Getting so big!

Seven weeks old now!

They have the most luxurious coats--absolutely stunning!

Loving our crate!

Bella's puppies are six weeks old!

These are the sweetest bundles of fur. Their interesting coat colors continue to develop--Pink, Red and Yellow are chocolate sables, Purple is a black sable. Green and White look like they are staying dark black, and Blue is still dark chocolate. All the puppies have the most luscious, fleecy coats--just gorgeous.

Bella's puppies have such unique coloring!

Every day their distinctive colors develop more fully. Blue boy is dark chocolate, Pink girl, Red boy and Yellow boy are chocolate sable, Purple girl is black sable and White girl and Green boy are black.
The chocolate sables will lighten over time to cafe cream with possible chocolate tips. The black sable will lighten to silver gray with possible black tips. Right now the sable coats have a marbled appearance. Several puppies have lovely white accent patches. I'm excited to see how they continue to change.

The way Yellow boy's color around his eyes is changing, it looks like he is wearing a mask--should we call him Bandit, or Zoro, or Mister Incredible or Rocky Racoon or ?

We already have been calling little white girl "Little Sox" for her four white feet. She was the first to walk and the first to get teeth. She has almost reached two pounds and is slowly catching up to the rest of the litter--pretty good progress for a puppy that only weighed 4.1 ounces five weeks ago!

Interesting puppy colors!

A few of the puppies in Bella's litter have very interesting colors developing. We're watching them progress--at this point, though, I think we have four that will be sable--three chocolate and one black (purple girl). A couple of the chocolate puppies even look like they have some phantom markings appearing, so we may have some chocolate sable phantom puppies--how exciting!

And they just keep growing!

It's unbelievable that another week has flown by!

Halia's Puppies

White Boy, Lime Green Boy, Purple Girl, Blue Boy, Yellow Boy, Aqua Boy

Red Boy, Dark Green Girl, Tan Boy, Orange Boy, Pink Girl 

Bella's Puppies

REAL FOOD!

Bella's litter started on solid food today....
the first meal is always such an adventure!

The puppies wear as much as they eat.

Not only does the dish hold yummy food--
it's so fun to play in when it's empty!

So proud of our Little Sox--

she stopped eating, ran over to the litter box,

put one toe in and went potty.

Does that count as hitting the mark?

In my book, at this age, one toe in is a grand success!

Serendipity wants to play with the puppies so badly--

she and Red boy greeted each other through the fence.

Mama Bella kept a close watch on the meal.

I let Bella in at the end to clean everything up.

She polished the bowl, then let
everyone have a drink before bedtime.

She climbed onto the top "bunk" of the Kuranda bed,

the puppies crawled into their "fort" under her,

and everyone slept for several hours.

Amazing how fast time flies!

Bella's litter is three weeks old already! and Halia's litter is four weeks old!

Snacks and Naps

EAT, SLEEP, GROW!

Puppies got new collars today, so now we can tell who's who much easier!

I love how Purple Girl is sprawled across Bella's neck.

Bella held perfectly still until the puppy moved. What a good mama!

Mama Bella with her babies

Bella's puppies are two weeks old!

A Celebration!

Hooray! Our tiny little four ounce puppy has doubled her weight! Today "Little Sox" (named after her four white toes) weighed 8.3 ounces! At 10 days old, she has reached the birth weight of her bigger brother--he has doubled his weight, too, so he is still twice her size :) This is a determined little girl--she's getting bigger, but just following her own growth curve.

Bella's litter is one week old!

Our little bitty girl that weighed just four ounces at birth, weighed in at 7.8 ounces tonight! She gained .8 ounces today, and didn't need to be tube fed! She gets stronger everyday--I think she is finally out of the woods!

Mixing it up.....

Sometimes I sits and thinks...and sometimes I just sits.

What good mama dogs!

Halia and Bella are taking such good care of their babies! Both mama dogs are at maximum capacity, and yet their babies are still well-cared for and gaining weight. Bella has a tiny baby that is gaining very slowly, even with tube feeding. The little girl finally was able to latch on today--Bella carefully lay on her back while the puppy drank its fill. So proud of our girls and their beautiful babies!

Bella

Halia

Bella Mia's puppies are here!

Way to go, Bella! Seven puppies in two hours--four boys and three girls! Bella is a natural mama.

It's a walking watermelon!

Bella is so ready!--Hard to believe our petite mini girl has SEVEN puppies in there!