8-June-2025

The 5 pups from Meg’s surprise litter look healthy and content at one week old, maybe a little smaller than usual, because I didn’t know Meg was pregnant until the last week. They should catch up. Meg is probably my best mothering female. She looks after her pups dutifully until they are nearly 8 weeks old.

Puppies are completely uninteresting for the first 2 weeks when they are blind and deaf. That time is really just a group extension of the uterus. They just nurse and sleep. Once they open their eyes and they can hear (2 weeks), when they can walk not paddle (3 weeks), they are discovering their world and become adorable.

All the pups have classic black and white markings like their parents, Meg & Pete. Two of the males look quite large and bully-built –like Meg!