Puppy: Day 42 ... Meet Orion

This is Orion. He's one of four boys in the litter and our only white male (the other three are fox red similar to Bailey's color).
     Orion is being adopted by a great young couple living in Vail, Colorado. So he is going to be a mountain boy!

Puppies: Day 41

The puppies have figured out how to come out of the doggy door (see in rear of photo). They sort of fall out of it at this point, but it won't be long before they will easily go back and forth without any problem.

Puppies: Day 40

My friend Dan calls this "mid-air refueling." I could not think of a better term! Bailey goes in with the pups, they run up and latch on, drink some milk, and Bailey takes off again (often to chase a ball). Soon these little boys and girls will be weaned!

Puppies: Day 38

Carly came home from college on Saturday and jumped right in with the puppies! And our friends came over with their kids who took to the puppies right away of course!

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Puppies: Day 33

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Our Bailey is the true hero of the breeding process. Feeding 9 puppies when you only have 8 nipples is a chore, and doing it 6 or more times per day is overwhelming!
     As the puppies continue to grow there is less and less room for even half of them to feed at one time (see photo as proof).
     Thankfully for Bailey, we are in the weaning process with the puppies eating from bowls three times per day. Over the next 10 days or so she will hopefully wean them completely.