More updates soon!

I have had some busy days so haven't taken as many photos as I usually do. But at least here comes a bunch! I have had my two nieces here with a couple of their friends from our street to visit the puppies and also my friend and "old" puppybyer with her son, Ellens friend Nico.
With a street filled with kids and my sisters and their children living very close to me, it is hard to stop them from visiting. But now the puppies are closing in on four weeks and we will start to have more visitor come by from now on.
These puppies will be very used to kids by the time they are ready to move to their new homes! They will also be very used to sounds, because Ellen doesn't always play peaceful with her toys, and the vacuumcleaner does it's job everyday, and the TV is on pretty much the whole day... Yeah, you get the idea!
In another week or so it will be time to expand the puppies playarea. That automatically means less room for us in our livingroom, but the puppies will be happy!
Below are photos of the puppies 23-24 days old. Enjoy!

The puppies are 3 weeks old and that means new individual photos. I took them yesterday and for the first time they were able to acctually sit on a table for their headshots. 
I also took the first stacked photos of them. At this young age I don't do it to evaulate them, I do it more for practise. To get them used to eat on the table standing up instead of laying down nursing from Mira.
Most of them did a good job, so I look forward to next weeks photos already!

Today they were also weighed and dewormed for the first time.

The puppies are 20 days old today and are getting more and more "wild" each day. They do still sleep a lot but when they are awake they are playing, barking, growling and are just hilarious to watch. 
Tomorrow they are 3 weeks old and it is time to weigh them all again aswell as deworm them for the first time. Of course I will also make a new photoshoot which each one individually!
Below are photos of the puppies 19-20 days old aswell as a video of them playing earlier today. Enjoy!

Today it was time for the puppies to have their first taste of solid food. It consist now of minced lean meat and eggyokes. They all loved it! I am used to it always being at least a couple of puppies in each litter that is a bit suspicious at first, but not this time! They all just wanted more!
Mira is still nursing them several times a day and also a couple of times every night. But now they are 18 days old and it is time for them to get a little bit extra.
As the days and weeks passes I will start to mix the minced meat with wet puppyfood and also raw food adjusted for puppies.
My bitches usually stop nursing the puppies completely when they are around 6-7 weeks. I let them do it as long as they want, but at the same time I don't forced them to continue after 6 weeks if I feel like they don't want to anymore. 
The puppies are starting to get their front teeth which means it will soon start to hurt Mira a bit if they are not careful when they nurse.
They are all doing so good. I have four bigger once and four smaller once. But from experience I know that this does not always stay the same as they grow older.
Tonight, I will go back to sleeping in my own bed and not downstairs on the couch necxt to the puppies. I can't believe that I have been on the couch for almost 3 weeks! Thank good it is comfortable. I hope Mira will stay relaxed without my company, I know now that she is doing a great job and doesn't need my assistance at night. 
I have started to try to get them to go onto the newspapers now to do their buisness. Sometimes they do great... sometimes they just stay in their bed... So at the moment I am doing a lot of laundry! 
Below are photos of the puppies 16-18 days old! Enjoy!

Photobomb! My puppies are the most adorable thing on the planet! So of course I have to share a bunch of photos of them with you all! On these photos they are 14-15 days old! Just enjoy it!

The puppies are 2 weeks old today and I have taken new headshots of them aswell as weighed them. I have to say that the pictures does not give them justice. They are so much more adorable in real life, but not all that happy about photoshoots... to tired! 
A sleepy and wrinkly puppy is not the best on a photo, but they are more still and easier to hold then.

1. Female - Ms Orange - Birth: 628 g - 2 week old: 1670 g
2. Male - Mr Blue - Birth: 677 g - 2 week old: 1395 g
3. Female - Ms Pink - Birth: 603 g - 2 week old: 1805 g
4. Female - Ms Red - Birth: 580 g - 2 week old: 1670 g
5. Male - Mr Green - Birth: 692 g - 2 week old: 1895 g
6. Female - Ms Purple - Birth: 479 g - 2 week old: 1430 g
7. Male - Mr Lightblue - Birth: 656 g - 2 week old: 1733 g
8. Female - Ms Brown - Birth: 552 g - 2 week old: 1596 g

I have published a few short videos taken this afternoon, to give you and idea of how they are moving around now! Or at least how they are trying to move!

Finally my little sausages have become more "doglooking"! They have all opened their eyes which makes them absolute adorable! They are up on all four legs trying to walk and have started to "play" with eachother. Mira is an amazing mother, she takes excellent care of the puppies all the time, every hour of the day. 
I am happy that she now also feels so relaxed in her role that she now and then leaves them to come and sleep next to the other big dogs, on the couch or outside in the sun. She also spends more time at night next to me on the couch sleeping than she did before. She goes in to the puppybox a couple of times a night to feed and clean the puppies and then back to rest and sleep next to me.
She really enjoys our short daily walks and to play again. I have to say that even before she delivered her puppies, she still wanted to come along on our walks despite the big belly she was carrying around. But now it is definetely easier for her, exept now she has huge boobs shaking around when she runs!
Below are photos of the puppies 9-12 days old aswell as a video of them 11 days old. Enjoy!

The puppies are 10 days old today and all of them has started to open their eyes. They girls are a little step ahead of the boys. They are just looking adorable. They were gorgeous before today aswell but now, well they are just fantastic! 
As soon as their eyes open they get more personality and start interacting with eachother. I haven't had time to go trough todays photos yet so below are photos from yesterday, puppies 9 days old. Enjoy!

The precious bunch have now past the first milestone, 1 week of age. They are all doing so well and are strong! They look like chubby little sausages! 
They are now moving around more, I would say I have seen the biggest change in them today. They lift themselves up on all four legs when they move around today, before they just pulled themselves using mostly their front legs. 
Within the next few days I expect the first puppies to start opening their eyes, can't wait for that, it gives them so much more personality. And in another week or so I will be able to start interact more with them and that is what having puppies is all about!
Below are a video of them 6 days old and below that photos of them 6-7 days old.

The puppies turn 1 week old today! They have grown so much in this short time! They have almost doubled their weight already! These will be chubby little puppies with the strong milk that Mira's milkbar is offering!
Below are new headshots of them all taken today aswell as their weights. Enjoy!

1. Female - Ms Orange - Birth: 628 g - 1 week old: 1260 g
2. Male - Mr Blue - Birth: 677 g - 1 week old: 1050 g
3. Female - Ms Pink - Birth: 603 g - 1 week old: 1198 g
4. Female - Ms Red - Birth: 580 g - 1 week old:1133 g
5. Male - Mr Green - Birth: 692 g - 1 week old: 1280 g
6. Female - Ms Purple - Birth: 479 g - 1 week old: 928 g
7. Male - Mr Lightblue - Birth: 656 g - 1 week old: 1214 g
8. Female - Ms Brown - Birth: 552 g - 1 week old: 1005 g

The puppies are 5 days old today and they are all doing great. They are gaining weight, around 100 grams per day so far!
So they are starting to get chubby, Mira must have strong milk for them! At the moment I am just looking forward to them getting bigger so I can start to cuddle with them. At the moment they are to small to be handled so I have to settle with just watching them being adorable!
Mira is being an amazing mother. I do feel she is relaxing in her role more and more. 
For the past two days she has gone out a couple of times for short walks with me and the other dogs instead of just going out in the backyard. It is wonderful to see her play a little bit before we hurry back home to the puppies again. 
Koya and Yaya are very curious about these puppies, and Mira is letting them come and check them out now and then. I do stop them when I see them so Mira won't feel uncomfortable, but then I see them there when I am not looking and Mira isn't saying a word. 
So in another week or so I will let them do as Mira wants! I know Yaya always loves to help out with my litters as soon as the mother will let her. 
Below are a few photos from today and yesterday. Enjoy!