Borderstaffy Madness!!

All new week one puppy photos are up of the Scorch and Jedi litter.  Kudos to the webmaster for her awesomeness!  The raising the babies process has begun.  The visitors and handling is well on the way.  They have been handled and carried around the house and outside getting used to new smells and people touching them already.  The "super puppy" stimulation has been started on the older two litters which consists of 5 different "stimulations" of three different positions 1. upside down, 2. on the back 3. held straight up and down, then it includes using a q-tip to stimulate their little toes and pads of their feet and lastly laying on a coldish damp cloth. All of these little stimulations are done for between 3-5 seconds each.  They are all taking in stride and doing well. The Scorch and Jedi litters had their first nail dremmeling session today and did great. All the weights are very good including the twins that have nearly doubled since their birth weights.  

All the puppies are doing great and the mama's are doing awesome.  Scorch is her usual laid back self,  Jedi is over the top protective and Vixen is somewhere in the middle.  All the puppies are pristine clean and very fat and happy! 

I will try to describe the nursery area to you all.  It is in the living room which is a 24X24 room so it is HUGE.  The pen is 24 X 10 and is 5 feet high black epoxy "fence" panels and is sectioned into three equal areas .  Each one has a privacy curtain separating the mama's.  Each one has a giant kiddie pool with fresh bedding changed at a minimum of twice daily.  The mama's all have free fed fresh food and water.  The babies all have their own heat lamps.  The mama's all have bedding outside the pool so they can get some out time while the babies are resting.  On the other side of the room is the living room furniture where we are all the time so we have constant observation and contact with mama's and babies.  The good news of my job is I have the freedom to be home as much as I like.  I usually work a max of 4-6 hours outside of the home per week. During my out of home time, Mary is home with them! The first week to 10 days I sleep in the living room so I can hear anything if any of the mama's and/or babies need anything.  So that should give you a little picture of where and how your babies are being raised right now!  :) 

Go look at photos and enjoy!