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Week
2-3
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August
14, 2014
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The
developments go fast! The pups are
transforming from helpless blond little
moles to enterprising, active mini-Goldens.
They meanwhile all had their first teeth,the
ears are well open and some already show
signs of cleanliness!
Not bad if you're only 20 days old ;-).
With a little bit of luck they will be
able to go out in the garden by the end of
next week. What a joy that will be! Now
they are still a little too young and they
have to make do with their 'domicile'
inside, but there they still amuse
themselves fine with their mummy but every
now and then also with their halfsister:
just look at the pictures below...
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Day
20: just lying nicely with her puppies,
how Venice enjoys that!
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| Again
such a melting little snout... |
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| Female
'orange' has little reason to complain, so
it seems :-) |
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| In
a corner on the plushies; the brothers
'red' and 'blue' |
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| The
males 'red' and 'black' having the
whelping box all to themselves to fool
around together |
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| Playing with their halfsister Dyonne
(Rocksett Trip On Love) is also super! |
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19: my twin nephews Lex and Stefan (18 yrs)
visiting; secretely
pups are still quite nice ;-) |
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| Again
clipping the nails with help from my
sister, they grow as fast as the pups! |
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| Female
'mint' makes a play bow to Dyonne who
stands beside the whelping box (note her
shadow on the right) |
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| Dyonne responds very kindly to the puppy's
invitation! |
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| Day
18: just as photogenic as her mother!
Female 'pink'... |
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| Male
'blue' in Dreamland |
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All
together in the weaning pen for the first
time, mama Venice is watching
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| Back
into the whelping box is a very exhausting
climb, so they rest for a while halfway ;-) |
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| Female
'yellow' on the toy train |
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| How
can you NOT fall in love with these
gorgeous doggies! |
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Growing
well!
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Augustus 11,
2014
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Now that the pups are passed the age of 2
weeks, it was time for an extension of
their residence. Therefore last Sunday a weaning pen was mounted to the whelping
box so they have the possibility to
walk/move some more. In the beginning this
discovery is always done with only small steps,
but as soon as they found out the new
component is also very nice they only
rarely return to the whelping box to
sleep. This litter is not there yet, but
the pups already familiarised
with the weaning pen and most of all with
the duckboard; that is quite a funny
thing to step on if you're not used to it!
But this Rocksett-litter too is nicely
stable and not very quickly impressed by
odd things, so they all do it well. Just
like growing, by the way... that too is
plain sailing, mummy Venice has more than
enough milk so the puppies are calm and
contented!
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Day
17: the whelping box with the weaning pen
attached to it
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| Just
hanging about... |
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| Sleeping
with your sister (on the left female 'purple',
on the right female 'orange') |
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| For
every litter the duckboard proves to be a
wonderful place to lean on (the females
'pink' and 'yellow') |
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| For
now the whelping box is still the most
safe and familiar place! |
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| Such
a nice puppy-pillow (male 'red') |
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Fast
asleep... (female 'mint')
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| Day
16: the first pups are already testing the
weaning pen! |
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| Walking
up and down the duckboard; smart how
quickly they understand that! (pictured
here is male 'black') |
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| Female
'pink' is rooting
around a bit |
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| So
lovely how they frolic with each other now! |
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| There
are also new toys to discover |
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| Sigh...
how gorgeous she is! |
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| Day
15: it's really getting crowded on mummy's
belly |
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| "Can
I go out again now??" (in the basket
during the cleaning) |
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| Mummy's
got all the attention when she comes to
check |
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Such
a sweet face (female 'orange')
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| Day
14: still a real supermama! |
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| The Land Of Cockaigne ;-) |
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| The
pups invented the sit-and-drink |
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