Puppy Diary Below ~ Conception - To Birth and Beyond

August 11th, 2011

Puppies are one week old today!  We removed dew claws, always a hard day, but they are doing great!  Growing AMAZINGLY fast!  What an easy litter already!  Super sweet and mellow! 

August 4th, 2011

We have puppies!  Penny delivered 9 new babies today!  Just beautiful!  She started about 10:00 a.m. and finished up at 4:30.  She did great!  Pictures coming soon!  We have 3 girls, 6 boys!  Mainly all reds, lt. reds, and apricots!

Week Nine (Days 58-65)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES

•Growth and Development continues

CHANGES IN THE MOM

•Nesting behavior may be seen

•Bitch may become distressed (panting, pacing, acting uncomfortable)

•Temperature should be around 100.2-100.8 degrees Farenheit

•When temperature drops to around 98-99.4 degrees Farenheit, puppies should be born within 24 hours

•Appetite may disappear as whelping approaches

CARE OF THE MOM

•Start taking temperature three times a day

Week Eight (Days 50-57)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES

•Fetal movement can be detected when bitch is at rest

•Puppies can safely be born from now on

CHANGES IN THE MOM

•Milk may be squeezed from nipples

•The bitch will be very large.

CARE OF THE MOM

•Add moderate lunch

Week Seven (Days 43-49)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES

•Growth and development continues

CHANGES IN THE MOM

•Abdomen hair will start shedding

•The bitch will start to look pregnant at this point

CARE OF THE MOM

•Slightly increase both meals

TO DO LIST

•Stop any roughhousing or jumping

•Radiographs (X-rays) possible to determine number and size of puppies

Week Six (Days 36-42)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOM

· Development of skin pigment

· Fetuses should weigh around 6 grams and be 45 mm long

· Fetal heartbeats can be heard with stethoscope

CHANGES IN THE MOM

· Nipples darken and enlarge

· Abdomen continues to enlarge

CARE OF THE MOM

· Add cottage cheese or hard boiled egg to food daily

· Increase the amount of food in the extra meal

· Bitch should start sleeping in whelping box

Week Five (Days 29-35)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES

- Development of toes, whisker buds, and claws

- Fetuses look like dogs

- Gender can be determined

- Eyes (previously open) now close

- Fetuses grow from 18 mm - 30 mm

- Organogenesis ends -- embryos are fairly resistant to interference with development

CHANGES IN MOM

- Swelling becomes noticeable

- Loss of "tuck-up"

- Weight will start to increase

CARE OF THE MOM

- Slightly increase amount of food and switch to puppy kibble. If you feed one meal a day, add an extra meal. If you feed twice a day, slightly increase one of the meals.

- Add daily multi-vitamin

- Palpitation no longer possible due to fluids in uterus

Week Four (Days 22-28)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES

· Development of eyes and spinal cords

· Faces take shape

· Fetuses grow from 5-10 mm to 14-15 mm

· Organogenesis begins-- Embryos are at their most susceptible to defects

· Days 26 - 32 are the best days to palpitate (i.e.. feel for the puppies)

Week Three (Days 15-21)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES

· Day 19 -- Implantation of embryos in uterus

Week Two (Days 8-14)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES

· Embryo will be 4 cell at start of week and 64 cell by end of week

· Embryo enters the uterus

Week One

DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES

· Fertilization occurs

· 2 cell embryos are in the oviduct

· The embryo is fairly resistant to external interference in development

CHANGES IN THE BITCH

· Possible morning sickness

· Possible personality changes

Living Streams Labradoodles

                                                                                                                       John 7:38

"Milo"

Multigenerational Labradoodle

Multigenerational Labradoodle

"Dillon"

This is what Penny x Neptune puppies should look like!

ADORABLE!

Dillon also has his Canine Good Citizen 

~NEWS FLASH~

Medium Multigenerational Labradoodles!

Due March 26, 2012

Puppies going home May!

Accepting Reservations

Today!

M.E. will have puppies that look similar to the dogs above and below!  Beautiful fleece and curly coats in reds, apricots, and creams! 

10 Reasons I started Breeding

10. Thought the house was too orderly

  9. Never did like having a full night’s sleep

  8. Wanted my Vet to get a new BMW

  7. Thought the furniture looked too nice

  6. Love the sounds of puppies in the morning, noon, afternoon, evening, midnight, pre-dawn, etc.

  5. Garden and backyard needed renovations, and didn't want to pay a gardener.

  4. Neighbors didn't complain enough

  3. Kids weren't enough of a challenge

  2. If you can train & show one dog, why not ten

  1. Wanted to see if spouse really meant those vows

Thought this was too funny!!!

Hi Jodi:

Tucker is doing great.  We were down at the University of Illinois in Champaign visiting my younger son Danny.  Brought Tucker with us.  We all had a great time including Tucker.  People were stopping us all over saying how cute he was.  Everyone wanted to know about him and pet him.  He is a star.  Attached are a few pictures from our mini vacation on campus.  Have a nice Easter.  Thanks for a beautiful and sweet dog.  Talk to you soon.

Charlie

Greenbaum Puppy

                                                           Boy #7 - 7-weeks-old

Meet "Tucker" a M.E. x Fritz 2010 Puppy!

M.E. X Fritz Litter from last year 2010!

Hi Jodi!

So sorry I have been terrible at sending updates.  We absolutely love our M.E. puppy!!!!  We named her Kapowski but that quickly got shortened to Pow Pow.  We like to say we call her that because she's a double knockout - cute AND smart!   Her coat really lightened, but her ears stayed a darker apricot - so cute.  We kept her shaved last summer since it was a really hot one in TX this year, but this winter her coat has grown out really soft and fluffy.  I haven't really noticed any shedding.  I can't believe she'll be a year old tomorrow!  She ended up at 37 lbs which is a perfect size for me. 

I'm sending a recent picture and one from Halloween with her Superman costume (she's the first dog I've had that doesn't mind wearing costumes!).

I'm really excited to hear you are having another M.E. litter.  I am really really tempted to have a little black one :)

Thanks again for such a great dog, she's the sweetest!!

Jennifer

Meet "Kapowski" a M.E. x Fritz 2010 Puppy!

Tinkler Puppy

Girl #1 - 7-weeks-old