October 25th - Day 10

It seems amazing that the puppies are already 10 days old! They are growing so fast, we can hardly believe it. And as you will see from the pictures, it's becoming more difficult to distinguish which one is which just by looking at a picture. Puppy collars have been ordered to solve that dilemma.

Yellow male - "Big Guy": 107.4 g
Black male - "Shadow": 85.1 g
Yellow male - "Wiggler" 93.9 g
Chocolate male - "Brownie" 83.2 g
Chocolate female - "Mocha" 83.1 g
Chocolate male - "Snuggler" 77.2 g
Black male - "Shorty" 60.1 g
Yellow male - "Duke" 82.2 g
Yellow female - "Lady" 90.1 g

Most of the pups have increased their weight by about 1/3. We're monitoring to make sure there is some weight gain each day, and whichever puppies have the least amount of gain from the previous day get returned to momma first for nursing and given a few minutes with less competition with the other puppies. By doing this, we avoid the risk of dehydration, which is very difficult for a puppy to recover from.