6 Days Old...

Today the pups are six days old.  They are all eating (or rather drinking) great, except Fragoso, who seems to have a hard time getting and keeping a good place since he's quite a bit smaller than his siblings.  I was having some trouble bottle-feeding him, because it didn't seem like he was getting much.  Finally I discovered that the hole in the nipple was too small- should have checked that a long time before.  Anyway, he's doing better now.  

Fragoso

 I finally got around to putting together a decent box for them and now Inez is spending about 98% of her time in their nice big plywood box on the deck feeding the her puppies.  

Sprinkling baking soda between the layers of bedding.  (Helps keep down on the smell.)

Finished product.  (The darker colored places are stains, the blanket is actually clean.  The yellow powder is sulfur, which keeps fleas away.)

Inez likes her new box.  :)

 She is also enjoying raw, grass-fed beef liver, fresh raw milk, and raw eggs. 

Yum...

Here are some pictures of the puppies.

Berengaria.

Berengaria again.

Star (bottom), Rosetta (middle), Jaxon (top).  He is actually darker than this, but the lighting was kind of messing up the color.

Jaxon again.

Philly (Phileas Fogg)

Rosetta chewing on my finger.  I can already feel little bumps where their teeth are coming in.

Rosetta.

Passepartout.  Look at that tongue!

Star.

Jaxon.  He looks a bit smaller in this photo than he really is- they are all so wiggly it's hard to get a decent picture of them.

I will continue posting pictures of them, and describing their growth.  Two of the black puppies still need homes.  I don't know which ones yet as the sire's owners want one of them, but haven't decided which.  Hopefully I will know by tomorrow.  They will be available to good homes for $210 each.