Ten Days Old

Zinger is a very patient and tolerant Mom!  The pups even sleep on her neck!  One peep and she is there to attend them.  Good Mama Dog!

Here are some pictures taken today. We actually managed one non-blurry shot each. I am holding on a blanket as Skip tries to capture these wiggling puppies.

 Seven and Bat Girl are good size now.  Glory - easy to spot due to her lighter coloring - is close behind.  Morse is catching up fast.

SEVEN

BAT GIRL

 

GLORY

MORSE

Here is an unusual way to get head shots!  

So our puppy days are over for a couple of weeks.  Skip and I just returned from taking Zinger and family out to Charlotte's.  My school is not over for another 3 and a half weeks, so they will stay with Charlotte and go to work with her.  We get visitation rights, however!  And the week-end after next, they will be back here for the week-end. Will be sure to post again after that. Their eyes will be open and they should be up on their feet - though perhaps wobbly.  Should be  time for a video!  

Eight Days Old

As with all newborns, the pups pretty much eat and sleep all the time.  In spite of the fact, they scoot a great distance, I never seem to have the camera out when they are on a journey.  Still waiting for those action shots. 

 I just loaded about fifteen pictures and they all looked much like these! You can see how much they have gained over the week.  Check out those fat little tummies!

Charlotte stopped in to see the pups last night on her way to a Nosework Competition with Pip. They were showing off for her...wagging tails and all!

Tuesday - Pups are 4 days old!

All pups are growing well!

Tonight's weights:  

BatGirl 12.2 oz

Glory 10.1 oz

Seven 12.3 oz

Morse 7.4 oz

A couple of the pups were showing off their "name" symbols tonight.  Thought you might like to see how we ended up with the names we did!

Below is is Bat Girl.  It looked even more like a Bat symbol when she was first born.  But Bat Girl it has remained.

Above is Seven.  His mark is clearly a "Seven".

Above is a pretty good shot of Morse.  Nice head!

Haven't succeeded in a shot of Glory yet.  As you can see here, they are all grizzle but Glory is much lighter. (Lower right)

Charlotte is at Nationals.  I am puppy sitter this week.  My absolutely wonderful principal has allowed me to bring them to school every day.  They have learned quickly.  Quiet in the crate in the corner except for satisfied squeaks and a couple of "help me" squeals when they can not find what they need on Mom!  Good pups and great MOM!
 My students are being terrific...quiet with no loud noises.  A quick peak from a distance while Zinger enjoys licks of peanut butter off my finger - is educational for both kids and Mama dog.

Til the next post.....

Announcement: Zinger/Burlap Litter

Date of Birth: May 16th, 2014

First Born: Bat Girl  8.3 oz

Second Born: Glory 7.6 oz

Third Born: Little Guy 4 oz - unfortunately did not make it

Fourth Born: Seven  8.1 oz

Fifth Born: Morse  6.0 oz

Mom: Zinger          Elwha's The Bees Knees

Dad: Burlap      Kandu's Burlap of Howway, ME

    Below winning the National Specialty in 2003

For Facebook Readers: this is old information.   Thursday evening ended up a "slumber party" at Charlotte's home.  Bonny (my 5 year old BT) and I packed up to join the fun.  We got to "slumber" from about 10 to 2.  Then Zinger went into high drive nesting/labor.  It took several hours before the first girl was born.  She was a big girl.  It took lots of work on Zinger's part and lots of nervous sweat on the waiting human's part...but she arrived safely.  After that a puppy every hourish.

You may have noticed that indeed there were five pups born.  In spite of a trip to the vet and a day working on him, the little guy did not make it.  It was hard and sad.  However, we must celebrate. We have four healthy pups...two boys and two girls.

Actually, Charlotte and I were so focused on the little guy and saving him, we stopped watching Zinger - assuming she was done.  I checked to see how the other three were doing - SURPRISE - I counted four pups instead of three!  Another little boy was born with no help at all.