One Week Old!!

One week old already!! 

 

Finch, Jay, Sparrow, Robin, Puffin, Myna

 

The puppies are growing fast and doing well :))  All of them already weigh over one pound.  Hilo has been a great mom and has been nursing the puppies like crazy!!  She rarely leaves the whelping box.....and sometimes has to be "bribed" with treats to even get her to go outside to the bathroom!  My daughter Katie and I have made a cozy area beside the whelping box that we call "the apartment" :))  We sleep there so we are close by in case anybody needs us ;)  I think Katie is liking all the attention and time with her mom as the puppies are!  The puppies eyes are still closed, and they cannot hear either.....so if anyone gets "lost" during the night; we help Hilo by moving them back to the group.  The next week or two will be very exciting as we will start to see the puppies eyes begin to open!  You will notice in the photos that some of the puppies are beginning to get some darker pigment.  Some of their noses will turn black, and some will remain a pink or "liver" color.  You can also see some of the white markings a little better in some of these pictures.  I will continue to post every week to update photos and to let you know what is happening.  Feel free to e-mail me at any time if you have questions.  Hope all is well with our puppy families, and that you are getting excited to meet and cuddle the newest member of your family.  Until then we will be sure to give them lots of love!!

We love watching the puppies nurse (which is a lot;) and so I thought I would post a couple of pictures for you to see.....

 

 

Here are some more puppy photos......