Here they are on day 33. An adult dog normally occupies this but the puppies are taking it over.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
They still spend most of their time sleeping ......by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Yes, although human beings don't usually care for it dogs (and puppies) love tripe. It is one of the easiest things to start puppies with. After beginning for a short while with finely chopped beef or lamb they soon graduate to tripe and then to all sorts of raw meat which the adult dogs eat (except raw chicken which would probably cause diarrhoea if fed to pups this young). I rememberby davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Here they are on day 29 at 6 am this morning. This time they are eating lamb's tripe.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Bowls of goats' milk do bring them all together.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
One pup looking directly at camera on day 28. They have just eaten two pounds of meat at one meal and drunk some goats' milk. At the moment they get four meals a day and their mother feeds them at night.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Here are two pups on day 26. You can see from what they are doing that it will now be difficult to take a photo of them all together because at any one time several are likely to be moving. You can also just see that they now have teeth.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Here they are on day 23. As you can see it is now getting a little bit more difficult to get them all clearly because at any one time there is a good chance that one or more will be moving. They do now get steadily more active (in bursts at any rate).by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
They are getting a little bit more lively now and will grow quite fast once they get the hang of eating independently. At first it is very messy - feet in the food etc - but they soon get the hang of it.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
As you can see there is a bit more activity now. Here they are on day 19. Soon it will be more difficult to take pictures because they will be moving a lot more. In fact they started to eat independently today drinking goats' milk and eating some finely chopped minced beef. In a week or so there will be no stopping them.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Here they are on day 17. One is having a yawn. It is so tiring sleeping all the time.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
When they are not asleep their eyes are now open. When they first open their eyes have a bluish tinge but within a few days they become the normal dark brown colour.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Although they are asleep in this photo on day 13 their eyes have opened now. When they are not asleep they move around a lot.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Here they are on day 11. They have not opened their eyes yet but they will do any time now.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
They still don't do much until their eyes open except suckle and grow. Their colour also gradually develops. This is day eight.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
They don't do much at this age except eat and sleep but here they are on day four.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Here they are on the day they were born - 10th January 2022. They are mainly black at this age and for a little while yet. Their markings develop as they get older. If you check the pictures from other litters on this site you will see what I mean.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Janga gave birth to a litter of 10 on 10th January 2022. There were five male and five female pups.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Here they all are on day 50. There was a similar photo on day 31 above from which you can see how much they have grown.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Two female pups taken on day 48.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
This is Saskia watching two of the pups wrestle at six weeks old. Saskia is by the same sire, Veneze Toro, but she is now 14 weeks old compared to the two pups in the foreground at 6 weeks today.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
One female pup on day 36.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
First pup with ears up at day 35. He is a bit messy because he has just been eating and they all eat very messily at this age. This is one of the two male pups.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
One puppy in pensive mood on day 32.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
They can at least all be fitted into one photo when they are asleep. Here they are on day 31.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Here is one of the male pups and a random female pup on day 28. The female pup is the slightly smaller pup on the right. Male pups are always bigger and the differential increases as they get older.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Now that their eyes are open and they are walking about it is more difficult to get them to keep still for a photo. Here are two on day 24.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Two female puppies on day 20.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
And these are three random female puppies. Because they are now more active it is more difficult to take a picture of all the pups together unless they are all asleep at the same time.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
As you can see, their eyes are open now. This is one of the male pups (sitting on another pup) on day 19.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news