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I'm going to get out of here even if I have to bite my way out!

Happy 3 weeks and 1 day!! Past week updates

The puppies are so adorable now - playing with each other, playing with mom, and playing with us.  They are just now getting their teeth - their eyes have fully opened, as are their ears.  They growl, tug, bite, lick, wag, whine, howl, yelp, and bark louder and fiercer than ever.  The pups play hard, eat hard, and sleep hard just the way puppies are supposed to.  They wait impatiently (well, some are more patient than others) for our affection and attention.  Gripey is now the one with white on his lower back and he loves me.  The last born girl (which we now call Koko) has taken a BIG liking to Derek.  Today I will feed them their first "gruel."  And eventually I will have those pictures up and pictures of when we have them "swim" in the tub.  Zuma is still a great mom.  If a puppy goes under her, she will contort her body so as not to crush them and then stays that way (even is she is shaking in agony) until they either move away or help arrives.  I promise I will have better (and more) videos and pictures up this week.

Days 10 and 13

For comparison purpose - here are the pups at Day 10 in the same basket in previous pictures.  They don't fit and they don't like the close quarters.

Cuddling with mom on Day 13.

Mom taking a puppy break - hiding from her responsibilities for a minute of peace and quiet (I don't blame her).

All the puppies can now walk on all fours, granted they are still wobbly.  Only a few of them have their eyes open, so we're still waiting on that (and the ears).  But they have been so much more vocal - all of them gripey!!!  And boy do they have an attitude in their sleep!  It's cute - they growl.

Day 11 Updates

The puppies are about 3 times the size they were at birth!  They do a lot of dreaming where they "run," twitch, growl, bark, and whine.  They started to walk - very wobbly, but still walking on all 4's today.  The oldest (boy) and the youngest (girl) are the fattest of them all.  And they look as if the will open their eyes any day now.  Now, there is a new "Gripey."  It's the first-born girl.  She's also the smallest by comparison, but by no means small.  I will get more pictures and videos up soon.  

Cuddles and Bottles - One Week Old!

The puppies are strong and fat - almost twice as long as their birth and definitely A LOT fatter.  They are more vocal in every way possible and dream even louder (and with more twitching!).  Here is one cuddling with mom.

Here is one of the pups (Gripey) being bottle-fed.

Sleep Positions

The puppies are so cute!  In addition to "barking" in their sleep (it sounds more like a bark now), they now growl as well! I guess they dream about the nursing fights they have when they're awake!  Here are some cute sleeping positions they get into:

Dreaming about nursing:

I was going to nurse but fell asleep instead while cuddling with mom:

Mom's tail makes a good cuddling pillow:

Gripey's Rude Awakening

Watch the twitching puppy

Hiccups!

The Whole Brood Sleeping

You can tell they're excited about Leap Day!

Nursing time

Watch the one nursing upside down, the one on the opposite end on his back twitching and the one with its head draped over mom's leg.

Scratching Puppy

The Fight!

More Pictures at 4 Days of Age

Lounging

The Seven Dwarves

Lounging

I started to escape but fell asleep on the way out...it was hard work!!

Another view of my escape

Updates - Day 4

Zuma's appetite is finally back, and she does leave her babies for a few minutes to go use the bathroom now (but very hurriedly). She is getting much better at visitors - letting someone other than just us hold and pet her babies.

Some of the pups like to cuddle in a huddle, some like to be alone (mostly the youngest) and some like to cuddle with mom. And mom loves it (especially with the girls for some reason)! They are getting bigger, chunkier and more mobile. It's amazing to see how much they act like real dogs! I mean, I know they are dogs, but they scratch, dream, stretch, and lay like big adult-sized dogs but only in minature size. It's so cute.

The first-born has a new name - Gripey. he's always griping about something and then he bulldozes over and steals milk away from the others. So, he's still a bull!

The Nursing Quartet

Snuggles and Cuddles - Days 2 and 3

Sardines in a row (getting fatter).

Laying just like mom ...stretched out.

Snuggling with mom. The girls usually spend more time snuggling with mom alone. When they sleep, they dream, scratch, wag tails, and even bark (or something that resembles a bark anyway).

Check-ups

Ready to get their check-ups.

I will bite my way out of this if I have to.

Here is Momma's little girl getting a check-up and removing her dew claws.

First Vet Visit

The puppies had their first vet visit today (2 days old). They had their check-up (all are perfectly healthy) and dew claws removed (ouch!). Momma Zu was not happy at all. I will have those pictures up soon this week, but for now, here are their weights:

Age: 2 days old

Puppy #1 (m): 1.4 pounds
Puppy #2 (m): 1.4 pounds
Puppy #3 (f): 1.2 pounds
Puppy #4 (f): 1.2 pounds
Puppy #5 (m): 1.2 pounds
Puppy #6 (m): 1.4 pounds
Puppy #7 (f): 1.2 pounds

Puppies on the move and sleeping

Here they are on the first full day (the 25th) under the heat lamp. They started to lose their umbilical cords at 10 pm this day. By morning (the 26th), all were lost!

Oh, the Puppy Breath! (first day)

Here is the last one born (female). Here is the first born (male) and then the rest of the
nursing litter in their whelping box with Momma Zuma. Zuma is such an amazing mom. She doesn’t even want to get up to eat, drink, or go to the bathroom (we have to force her to leave her pups), and she barely sleeps!

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