As I sit here and write this, Asia's litter is playing and Java's is sleeping.  A big difference one week makes.  Sparkles get the puppy of the hour award.  She has been at my feet as much as she can for the last few feedings.  Snowflake, Sky, Pumpkin and Chartreuse run a close second.  They are all so loving, great little feeders and now both litters are playing with their littermates.  Last night, Sparkles and Pumpkin had a hard time falling asleep.  They played with each other, with me and...
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All of the pups are doing well and growing.  Asia's litter is now awake for a good hour after every feeding.  They interact by licking each others' faces and sucking each other's ears.  They don't paw at each other just yet, and are just beginning to trot in their whelping box.  We most likely will move them to a run off of our kitchen this weekend.  It is hard to believe that half of their time with us is over.  They all have their canines now and some have their molars cutting in.  You can ...
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The pups are now 3 1/2 and 2 1/2 weeks old.  The are growing and learning so much every day.  The older pups are now beginning to interact.  After a feeding, they will chew on each others' ears, lick each others' faces and begin to play.  Licorice actually crawled out of the whelping box by himself and met me at the door of the den, when I heard him whining.  As I was writing this, I heard little claws trying to get to me and looked down, Violet had crawled on top of her mother and was trying...
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