Update on the pups....
I will be in Johannesburg for 6 days, so posts will be limited (if my phone will let me post news from my puppy-sitter!)
The pups are doing SO well.. they are a FEISTY bunch, with Mr Bandit leading the pack... growly, growly little arguments go on in the box! They have also started screaming for poor Finn when she has left them too long (they were little angels, hardly making a peep until now)...
They seem to like the newspaper now, and prefer it over the bedding during the day. But the nights are getting colder and they SNUGGLE in the blankets!
I will weigh them tonight as we will miss the Friday weigh-in.
I have my camera set up in the room so that I can see the babies and Finn from Johannesburg :)
To all the prospective puppy owners, I thought that you would like to see the photographs, videos, and updates of the Mackland puppies while they are still with me. These Border Collie & Shetland Sheepdog puppies are lovingly bred and raised in my home. This blog lets me show you step by step how your baby is raised. It highlights each step from mating to 8 weeks old. I hope that you all enjoy reading about them as much as I enjoy having them in my house!
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Nails!
Thanks to Sam and Sam for coming over to help with the nails (ok they did ALL of them!) All pups' nails are now short so that mom doesn't get scratched to ribbons!
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Friday, April 22, 2016
Present for the puppies for the weekend!
The pups are in for a surprise this weekend! We have a little puppy pee pad for them to start getting used to surfaces. I will make their area a little bigger, and add this green jobbie.. perhaps they will even pee on it :)
2 Weeks!
The pups are 2 weeks! Today is the first deworming day... not looking forward to that mess later!
Their weights are looking good:
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Some eyes are open!
....very hard to hold a wriggly puppy and take photos!!
Next official photo shoot: FRIDAY evening
I will upload on Friday night :)
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Day 11
The pups all have little slits for eyes now... Two of the pups are actually peeping - Jane and Puzzle! Their eyes should be all the way open tomorrow and the rest should start then too. They are all reacting to the light when I put it on in the room!
Here are 2 little videos of supper time this evening. We will take proper photos on Friday, and I will upload them on Friday night.
Here are 2 little videos of supper time this evening. We will take proper photos on Friday, and I will upload them on Friday night.
All the pups are walking around much easier now. And black girl was the first to sit up! I will be adding some little toys this weekend for them to bump into and for them to start getting the feel of different items.
Monday, April 18, 2016
Video
Here you can see the pups being more mobile. Mom had just left the box, so they were performing a little.. this is a little display of puppy tantrums hehe
Friday, April 15, 2016
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Dewormer
This has just arrived...
The pups are due to be dewormed next Friday (22 April), and I decided to try a new dewormer. The liquid dewormer that I used previously made such a mess, and it is so easy to waste. I decided to ask a few breeder friends what they use, and most prefer Panacur. I note that it comes in a paste, so we will try it for this litter!
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Update
Finn and babies are 100%... Mr Big (Patch) I think may be a Bernese mountain dog... he is just humungus!
Thinking about the litter, I still recall how quickly the pups came, I didn't have much time to do anything between the birth of each pup... but today I looked at the times, and some of them were quite far apart!
18 min
52 min
41 min
20 min
13 min
72 min! (this last one was so that I could go an have a brandy at 8 in the morning!)
It has been a busy day! I popped into the local material shop and got some more whelping box blankets. I also ordered some nice embroidered blankies - 1 for each pup in pink and blue, with the Mackland logo on! I also went and got the folders for all their documentation....
If all goes well (and my lights work) then PHOTOS tonight!
Thinking about the litter, I still recall how quickly the pups came, I didn't have much time to do anything between the birth of each pup... but today I looked at the times, and some of them were quite far apart!
18 min
52 min
41 min
20 min
13 min
72 min! (this last one was so that I could go an have a brandy at 8 in the morning!)
It has been a busy day! I popped into the local material shop and got some more whelping box blankets. I also ordered some nice embroidered blankies - 1 for each pup in pink and blue, with the Mackland logo on! I also went and got the folders for all their documentation....
If all goes well (and my lights work) then PHOTOS tonight!
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Update
Finn and the babies are doing very well. She is a good mom, as always! The pups are very strong and independent - they crawl around the box at a rate of knots. This litter doesn't seem to want the warmth of the heating pad, nor the heater in the room (they move away from it). I also note that, for the first time ever, I have a litter that doesn't snuggle up! They spread around and do their own thing!
One of the boys (Patch) seems very big to me, so I put him on the scale yesterday morning to see what he weighs... at 3 days = 600g!!!!!!!!!! YOH
The 7 microchips have been ordered (from Lusahn) and should arrive well in time for their 6-week insertion. I have also ordered their liquid deworming and puppy packs :)
Finn is eating me out of house and home... already polished off a full bag of Hills puppy, and begs for more after each meal! She is eating 4 bowls of Hills puppy a day, plus an egg, and also a portion of fish or chicken.
Finn is eating me out of house and home... already polished off a full bag of Hills puppy, and begs for more after each meal! She is eating 4 bowls of Hills puppy a day, plus an egg, and also a portion of fish or chicken.
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