Week Two
Week Two (Days 8-14)
+ Eyes should open around days 8-10
+ Ears should open around days 13-17
+ Temperatures should be around 97-99F
Neonatal Period Birth to 2 weeks
Transitional 14 to 21 days
Puppies are born with eyes and ears closed, Their experiences are thru touch and smell. They are able to sense heat, cold, and texture. They are totally dependent
upon their mother for everything, even the stimulation of bowl and bladder function.
The puppy’s nervous system undergoes rapid development. The eyes and ears open, and baby teeth appear. He begins to stand up and by three weeks will try to
explore his environment. He begins to interact with littermates and learns play behavior. By 21 days the puppies are able to lap food from a bowl, though they
continue to nurse.
2:00pm pictures. You can see how the pups use their feet to knead Seger and get the milk to flow. They have very strong suction power. When Seger gets up, they dangle off her belly! Then fall off with a loud Smacking sound!
Day Ten 8/12/2003
Not the best picture, but you can see the nail before and after
trimming.
I use just regular people nail clippers at this age.
Seger is doing a good job of feeding the pups in shifts.
Here 5 puppies are at the milk bar, while the 6 full ones snooze
Back in the box after changing
Blue boy asleep on top of Red girl
The close up shot of the liver dog's tail was taken after the dog went to the groomers. The dog had a lot of hair on her tail that covered the spot up until it got trimmed. You can try the remedies below, but almost always the hair will grow back on its own. Every once in a while you see an adult dog who still has the tail gland spot bald, but its mostly in adolescent curlies that you see this. (most of these remedies came from other breed discussion lists)
Why does my curly have a bald spot on his tail?
You may notice a change of color in a liver dog. Other times the texture of the fur will be different. Sometimes it is characterized by an oily or scaly matting of the hair over the tail gland which may or may not be accompanied by hair loss.
In dogs this gland is no longer functioning. Although, cats also have this gland, and it still functions. Also called Stud Tail.
Many times this bald spot, if present, clears up and fills in at maturity.
Some remedies that have been tried by dog lovers to get the hair to grow back sooner:
Washing with a good dermacidal soap and using Oxy10
Using Oxy Wash on the area.
A horse product called "Epi-Coat" two times a day to area.
Click on book above, or mail a check to:
More of week 2 (starting with day 12)
SoftMaple Curly Coated
Retrievers
Mark and Cathy Lewandowski
8282 Soft Maple Road
Croghan New York 13327
softmaple@curlycoat.org 
Pictures of the family
Some socialization and training tips for your pup
$19.95
($5.50 Shipping and Handling)
Cathy Lewandowski
8282 Soft Maple Road
Croghan NY 13327
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!
Hunting Page
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