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25-07-2014 (4 males -
6 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: Sanguinisch Braveheart (Commander
in Chief van Flolain x Ch.
Sanguinisch Showgirl)
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| Week
0-1 |
| July
31, 2014 |
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Tomorrow
the pups will be a week old. A rather odd
idea thinking it's only 6 days ago they
were still in Venice's belly and we
wondered how many puppies she was carrying.
How great it is to know it involved 10
little miracles where all those concerned
are now already addicted to!
I wrote earlier that the litter went
through a reasonably large growth already,
in the meantime something was added: the
pups discovered they can screech ;-). On a
regular basis one starts to yell if he/she
doesn't agree on something or cannot get
to the 'milkbar' fast enough. And also at
times they argue a bit (haha), they sound
like a bunch of parakeets then! More often
though they are peacefully asleep near or
on each other, in complete harmony. My my,
they are quite something I can tell you!
Yesterday their nails have been clipped
for the first time as they always have
sharp edges that are very unpleasant for
mummy; ofcourse their frontlegs are pushed
against Venice's belly to let the milk
run. The pups endured their pedicure-debut
just fine, some felt it was a bit strange
but that's only logical - it's without a
doubt a strange sensation if somebody
suddenly holds on to your paws and puts
such a funny clipper to it! But I'm proud
of them, they've all been really good genuinely.
Lastly, below some final pictures of this
first week!
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| Day
6: this snapshot doesn't need any clarification... |
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| Venice
seeks some coolness every now and then by
lying right in front of the fan |
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| Male
'green' has landed on top of his sister 'orange' |
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| Day
5: a contented
little family! |
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am so infatuated with this gal... |
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| Nourishing
the puppies and eating yourself is a fine
match if you do it like this
;-) |
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| Spoiled
rotten! |
| July
29, 2014 |
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How
she again gives her all to her babies,
that sweet mama Venice... A few times I've
tried to persuade her to rest outside the
whelping box and cool down a bit, but
until now she absolutely wouldn't let her
puppies out of her sight other than for a
walk outside! But as of this morning she
finally allows herself some ‘private
time’ and now she regularly takes a
nap on the cool floor, in front of the
electric fan. Really refreshing for her,
you can tell she
benefits from it!
Being spoiled rotten by their mum the little
ones ofcourse are thriving like crazy ;-).
They have changed quite a lot in a short
time; the pigmentation on the nose and paw
pads has darkened considerably,
it looks really cute. And their little
bodies are firm and chunky, they look just
super! You can hardly get enough of
looking at them and their stunning mother...
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| Day
4: devoted mummy! |
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| Male
'green' and female 'brown' |
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| Two
almost-completely-black
noses |
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| Day
3: waiting in a basket during the daily
cleaning of the whelping box |
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| After
that in a nice clean 'bed' :-) |
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| Male
'red' and female 'yellow' |
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| Female
'brown' balances on the frontlegs of
Venice |
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| The
pups now merely devide their time between
sleeping and... drinking |
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| Day
2: just look at that, every time it feels
like a miracle! |
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"Wrap
your arms around me... "
(the sisters 'brown' and 'mint') |
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| Half
of the litter: the males 'green' and
'black', female 'orange', male 'red' and
female 'pink' |
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| Multifunctional
toy-ray! |
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| Still
deaf and blind, but só adorable... |
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| Many
puppies love this, leisurely
hanging on the rail (here male
'black') |
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| The
beauty of nature... |
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| July
25, 2014 |
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The
last hours of the pregnancy haven't been easy for Venice as the puppies announced
themselves on yet again a very hot day. The future
mummy spent most of the afternoon in the garden,
where she had dug a few holes to lie in; not only
for the coolness, but also to relieve the pressure
from her very big belly! It was clear the delivery
was on its way and just before the evening set in
Venice really got restless and at 23:40 o'clock a
heavy boy - male 'blue', weighing 560 grams! - was
born. From then on all went as smoothly as one
would hope for during labor and barely 5,5 hours
later Venice gave birth to her 10th and final pup
(male 'black'). On that same Friday morning, just
4 hours after the puppies were born, the vet came
to check on the mummy and her newborn babies: all
fine and in excellent health/condition! Needless
to say I'm very proud of the tremendous job Venice
has done delivering her babies and in such a
natural, no-nonsense way. A word of thanks
goes out to my friends Kees and Debby for being
around to offer their help and
support!
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| Day
1: she's so happy with her new offspring! |
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| Male
'green' in the sunbathing-mode |
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| Sweet,
tolerant Venice! |
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| Sound
asleep (female 'purple') |
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| Female
'yellow' (under) and female 'orange' (on
top) together on their mummy's paw |
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| Day
of birth: Venice doesn't want to leave her
pups for too long so she eats in the
whelping box |
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| Each
puppy is just so perfect... |
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| A
lot of weight on these little ones! |
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| The
first born: male 'blue' |
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Some
of the other pups |
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| All
10 pups arrived sound & healthy and
Venice takes such good care of them right
away! |
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| Some
vanilla ice cream during the delivery
helps to keep the energy level up |
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| Venice
in her favorite hole in the garden,
a few hours prior to the
delivery |
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