At one week of age, most of the puppies have doubled their birth weight. They have gotten so big only half really fit at the "breakfast bar" at a time.
another of our 4 girls.
It is hard for me to believe that over a week has gone by. The puppies are endlessly fun to watch and enjoy. Our only real problem has been with Della. Christmas eve day she went out to go "hurry" and when she came in her face was starting to swell and she was coming up in hives all over her body. We slammed a benadryl into her and phoned Dr. Ruth. Then we went out and policed the yard to see what she could have gotten into. The only thing we could find was an orange that had fallen in from our neighbours yard. Della continued to swell and break out, so when Dr. Ruth called she had us give her another benadryl. Finally the swelling went down and the hives resolved. We thought we had it under control and planned on doing our Santa duties and going to bed at a reasonable hour (knowing that our kids would have us up at the crack of dawn). Well, around 11PM, Della went out again and again came in covered with hives!! We medicated her again, but by the time everything settled down, we didn't go to bed until after 1AM. sigh, so much for being well-rested on Christmas. She broke out one more time Christmas morning, but now it looks as if she is all done. Dr. Ruth says that pregnant and nursing bitches just have more sensitive systems and are more sensitive to allergens than normally. It certainly made this a Christmas to remember!! :0)
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AWW HOW CUTE!! Lucky yuo guys!!!
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