Thursday, April 2 (Day 46):
10pm - moved them into the kitchen
11pm - 2 am SLEEP (3 hours)
2am - 3 am AWAKE (1 hour)
3am - 5am SLEEP (2 hours)
5am - 630 am SLEEP (1.5 hours)
Friday, April 3 (Day 47):
6:00pm fed them
6:45pm Maggie nursed them
7:00pm asleep
7:30 had to wake them to move them
8:00 back in the kitchen, play, play, play
8:35 all 9 asleep (5.5 hours)
Saturday, April 4 (Day 48)
2am - woke up because of my dogs (Chance -food bloat)
- Maggie nursed them
6:15am - AWAKE
-puppies woke up on their own
- Maggie nursed them
- fed them 5 cups of food
- play, play, play
- poop on wee pad (still too cold out for me)
-play, play, play
7:45am - ASLEEP (1.5 hours)
9:15am - AWAKE (.75 hours)
-Maggie nursed them
-playtime again
10:00am - ASLEEP (1.5 hours)
11:30am - AWAKE
-Maggie nursed them
-play, play, play
NOON - Lunchtime!
-Neighbors 3 little girls are coming over (noon-130)
-They will feed them 5 cups (the puppies didn't eat it)
-They will give them plenty of socialization!
-Playing with intermittent naps
1:30pm - ASLEEP (1.5 hours)
3:00pm - AWAKE
-playing
-eating some of the lunch placed out for them
-Maggie nursed
3:30pm - ASLEEP (1.5 hours)
5:00pm - AWAKE
- I had to leave to take Chance to the hospital for food bloat.
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8:00pm AWAKE
-Fed them 5 cups of food with warm water on top
-play, poop
8:45pm
-Maggie nursed
9:00pm ASLEEP (2.5 hours)
11:30pm AWAKE (1.25 hours)
-played hard
-Socrates vomitted
12:40am ASLEEP
Weighed / Dewormed Today-April 4, 2009:
11# 4oz Socrates (red)
10# 2oz Rottie (Alaskan Malamute)
10# 0oz Malik (yellow)
9# 11.8oz Willow (white)
9# 8 oz Griffin / Harley (green)
9# 6.3oz Peyton (pink ribbon, black girl)
8# 10.5oz Phoenix (blue ribbon, black boy)
8# 0 oz Lizzie (pink ribbon, yellow girl)
7# 8oz Aspen (blue ribbon, yellow boy)
*Today, noticed some of their urine looked 'pink' or dark yellow. I am worried they are not drinking enough water. Apparently so is Maggie. She has been licking their privates, just like when they were days old. She must sense something is wrong or is smelling something.
Sunday, April 5 (Day 49)
Today is the day the puppies should be totally weaned from Mom. I talked to our vet. He said as long as Mom wants to nurse, allow her to do so. Let nature rule.
12:40am ASLEEP (~2 hours)
3:45am AWAKE (1 hour)
-Maggie nursed for 15 minutes
-They played for another 45 mintues
4:45am ASLEEP (1.75 hours)
6:30am AWAKE (1 hour)
-Maggie nursing
-Food: 5 cups dry for puppies
-play and poop
7:30am ASLEEP (1.25 hours)
8:45am AWAKE (.25 hours)
- Maggie nursed
9:00am ASLEEP (2.5 hours)
11:30am AWAKE (1 hour)
-Maggie nursed them
-Provided more dry food to them
-Poop, Pee, Play
12:30pm ASLEEP (2 hours)
2:30pm AWAKE (1 hour)
3:30pm ASLEEP
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3:30pm ASLEEP
