The puppies are already one week old today! Aoide is a wonderful caring mother, who spends all day and night in the whelping box. We have a camera above the whelping box, so we can keep an eye on Aoide and the puppies during the night, but it hasn't been necessary to intervene. The puppies grow like weeds and had already doubled their birth weights on day five. Yesterday we decided to give the puppies a litter name, so we don't have to call them 'puppy 1' etc. anymore. During their time with us they will be known as Ian, Fiona, Frank and Debbie. These names come from the TV series 'Shameless' and the pedigree names will refer to these characters as well.
The puppies had their first visitors today. We believe it's good for mom and babies to not be disturbed too much during the first three weeks, but we made an exception for our close family.
Below you will find a selection of this week's pictures. You can find the complete album on Flickr.
The puppies had their first visitors today. We believe it's good for mom and babies to not be disturbed too much during the first three weeks, but we made an exception for our close family.
Below you will find a selection of this week's pictures. You can find the complete album on Flickr.
 Aoide and her babies - day 2 |  Aoide and Debbie - day 2 |
Sisters - day 2
 Puppy 4 "Debbie" - day 2 |  Puppy 2 "Fiona" - day 2 |
Little feet - day 2
 Puppy 3 "Frank" - day 4 |  Puppy 1 "Ian" - day 5 |
 Debbie and Djo - day 7 |  Wimke and Frank - day 7 |
Ian, Debbie, Fiona and Frank - day 7
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