Neverland-Retrievers

Here are a few pictures of the three week old April.

    

April is developing her own personality. She doesn’t like to have her nails cut, but what Flat-Coat does. Tink will fight me to the bitter end to prevent having her nails cut. April likes to climbing onto the rail to sleep.She doesn’t like being alone in the holding box. She likes playing with her mom and the SnugglePuppies. The black and brown toys are her littermates.

On the physical side, at three weeks old she now weighs 5.0 lbs. Her canine teeth and molars are erupting. She has a wonderful puppy coat, very dense and full. The VetGen DNA ChromaGene Coat Color results came in today, she is Type 1, BBEE, carrier black, does not carry liver or yellow. Tink is also BBEE and Ferro is BbEE (carries black and liver).

Aprils is eating a bit more weaning food each morning and evening, but still nurses for her main nutrition.

I placed a pheasant wing in the whelping box to accustom her to the scent. I’ve also used a staple gun in the room, without the staples, to simulate a loud pop noise. At first she flinched, but after a few more pops, she just ignored it and went to sleep.

…P