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26-01-2013 (4 males -
5 females)
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d:
Rocksett Calling Yoo Hoo (JCh. Chicago Down Town v.d.
Beerse Hoeve x JCh. Cheek to Cheek Beetlejuice)
s: Ch. Chinnordale Skydiver (Ch. Captain Finn at Steval x
Ousevale Obsession with Chinnordale) |
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| February
1, 2013 |
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First
of all I would like to thank everybody for
the nice and sweet messages in the
guestbook - it's good to hear you
appreciate this diary and the pictures so
much! A litter of puppies is ofcourse very
cute indeed, but besides that it’s with
great admiration that I watch the process
mummy Venice is going through. From the
first days after the delivery when she
wanted not much more than to be there for
her kids 24 hours a day, till now, not
even a week later; she joins us to the
woods every day and enjoys it enormously!
She also spends more time in the pen in
front of the whelping box. And now she
sometimes feeds her babies sitting instead
of just lying. Such a wonderous, natural
process (just like her own mother did in
the exact same way). There’s hardly any
need for a human to interfere, it just
take it’s own course. And the puppies
adjust well too: satisfied and contented.
They even begin to tease eachother a bit
sometimes and every now and then they
sound a – as they feel – very
impressive bark… ;-)
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6: male 'grey' |
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sisters 'mint' and 'pink' are kissing
eachother :-) |
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gosh, what a face! |
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the females 'mint' and 'pink' |
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| Male
'grey' tries to climb higher |
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| When
the tails are up it's a sign that the milk
is flowing good |
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| Mummy
Venice: such a sweet head and she loves to
have her daily chewing bone again!! |
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5: female 'mix' landed on male 'black' |
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a lot of kissing going on in the whelping
box, this time by the females 'purple' and
'mint' ;-) |
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The
pups are being weighed every evening and
granny Yacime helps with that - she cleans
the pups and after that I put them on the
scale. Pictured here are male 'grey' and
female 'mix', they weighed exactly the
same!
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| Female
'pink' |
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| Mummy
Venice takes good care of her kids, they
are wonderfully chunky and firm |
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4: female 'pink' and male 'blue' having a
good nap on the toy |
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| Male
'black' and female 'mint' after their
drink: the girl still has milk on her
mouth |
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| Well.
If you have a mummy ánd a daddy that love
to lie on their backs, this is what you
get... |
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lovely spot for male
'green' |
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| Granny
Yacime |
| January
29, 2013 |
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The
puppies are growing fast and their mummy
Venice is doing a fantastic job.
Unbelievably so, she's already been to the
forest today! Ofcourse it was only a very
short walk as her mind is already occupied
with the care of her babies, but
nonetheless she proved I made the right
decision to take her. She pottered around
through the chopped trees and crawled into
holes; just having 15 minutes of
individual fun and not only thinking about
feeding and caring for her 9 puppies...
She loved it! Back home she took up her
maternal duties again like she's
splendidly doing ever since the litter was
born. Venice's mother Yacime has been
itching from scratch to lend a hand too,
but Venice wouldn't let her (yet). But
this morning Yacime's wish came true when
she was allowed to pamper the pups
together with Venice, while I was cleaning
the whelping box. Yacime was so very
happy!! Unlike the puppies, who were not
so happy this afternoon when my good
friend Lisette and I trimmed their nails
for the first time - quite some power in
those little doggies when they don't want
to have something done ;-). But ofcourse
it was necessary, I wouldn't want Venice's
belly to be hurt by those little sharp
knives...
Well, that's all the news I have for today;
below some new pictures to enjoy!
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3: so very precious - female 'red'... |
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a heartwarming scene |
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| Three
of the five girls: 'mix' in the front,
'pink' in the middle and 'mint' in the
back |
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| Their
favorite hobby, ofcourse ;-) |
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| Look
how proud she is of her kids!!! |
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| Grandma
Yacime (on the left) is over the moon
being allowed to help clean the puppies |
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2: male 'green' |
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| In
full speed to the milkbar when mummy has
arrived again! |
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| Big
dog and little dog (the males 'green' and
'blue') |
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| All
nine together |
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| New
life |
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| January
27, 2013 |
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I
don’t think anyone could be more grateful than I
am right now… Therefore it’s with great pride
and joy that I can bring the news about the birth
of 9 gorgeous doggybabies!! Born in the very early
Saturdaymorning (the first one arrived at 0:02
o’clock) and only 4 hours later Venice was
finished with the delivery and we could welcome
the ninth and last pup. There are 4 sturdy lads
and 5 elegant ladies; each pup in excellent health
and breathtakingly pretty to watch!
While I’m writing this, the litter is 1,5 days
old and is thriving extremely well. Apart from
some small cooing if one of the pups has trouble
finding its way to mummy, no noise comes from the
welping box. It’s a fantastic, satisfied litter
and Venice takes her new duty very seriously but
does that in an extremely relaxed way. Simply
wonderful to experience and a very precious gift
from Mother Nature!
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1: the new mama with her offspring |
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| Lovely,
firm pups and most of them have some
colour in their coats as hoped for! |
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| The
males 'grey' and 'blue' discovered the
stuffed animals |
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| The
sisters 'red' (top) and 'pink' cosily
close to their mother, below male 'green'
and on the right female 'mint' |
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| In
the basket during the cleaning of the
whelping box: neither the pups nor Venice
find it worrisome |
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| Day
of birth: such
a tremendously sweet mama... |
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| The
brothers 'black' and 'green' |
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| Venice
thankfully is eating well and here she
enjoys (half) a tray of curd |
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| Male
'black' is balancing on his mothers
frontleg |
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Female
'pink' - next to male 'blue'- in
the split ;-) |
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| After
only 4 hours Venice is finished giving
birth to her 9 pups... |
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| In
the early Saturdaymorning at 0:02 o'clock
the first pup is born: male 'blue' |
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| Venice
in the afternoon prior to the
delivery |
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