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PUPPY CAM!
As a by-product of our closed circuit tv system, we
are able to offer 'puppy cam' - live streaming video available for you to watch
online! We won't be broadcasting 24/7, but will try to broadcast often. The photo
at the bottom of this page shows one of our nursery rooms including the whelping
box.
April 22:
Solace's pups are getting very
active. They play, wrestle, chase, and bark at each other.
You'll see them romping around the nursery room. Some areas of the
floor are lined with newspaper now, and the pups love to grab paper and rip it
up. If you tune in right after I clean up the room and put down fresh
paper, it'll look fairly tidy. Check in a couple hours later and you'll
the the paper ripped up! Solace can jump across a low divider into
another room. She can visit her puppies whenever she wants, but also has
the chance to get away from them for some much needed 'quiet time'.
She will spend less and less time with her puppies over the next few weeks -
this is just part of the normal weaning process. The puppies are still
nursing, but are getting most of their nourishment from softened puppy
food. Feeding time is usually around 8:30 - 9AM and again at 10 -
11PM. They also have an afternoon meal but the time varies on
that. The saucer shaped bowl has a raised center that (usually) keeps
the puppies from wading into the food.
Jordan's pups have their eyes open, are up
on their feet and are starting to interact with each other. Jordan is a
very attentive mom and takes great care of her puppies. Don't be alarmed if you
see her pick up one of the puppies and carry it away! Almost since birth,
she has been taking puppies from the whelping box and leaving them in the
nursery room. I put the puppies back, she gets them out again!
She seems to be taking good care of both the puppies in the box and those she
removes from the box, so I can't complain too much. I just wish she'd put
the pups back in the box after she's done with them!
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