Day 21
The pups are three weeks old today and they are growing steadily. The white collar bitch is the smallest at 4.0 lbs and the blue dog is the largest at 5.2 lbs. For those watching the puppies on the webcam, the white collar bitch is now wearing a pink and white poke a dot collar. There isn’t a white puppy collar to be found anywhere.
Wendy is spending less time in the whelping box these days. Everytime she steps inside the box, the puppies mall her in a feeding frenzy. They are now so large that only 3 or 4 can nurse with Wendy laying down. But ever the thoughtful mom, Wendy has found a new way of nursing most of the puppies at once. Just check out the image below.
Wendy Nursing the Litter
Today was another milestone day for the litter. The puppies were introduced to semi-solid food. I don’t foresee any difficulty in weaning them from their mom, as they ate the weaning formula readily. See for yourself:
Puppies First Solid Food
Guess which puppies eat the most? Yes, blue dog and orange bitch! When the food was all gone, the red dog visited every puppy to clean the excess food off their coat.
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