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The puppies turned 4 weeks old yesterday and as every week that means a busy day. They had their nails cut, photoshoot and for the first tim out on by one to our dining room. They got to taste yoghurt for the first time as I was taking the stackd photos which they all looked. They also had their weekly weigh in.
They now have an individual insurance too which their new owners can take over once they move if they want to keep the same insurancecompany.
We have had the first visits from our future puppy families aswell the past few days. Mum Penny is such a good and relaxed mother welcoming people in our house and is ok with them spending time with her puppies.
This coming weekend the weather is supposed to be nice and warm and hopefully th puppies will be able to come outside for the first time.
Below are their individual photos.
Here are another photobomb for you to enjoy! The puppies are developing so much right now and it is a pleasur to spend time with them. These photos are a few days old now but better late than never!
The puppies turned 3 weeks old on Tuesday and we had a busy day. They had their weekly weighin and got dewormed for the first time. Since they have been starting to eat "solid" food for a few days prior to this it was easy to distract them with tastier food right after they were given the deworming medicine.
They also had their pictures taken. Some were a bit sleepy but overall everyone got photos with their beautiful eyes open and sitting up so you can see better their white chestmarks (in the once who has that).
In the evening they also got to move out of the pool and into the puppyroom. More space for everyone! Right now we are in the dirty week. The puppies have learned to pee and walks away to do it, but they only walk a few steps meaning that most of the time they are still on their bed/blanket when they pee. I try to be there when they wake up and lift them to the absorbentmatts but many still miss them.
So our washingmachine is very busy at the moment! But they get steadier on the legs each day and walks further and better so soon it will be easier for them to do right and keep their bed clean.
Soon they will be ready for visits from our future puppyfamilies and in a week or so they will start to go outside when the weather is good enough! Look forward to that!
I can't stop taking pictures of these beauties! I take too many so I don't have time to go through and edit them all!
But now I have made it through a few days photos and ready to share them with you. So below are mixed photos of the puppies 13-15 days old.
The puppies are now developing a lot each day. They are getting stronger and more steady walking on all four. They now pee and poo by themselves (in the beginning they do it only when mum Penny is cleaning them).
They are starting to react more to sounds and what they see. Their vision is not clear but they react more now and walks up when you lean into the pool, searching for contact. They will soon be ready to move out of the pool to the puppyroom.
I have already filled the camera with more photos so check back in a few days and hopefully I have more of them to share with you then!
The puppies are two weeks old today and I took new headshots of them. I love it when they are starting to open their eyes. so much more personality comes through. They are up walking on all four already but not very steady. But all healthy and strong!
I have finaly gone through all the photos I have taken these past three days and here are some of them for you to enjoy! The puppies are just beautiful and have now started to open their eyes. So tomorrow it is time for new individual photos and hopefuly then we will get some eyes looking back at us.
This weekend when I have been home I have cut the puppies claws for the first time. Started to get to sharp for poor mum Pennys skin. I also checked them for the second time for DS (dermoid sinus) and no one found!
Penny got an infection in her uterus after the birth and we went to the vetclinic on Friday and she is now on antibiotics. She is doing well and so is the puppies.
Enjoy the photos!
I am finally out of the hospital and had to take new better photos of them with my camera. So here are new individual photos of the puppies 9 days old.
The puppies turned 1 week yesterday and my sister Johanna helped me take new headshots of them all. They are gaining weight nicely and Penny is doing well too.
I was admitted to the hospital on Satuday due to fluid building up in my body and high bloodpressure. This has caused strain on my kidneys and heart and they are trying to figure out the reason behind it. It is really bad timing and hard to be away from the puppies but my husband is doing an amazing job and getting help from Penny's owner Malin, my family and friends.
I do hope to be able to come home soon! So if the updates are not as often or I don't respond quick to messages you know the reason!
Enough about that, below you can enjoy new photos of the puppies 1 week old.
The puppies are 1 day old today and had their first individual photoshoot. All of them has gained weight except for our tiny baby girl with her different faults. I knew when she was born that it will be hard to keep her alive, and I have been reading up on her issues today. The biggest concern is that there might be more problems within her body that we can't see. And to try a surgery for a cleft palate when her spine is crocked might not be the best idea. So I am afraid we will have to say goodbye to her...
Penny is a wonderful mother and everything is going great otherwise. The puppies are strong, feeding well and sleeping very content. Tomorrow I will do a first DS check so cross your fingers for that beeing clear!
On Monday evening Penny started to show signs that she was entering the openingstage. She was then on day 59 so a few days earlier than I expected. The night was ok, she was a bit restless but still taking it easy and resting a lot.
During Monday at lunch she had her first visible contractions. Less than 30 minutes later we got to meet the first puppy!
Here are the birthreport:
1. 12.35 - Female- correct ridge, 416 grams - Ms Red
2. 14.52 - Female - incorrect ridge, cleft palate, disformed spine/ribcage, 270 grams - Ms White
3. 15.26 - Male - correct ridge, 526 grams - Mr Brown
4. 15.39 Male - correct ridge, 449 grams - Mr Black
5. 16.08 Male - correct ridge, 468 grams - Mr Blue
6. 16.44 Female - ridgeless, 387 grams - Ms Purple
7. 17.38 Female- ridgeless, 427 grams - Ms Orange
8. 17.59 Female - correct/offset? 377 grams - Ms Yellow
9. 19.06 Female - correct ridge, 462 grams - Ms Pink
10. 19.56 Male - correct ridge, 533 grams - Mr Green
11. 20.51 Male - correct ridge, 461 grams - Mr Darkgreen
12. 23.45 Female - correct ridge, 464 grams - Ms Bordeaux
Pennys is being a wonderful mother, great instincts taking care of her babies from the very first second. All puppies are strong and nursing. Our little Ms White has a very unsure future ahead of her. I will see if there is possible to do anything for her. But for this very moment she is as strong as her siblings even though smaller, and I will see if we can give her a chance...
Some mixed photos below from their first day.
Yesterday I brought my camera with me during one of our walks in the woods. Penny is trotting a long not looking bothered at all by her big belly. She still has her beautiful stride and easy flowing movement!
Got some photos of her just looking pretty balancing on a big rock. We only have a week left now until we get to meet the once she is hiding in there.
Penny is on day 53 of her pregnancy and we went to the vetclinic for X-rays. We saw 12 puppies! It was not all that easy to count but I think me and vet are about right. So very much looking forward to meet them all within 10 days!
Penny has gained about 8 kg so definetely heavy to carry around!
Penny has now moved in with us. She has two weeks left until her puppies is expected to be born. I do think the puppies might be ready a couple of days earlier so we will be prepared from the middle of that week.
On Tuesday we are going for X-ray at the vetclinic to check how many puppies we are expecting.
Penny is on day 44 today which means we have less than three weeks to go. I paid her a visit today when I was nearby to get some new photos of her. Her belly is really starting to fill out and now she looks very pregnant even to an untrained eye.
She was very happy about getting some yummy treats and attention before I had to say goodbye. Not long now until she moves in with us preparing for her puppies.
Penny has spend the last week here with us and her belly has really grown. Only four weeks left now and her belly will just get bigger every day!
She is doing well. I have noticed that she is not as interested in playing with my other dogs now as she has been before. She is also very hungry and is hoping for extra food or treats all the time, she knows she can melt people with those dark brown eyes!
Tomorrow she is going home again but only two more weeks until she moves in to get prepared for the delivery.
Yesterday she was on day 30 of her pregnancy and I took some new photos. A full pregnancy for a dog is 63 days but it is not uncommon for them to give birth a few days earlier, so we are saying that we have now reached halftime.
Pennyis doing well. She did throw up a couple of times and did not fancy her breakfast the other day which is normal pregnancy signs. Now feeling better again and being very hungry!
For the untrained eye it is not easy to see a belly growing yet but I can see a difference in her ribcage that is starting to fill out. For a first time mum it takes longer for the belly to drop down and it is not until after day 35 that I usually think it get more visual.
I have made a comparison below and then I think you can see the difference too.
Penny and Wilson will be parents! Today on day 24 we confirmed with ultrasound that Penny is pregnant. Wilsons frozen swimmers where strong and the timing for the insemination was great and it was successful.
I am so excited to see them all in the middle of May. Penny is doing well, very hungry which I can understand with all of those puppies growing in her belly. So far it does not really show on her more than her increased apetite.
In a few mor weeks that underline will look a lot different!
Video from the ultrasound can be seen here:
https://youtube.com/shorts/KdaGm6Sx-MY?si=1ps0jkd58mA5rQKY
This weekend we got to borrow Penny to meet with potential puppybuyers. It is nice for her to spend some time here getting comfortable with our whole pack and us before she will move in to have her puppies.
Penny was inseminated 8 days ago, still way to early to see any signs on her but crossing our fingers it was successful.
The weather got very nice in the afternoon so I took some new photos of her. She is such an easy dog to stack, so balanced. And a head with so much expression.
So this morning Penny was on day 14 of her heat and I picked her up from her owners. I took her third bloodtest and drove to Uppsala and UDS. We met our vet Eva Axnér and got the test started while she did her examination of Penny. Since Penny has not had puppies before she needs to be cleared for insemination, to know she could have gone through a natural mating. And everything was fine and we got to go for a long walk in the sun waiting for the testresults to come back.
Her progesterone was today at their machine 39,1 nmol/L. Above 35 is good to go for AI. So we got to come back before lunch and she performed the AI.
Penny did so well, of course thinking everything was a bit strange but standing still kindly on the table throughout it all.
It was great to see that last doze of frozen semen from Wilson waking up getting all active on the screen above the microscope. Even though Wilson is no longer with us it was great seeing that something of him still was.
We now cross our fingers that we will have puppies in the middle of May. I will make an ultrasound in 3-4 weeks to hopefully confirm a pregnancy.
A video from the AI can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m05ds8kQ4f4?si=Cr78vM24jjdI96zj
Thursday morning and our second bloodtest to check how much Pennys progesterone has rised. Her levels were already up to 33,4 nmol/L. This means she really followed the unofficial rule that the level double each day. Monday she had 4,2 nmol/L which means she should be around 8,4 on Tuesday, 16,8 on Wednesday and 33,6 on Thursday. So the result today was almost spot on.
Todays result means that we are going to UDS tomorrow morning to do a third progesteronetest to run in their machine, a check by the vet and if everything checks out she will be inseminated.
Monday morning Penny was on day 10 of her heat and we took the first progesteronetest. It showed 4,2 nmol/L which was pretty much what I expected. It shows that her levels is starting to rise but she has not been ovulating yet. The insemination will be done after she has ovulated and that is what we are trying to catch with these tests.
The second test will be taken early Thursday morning and depending on what is shows we will make more plans for the weekend or next week.
Beautiful Penny started er heat on Friday the 28th of February. We will now wait a little while and thn start to take progesteronetest to check her levels to find out which day she will be ready for insemintation with Wilsons frozen semen.
Updates will come as we go along!
Some new photos of her taken when we met today!
