Day 8 pictures Puppies – sorry but I forgot the flash

The puppies are starting to move around more. They have got thicker fur and are starting to fluff up. Their eyes are getting ready to open and soon they will be able to hear as well. They have all doubled their birth weight. The Bismarck (boy) is huge and just over 1KG, the smallest Miss Green (635 grams).

We lost our two smallest girl and boy this week. Although, they started to put on weight we don’t think their internal organs had developed enough (we believe they were from the second mating and therefore premature at birth). These big ones in the pictures we believe were from the first mating and so were in a better position to survive. Its always sad to lose tiny pups.