And here is one of the male puppies.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Sorry for the delay in posting some pictures. I had to take one of the dogs to Belgium and have only just got back. Here is a picture of the female pup. You may be surprised at how much they have grown in a few days.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
All of them have their eyes open now although they still spend most of their time sleeping and growing.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
They are now opening their eyes. The pup with her eyes open is the female pup. The other is a male.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Here they are on day 11. The female pup is top left. The others are the male pups.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Here they are on day 8. For those interested the female puppy is on the right. The other four are male puppies. Because this is a (relatively) small litter they are very easy for Heidi to feed and so they are pretty well fed.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
And here is a random male puppy on day 5. They are in fact almost impossible to tell apart at this age.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Here is the only female puppy on day 5. Although it is early days you can see their colour starting to develop.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Here are the five puppies after 48 hours. Although they are not much to look at right now they do grow surprisingly fast.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Our puppies puppies will be micro-chipped, wormed and vet checked. You will need to make sure that they get their second vaccination by the time they are 12 weeks old. Some vets will tell you that you need another two vaccinations but you don't. They will have had their first vaccination by the time you collect them. They will then need one more vaccination before the age of 12 weeks to compby davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Insurance You will probably want to insure your puppy and I would strongly recommend that you do. The Kennel Club does run a scheme for breeders which enables them to issue a cover note for the Kennel Club pet insurance for six weeks. I do not do this because once you are enrolled on this insurance you then have to opt out of it when the six weeks are up. I think it is much better that peopleby davidterry - Latest pictures and news
For anyone who is interested you can find quite a lot of dog stuff on these two web sites. The Leerburg site is in the US and the Klin Kassel site is in Germany but both do mail order and they are very efficient. Leerburg Klin Kasselby davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Another thing which I should like to mention is please do not neuter our puppies. Once you take them home the puppy will be yours and the choice to spay or neuter will be yours but please think very carefully if you are ever minded to do this. For a start our puppies come from exceptional blood lines. They can be traced back to the beginning of the breed. These are not Heinz 57 dogs. It is quiby davidterry - Latest pictures and news
German Shepherd Dogs are not usually fussy eaters or, at least, I have never had a fussy eater. They will eat just about most things. Our adult dogs regularly eat things like bananas, oranges, pears and even grapefruit. Of course, dogs are carnivores and so their main food intake must always be meat. Although you can feed your dog whatever you like personally I think dogs do best on raw foodsby davidterry - Latest pictures and news
By the way, the last litter (born on 12th January 2023) was a 'T' litter - that is all the puppies in the litter will have a name beginning with 'T'. Dogs have to be registered with the Kennel Club with the kennel name and an individual name. It is conventional to name all the puppies from the same litter with the same initial letter. So these puppies might be called Araxes Tby davidterry - Latest pictures and news
Saskia gave birth on 12th January 2023. There were four pups - all male.by davidterry - Latest pictures and news