2020 Veruca & JJ

02/22/2020 Date of Birth
-First Installment Due At Birth
03/06/2020 Week 2 Deworming
03/20/2020 Week 4 Deworming
04/03/2020 Week 6 Distemper & Parvovirus Vaccine
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-Final Installment Due at week 6
04/08/2020 Spay & Neuters
-Assignments Made Shortly After Vet Visit
04/17/2020 Week 8 Distemper & Parvovirus Vaccine
04/18/2020 Pick up Day at 1:00 pm EST
-Payment For Puppies Staying For Training Due In Full Now
-Training Classes Should Start The Week You Take Your Puppy Home
-First Vet Appointment Should Occur During The First Three Days Home
05/15/2020 3rd Vaccine In Puppy Series Done By Your Vet | Included With 6 Weeks Of Training
-Your puppy should have met 100 different types of people by today!
06/12/2020 4th Vaccine In Puppy Series | Included With 10 Weeks Of Training
-Rabies Vaccine Based On Your State Law
05/29/2020 Pick up day for puppies staying for six weeks of training @ 1:00 PM EST.
06/26/2020 Pick up day for puppies staying for 10 weeks of training @ 1:00 PM EST.

April 12, 2020
YAY! What a wonderful day it is! Veruca's babies are almost ready to join their new families!

The puppies have been photographed in the same order every week and wear color coded collars. You usually can't see the collar in the photograph but don't worry. Just count over from left to right.

L-R: Pink S Girl, Lavender S Girl, Red Boy, Yellow Boy, Green Boy

Pink S- Charlie Taylor Princeton IL

Lavender S- Bosley Weiss Woodbury NY

Red- Bear Breden Chicago IL

Yellow Boy- Sully McCauley Chicago IL

Green Boy Cash Musgrave Lexington KY 2nd NVL puppy

I am so incredibly excited for you all!!! Please let me know your puppy's name by Tuesday so that I can finish getting packets together in time. Order food today so that you have it when you get home with your puppy. They eat the Turkey & Sweet potato formula of pawTree You will not find this food at the store and your puppy should eat the same food during the first year of his life while his GI system matures. pawTree's probiotics will help your puppy stay healthy during the stress of the transition. The puppies love all of the toppers too!

April 4, 2020
Veruca's babies have matured and gotten so big! They are sleeping in their crates like champs and have even gotten to go outside to play and love romping in the grass!

They got their Parvovirus vaccine this week, had their nails trimmed and been on a car ride this week too. It won't be long before they are joining your family!

March 28, 2020
Do you need something to make you smile? Here it is!

Veruca's babies have grown so much over the past few weeks! They went from sleeping the majority of the time to playing over night.

They are starting to explore eating food, I soften their pawTree Turkey & Sweet Potato food to make it easier for them. Posey still nurses several times a day though.

The babies had their nails trimmed this week and are starting to sleep in their crates of a night. What good babies they are.

March 21, 2020

Veruca's babies are four weeks old and about the fattest and most content puppies ever but honestly they should be! Veruca is doing a great job. A great job getting my freezer open in the middle of the night (I am not kidding! I have a lower freezer with French doors) and eating everything she can! Thus creating a great surplus of delicious milk for her babies!

The babies have started exploring and dragging their toys around. It is really adorable to watch them drag a giant dragon and shake it into submission!

The puppies have enjoyed their extra snuggles and attention since we are now homeschooling. Our day looks something like Breakfast with a puppy. Hiding under a blanket with a laptop and a puppy while doing math... Recess, rolling around with puppies.

The puppies had their nails trimmed this week and have mastered their potty station!

March 14, 2020
Veruca's babies are so fat and happy! They have moved to their larger play area, are starting to master their new potty station and are exploring their new toys and playscape.

Providing puppies with a socially rich environment helps them learn and become confident. It helps build mentally and physically strong puppies

I love watching them learn though exploring.

March 07, 2020
Veruca's puppies's eyes have just opened but they still do not have full vision and won't even at 8 weeks of age. They can tell by smell if I or someone else has walked into the room. They are moving on their own and actually standing up and taking a few steps.

This week the puppies have continued to be handled daily and received Bio-Senor feedback which helps them build healthy immune systems, improved cardio vascular performance, stronger adrenal glands, more tolerance to stress and greater resistance to disease.

The U.S. Military in their canine program developed a method that still serves as a guide to what works. In an effort to improve the performance of dogs used for military purposes, a program called "Bio Sensor" was developed. Later, it became known to the public as the "Super Dog" Program. Based on years of research, the military learned that early neurological stimulation exercises could have important and lasting effects. Their studies confirmed that there are specific time periods early in life when neurological stimulation has optimum results. The first period involves a window of time that begins at the third day of life and lasts until the sixteenth day. It is believed that because this interval of time is a period of rapid neurological growth and development, and therefore is of great importance to the individual.

The "Bio Sensor" program was also concerned with early neurological stimulation in order to give the dog a superior advantage. Its development utilized six exercises, which were designed to stimulate the neurological system. Each workout involved handling puppies once each day. The workouts required handling them one at a time while performing a series of five exercises. Listed in nor order of preference the handler starts with one put and stimulates it using each of the five exercises. The handler completes the series from beginning to end before starting with the next pup. The handling of each pup once per day involves the following exercises:

1. Tactile stimulation - holding the pup in one hand, the handler gently stimulates (tickles) the pup between the toes on any one foot using a Q-tip. It is not necessary to see that the pup is feeling the tickle. Time of stimulation 3 - 5 seconds.

2. Head held erect - using both hands, the pup is held perpendicular to the ground, (straight up), so that its head is directly above its tail. This is an upwards position. Time of stimulation 3 - 5 seconds

3. Head pointed down - holding the pup firmly with both hands the head is reversed and is pointed downward so that it is pointing towards the ground. Time of stimulation 3 - 5 seconds

4. Supine position - hold the pup so that its back is resting in the palm of both hands with its muzzle facing the ceiling. The pup while on its back is allowed to sleep struggle. Time of stimulation 3-5 seconds.

5. Thermal stimulation - use a damp towel that has been cooled in a refrigerator for at least five minutes. Place the pup on the towel, feet down. Do not restrain it from moving. Time of stimulation 3-5 seconds.

February 29, 2020
Rue and her babies are doing great. She is about the happiest momma and we have to be extra careful not to cause her to much joy which is hard.. just looking at her cause her to wag her tail so hard that she thumps the babies with her tail. She is so sweet. The puppies are gaining weight nicely and please with Veruca's milk bar selection.

February 22, 2020
We were born!

Pregnancy Calendar

Dam: Veruca

Sire: JJ

Date Of Live Breeding or Ovulation: 12/26/2019

Thursday, December 26, 2019 First day of mating.

48 hours after the first mating the bitch should be mated again. Subsequent matings occurring over a period of time enhance the chances of fertilization taking place.

The spermatozoa migrate up through the cervix.

Sperm travel searching for a mature ripened eggs.

Saturday, December 28, 2019 Spermatozoa reach the eggs in the oviducts.

Sunday, December 29, 2019 Fertilization occurs in the oviducts which lead from the ovaries to the uterus.

Tuesday, December 31, 2019 Fertilized eggs migrate down the oviducts and into the uterine horns.

The migration continue to enable even spacing of the embryos.

During this migration the eggs will grow into a blastocystes.

Monday, January 06, 2020 The blastocystes implant in the wall of the uterus.

Thursday, January 09, 2020 The blastocystes will grow into an embryos.

During the next two weeks the important organs will develop.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Dams nipples begin to pink enlarge.

The fur on the dams belly and around the nipples may become thinner.

Sunday, January 19, 2020 Morning sickness might occur due to hormonal changes or stretching and distension of the uterus. Dam may appear a bit apathetic. She may be off her feed for a while and vomit from time to time.

Feeding the dam several meals spaced throughout the day might help.

Your veterinarian may want to prescribe a drug to relax the uterus.

Thursday, January 23, 2020 An experienced person (a breeder or a veterinarian) can tell by careful palpation whether the dam is pregnant.

It's now the best time to do this because the embryos are walnut-sized now and easy to count.

Friday, January 24, 2020 Start to increase the dams food ration.

Don't overfeed, excessive weight gain should be avoided.

The foetuses are now and are fully developed miniature dogs.

Thursday, January 30, 2020 The Dams abdomen starts to get larger.

Sunday, February 09, 2020 It's very easy now to feel the puppies, counting them might be a bit more difficult.

Thursday, February 13, 2020 Dam begins to spend a lot more time in self-grooming.

Her breasts become even more swollen.

She may become a bit restlessness and begin to search for a suitable place to have her puppies.

Friday, February 14, 2020 The dam might lose her appetite during this period. Her abdomen can be crowded with puppies.

It is better to feed several smaller meals spaced throughout the day.

You can easily detect abdominal movement now.

Sunday, February 23, 2020 Nipples and vulva should be gently cleaned with warm water, you might want to trim the hairs surrounding the nipples, to allow easier access for the puppies to suck.

Monday, February 24, 2020 Milky fluid may be expressed from the nipples.

Tuesday, February 25, 2020 You might want to start taking the dams rectal temperature each morning and evening.

Friday, February 28, 2020 Twelve to 24 hours before she is due to deliver, the dams rectal temperature may drop from 101 to 98 degrees.

Clear discharge from the vulva might occur.

Saturday, February 29, 2020 Expected date of whelp. Of course this is just an average. Whelping may take place from the 59th to the 65th day. Puppies born before the 58th day will probably be too young to survive.

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