3 weeks old

Pups in the puppy pen

Three weeks old on Christmas Eve.  The pups gained about 1 lb each last week, and this morning's weights ranged from 3 lbs 5 oz (Athena) to 4 lbs 3 oz (Odin).   Instead of a Christmas tree, I have a puppy pen in my living room.  The pups have been busy growing up.  They moved into the puppy pen full time on Wednesday morning after Venus climbed out of the puppy pool during the night.  And then within a day, Zeus climbed over the low half gate on the puppy pen.  So I added a "roller bar" on top of the half gate which contained them for another couple of days, but last night, Apollo and Pandora climbed out and I woke up to crying lost puppies.  I found Apollo just hanging out on a dog comforter some distance away from the pen, but Pandora was at the half gate, trying to figure out how to get back in.  The pups are already using the litter box, not just when we put them in it, but trucking down to the litter box on their own to take care of business.  They had their elastic tie collars swapped out for real puppy collars and they look all grown up.  Still doing lots of sleeping, but when awake, much more interactive with each other and their toys.  They are a ravenous hoard and enjoying canned food, soaked kibble & milk, goat milk by bottle, and of course Bridget's milk bar.   In the next few days, they will be transitioning to just kibble & milk plus whatever Bridget can produce.