Four weeks old already. Boy where does the time fly? They have had several different new experiences this past 2 weeks. To begin with, they moved on to eating solid food. They loved it right away. Of course, they are still nursing from Brazin every chance they get and will be, maybe even till the day they leave (that's up to mom). As their food intake increases, her milk supply will continue to decrease until finally the well will run dry - as they say.
With the addition of solid food to their diet it was now necessary to add bathroom facilities. I opened the whelping box to 2 rooms, and filled it with several potty stations containing artificial grass for them, as their bathroom area. For the most part they all will go to this area to potty. Although they will not be housebroken when they go home, using this turf area now for there bathroom, helps to familiarize them with the real grass they will encounter outside. I have found that this will help the puppies to realize that when they are taken outside to the grass they are to "do potty" right away and not play around.
Although they already discovered a while ago that their siblings are so much fun to play with, they now also have the addition of so many new and exciting toys have fun with. Their days are busy revolving around playing, eating, pooping, or sleeping, However, they will not hesitate to drop everything they are doing when someone approaches the box, in hopes of being picked up and cuddled.
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