Why Beauty and Vento?
CH Summerwinds Kurly Kreek Vento, CR-CA204/16M/C-PI CR-833 CR-785G24M-PI CHIC#33070 and
CH SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty CGC CR-715G28F-NOPI, CR-EL131F28-NOPI, CR-CA157/28F/P-NOPI, CR-CA157/39F/C-PI, CR-835, GSDIIIa clear by parents, CHIC #26258
+ Begin to eat food
+ Begin to bark, wag tails, bite, paw, bare teeth, growl and chase
+ Use legs well
+ Tire easily
+ Depth perception starts
This will be a big week for the pups. Later today, Im going to try them on some puppy mush.
In jail!
7/2/2008 (Day 23)
Wow the pups were active last night! I was awake with Moxie, who had her pups last night, so there was a lot of noise and light in the house. They must have thought it was play time all night!
This morning I fed them some puppy mush. There are a lot of mixtures you can use. Once the pups are a few weeks old, you have more options of what you mix up. When the pups are a few days old, or if you are supplementing their diets or raising orphan puppies, you really need to stick to something that is real easy to digest, and as close to mom's milk as possible.
I use Gerber baby food, rice cereal. Evaporated milk, some Esbilac Puppy Milk Replacer Powder, and some plain yogurt.
The puppy pan has a raised center, so the food goes to the sides, and hopefully keeps the puppies from swimming in the slop!
They still get pretty messy!
The little liver girl now is wearing a red collar.
After breakfast, the puppies go back to the back half of the pen, while I let Beauty in to clean up the dishes!
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Moxie is Beauty's half sister, both are out of CH SoftMaple's O'Dark Thirty MH WCQ CD CGC TT HOF ROM
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7/3/2008 Day 24
Breakfast in the shark cage
Boy were they loud! It is good to get the pups used to different surfaces. And since feeding time is such a mess, putting them in the puppy pen makes for easier clean up. Of course, Beauty does most of the clean up when we put the puppies back into the play area.
The pups are getting used to the food. This morning they had soaked puppy food added to the mash.
Back to the play area
There is a low wall that Beauty can step over to get away from the pups if she wishes.
Day 25
Breakfast in the shark cage
The gang is getting a hang of it, and ate most of the slop this morning!
While they eat, I strip and mop the puppy room.
You will notice a lot of these tacky fake fur throws... they were on sale, and some of my puppy rugs needed the boot!
July 5 2008, Day 26
4:30 am...Breakfast!
Not the cleanest of pups!
July 6 (Day 27)
Good morning sleepy puppies!
They see me making up breakfast!
July 7th (Day 28)
Yellow girl, looking out
Play time!
SoftMaple Curly Coated
Retrievers
To order The Puppy Diary Click on book above
On to week 5!
Mark and Cathy Lewandowski
8282 Soft Maple Road
Croghan New York 13327
SoftMaple Puppy
Application
Follow a litter of puppies from birthday until they go to their new homes. The diary contains lots of pictures, tips on puppy rearing, some breed specific information,
and lots of information on the care of any breed of dog.
I started doing an on-line puppy diary since many of the people that would be getting one of my pups would not be able to travel here to see the pups. I did not
want
to put a bunch of cute puppy pictures online, and encourage anyone to have a litter just because they wanted to see cute puppies! Breeding dogs, if done the right
way, is a lot of work. Lost sleep and sometimes heartache. It takes a lot of time, effort and money to raise a litter of puppies. Once I started doing The Puppy
Diary, I realized I had a captive audience. These people logged on every day to see the pictures, and read what was happening. I used this opportunity to cram as
much education into each day as I could. Health, Coat issues, grooming, feeding, socializing, vet care, puppy evaluations, shipping puppies.... you name it! I tried
to
put it in The Diary. It was suggested that I make it into a book. Well here it is! There are 560 pictures and over 300 pages of living with and watching one litter
grow up. I am sure may conscientious, caring breeders raise litters similar to the way I do. Its is a good look into the time, money, commitment it takes to
bring
up a litter of pups. Some of the things that go on behind the scenes, that the eventual puppies owners (family), never realize go into the litter.
Enjoy my litter as I see them. Day to day
Contents
Chapter One (Week One) ... Page 1
Seger comes into season
Happy Birthday!
Removing the Dewclaws
Start of the Bio Sensor program
Chapter Two (Week Two) ... Page 48
Coat issues.
Tail Gland Hyperplasia
Do Curlies Shed?
Chapter Three (Week Three) ... Page 94
End of Bio Sensor Exercises
Worming The puppies
Eyes are open
First pup escapes from the box
Chapter Four (Week Four) ... Page 130
Weaning. The great food fight!
Introduction to the puppy play room
Shark Cage
Chapter Five (Week Five) ... Page 156
Field dog? Show Dog? CPE?
Happy Mothers Day!
First Stacked pictures
Chapter Six (Week Six) ... Page 195
Toys! Toys! Toys!
What’s In A Name?
Kids and Dogs
Introduction to Wings
Chapter Seven (Week Seven) ... Page 236
About Puppies and Retrieving
Socialize your puppy
First Shots & Vet Visit
Splish Splash, first bath!
Chapter Eight (Week Eight) ... Page 286
Shape up or ship out!
Requirements to ship puppies
See all the pups!
