Now The Fun Begins!

The puppies have just turned 4 weeks. They continue to thrive and are super active. This is the time when we need to tiptoe through the house, as their hearing has become very acute and they'll make their very noisy demands to be let out to play. They don't seem impressed with their pedicures at this age and they are getting more difficult to wrangle as they get stronger.

It is still hard to get pictures with Koda in the scenes, as she really would prefer to sit in my lap given the opportunity. So, the nannies continue to be in many of the pictures.

Green Boy

Puppy agility has started and they are getting comfortable with crawling all over different surfaces, including the ever so tolerant nannies!

We are fortunate to have some great helpers who absolutely love any puppies they come across. They teach them to play, make sure they are clean and are very attentive, keeping them busy while their box is being cleaned. They also could care less about me when there is puppy play to be had, so it gives me time for photo ops. We just have to watch out for puppy toy thievery!

They have been started on Puppy Smoothies to supplement mom's milk. These are some big puppies and they are draining her dry! They pile out of the whelping box at the first sound of the rustling newspaper.

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A tired puppy is a well behaved puppy!!!

Week 2 Is Behind Us

They are starting to morph into fun little creatures. Eyes and ears are now open and so now we need to tiptoe around the house. These puppies are healthy and Koda is taking great care of them.

We have had unseasonably warm temperatures for the Northwest, so they have been avoiding the heated nest during the day.

Most of the time is spent sleeping hard!

Two of the girls.

When it's time to clean the whelping box each day, the nannies like to spend time with the puppies. They pitch in on a daily basis and are extremely tolerant. They will continue to help socialize the puppies as they grow and explore.

The Labs Have Arrived!

It's been a little while since we've had little squeakers in the house. Koda's puppies where born 4/27 and she was nice enough to do this during the daytime, such a treat! She's a first time mom and is very gentle with the puppies. We are whelping these puppies for someone else, so it's a relief to have things go well.

This is probably one of the only pictures we have of her that isn't a blur.....she doesn't like sitting still for photos, especially when the Puppy Wrangler is around! (She thinks I rock!)

As is often the case, sometimes Nanny Duty is needed. No worries to the lab people, the golden factor doesn't wear off on the puppies, but we do have a great set of extra mommies who are very attentive.

 

 All are thriving and becoming little butterballs. We had been rotating them every few hours at night to make sure they all get a fair shot at the good stations of the milk wagon! Now that they are a week old, we can catch up on our sleep.