The Wildflowers continue to bloom.
Lupine and Sage
I want to follow up on the results of the Nursing Challenge from yesterday.
As you may recall, Clarkia and Mariposa were just slightly under their birth weights while everyone else already had gains. The start weight/current weight (percent loss) for those two puppies looked like this:
Clarkia: 17.85/17.6 (-1%)
Mariposa: 17.45/16.95 (-3%)
Therefore, the plan was for Mariposa and Clarkia to get prime seating at the milk bar — and since the milk actually arrived yesterday, things went well — see for yourself:
Clarkia is now over her birth weight by 7% and Mariposa is over her birth weight by 11%.
The arrival of the milk is a Big Deal — weight gain will really pick up now. I am uploading a video right now that shows you what it looks like when nursing puppies experience the milk letdown — pretty cool. When it is done, the video will be linked HERE.
While Daisy was out taking care of personal business, the Wildflowers met their Great-Auntie Harper…
Harper B for Best Great Auntie
We have Daisy and her babies secluded in the living room — it is just calmer that way — but the other dogs are very interested in what the heck is going on in here.
We are so so so careful with these puppies, in case you have not noticed and I wanted to share this example of why that is necessary. How many puppies do you see?
We automatically count/locate puppies before moving around the whelping box — puppy nine was under that slight fold in the fleece. Mother dogs are not the only ones who can inadvertently injure or even kill puppies.
I am working on a post for tomorrow about newborn puppies and pain — do newborn puppies experience pain? What does Dr. Google say — and what do you think?
EVENING: Photos from the Day
Clover
Larkspur
Paintbrush
Larkspur and Lupine
Daisy!
Clover
Lupine