Welcome back to the puppy pen. We are here with the Springer Spaniels they are now ten
days old on the day that we are filming, in their second week, what kind of a week have
you had? We have had a good week. They are fine they are thriving, they are eating, no
problem. No problem with Mum. Mum will sometimes move them if she thinks one is too far from
her, she puts them in her mouth and then carries them to where she wants.Which, actually, if
you have never seen a dog do that it can be slightly, oh, what is she doing!, but that
is truly normal. She does not hurt them. You mentioned last week just after they had been
born that Poppy has had previous litters and they have been much bigger than this. I think
she had eight puppies on one occasion. The fact that there are three of them, there are
two boys and one girl, is that right?. Yes. Does that mean that they are going to grow
faster because presumably there is a lot more milk for them because they are not competing
with many other puppies.This is the thing. Normally when you have a big litter, when
she had eight last time, there was one that was very small and one that was smaller than
the rest. So for those two you have to make sure they are getting the milk. With this
litter, it is three, all exactly the same size. Which is unusual. So there is no competing
with milk so that is good. And they are growing rapidly. I would say these three are stronger
at this stage than any of the other litters I have had. Because they are getting more
milk. Simple as that. The only thing you have to watch with Mum is she could run the risk
of getting mastitis. Because she is obviously producing a lot of milk. More than three puppies
will need. But with all this, nature will sort itself out and she will stop producing
so much. You kind of produce what is needed. I think. Previous litters I have supplemented
feed. I have have put them onto mush, that is puppy food. But that is not coming yet.
No, about week three or four. Oh, not that long. Not that long. About four weeks I think.
For me I just decide myself when I think they are ready and Mum is getting slightly fed
up of feeding them. But I would mix that something called whelp, which is like a powered milk
you would use for a human baby. But I do not think I will bother with this litter that
much. What about Mums nutrition. Obviously the pups are doing very well they are growing
very fast but she is providing all of their nourishment isn't she, does she have a different
diet or extra vitamins or anything to help her along. Yes, she is still being fed on
puppy food. I do this for her, particularly this bitch because she does lose a lot of
weight. She has really maintained this time, so I am not so worried about her. She could
now be on normal food by I am happier being on puppy food just because I know it is so
nutrient dense and has everything she needs. Is it too early to be spotting any characters
or any individuality between them, or is it just too early for that yet. It is just too
early. I would think in another four days their eyes will start to open. So we should
see that in the next video. In the next video you should see it. What I look for now, as
I pick them up, their eyes just very gradually open over two or three days. You just start
to see a little bit of their eyes. And the eyes and ears tend to open at the the same
time. Once that happens, they start developing a personality. Presumably that is when they
become very aware of where they are. That's when they know where they are at. That is
when your fun starts. That is when the whelping box comes out and we put the puppy play pen
up. We might be at the play pen next time you come because now they are in the whelping
box which has the vet bedding on the bottom, but once they start to walk it is important
that they are learning to walk on the hard ground. So they need to get their paws going.
You have got all that to come. So we think in the next week their eyes and ears should
open, that is the thing we will be looking for in the next video. Yes. And then once
that happens it is rapid. We have had about two weeks of easy, nothing, they eat. The
lull before the storm, is that what you call it. Yes. And we are lucky at this point Mum
is still cleaning them up. When Mum stops learning them. then it becomes really fun.
Round the clock. Well she eats their poo. She licks them to stimulate them to poo, the
wee and all that she cleans up. But not quite as bad as it would have been with eight of
them. No. Eight was trouble. Yes. Eight was difficult. Well thank you very much. We look
forward to coming back to film again in a weeks time, that video. And if you want to
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the pups for yourself. For now, for this week, Lisa thank you very much. Thank you.}