Feb 15, 2013 | Hope's Journey
I have mentioned how Hope greets me with a bark but now she greets me as the edge of the whelping box with a bark and beg. Between her kibble/mush meals, I am still doing formula feedings. Hope walks to the edge and crawls up to the syringe tip and sucks away! She...
Feb 15, 2013 | Dog Shows, Eddie, Huggie
Today is the first of four shows being held out in Lakeland and the boys were geared up and ready to take off this morning after their bathes and blow dries. You know you have made an impact when your dogs get so excited to pack up and go to a show. It’s very...
Feb 12, 2013 | Hope's Journey
Today, Hope got her first taste of kibble. I took some Bil-Jac Select kibble (my all time favorite puppy food) and soaked it in the homemade puppy formula. The Bill-Jac easy crumbles and soaks up liquids superbly. She gummed a kibble piece until it finally mushed up...
Feb 11, 2013 | Hope's Journey
Our little escape artist has become rather comfortable crawling out of the whelping box and roaming my bedroom. With that much square footage to explore, I thought it best to start giving her a smaller and more secure area to play – but with her half sisters,...
Feb 10, 2013 | Hope's Journey
When we get home that is. Suri and Hope slept in the kennel that I setup right beside the head of my bed this weekend, giving me a perfect vantage point to peek in on our now, very active little puppy. She wants to be out and play more than ever now and this morning I...
Feb 9, 2013 | Hope's Journey
I brought Hope out to the picnic table for her dinner to celebrate her 4th week. I rotate one syringe of formula then one syringe of baby food and we are up to 20 CCs total every 4 hours! Weight-wise, she is up to 10 1/2 ounces and with the amount of walking that she...
Feb 9, 2013 | New Puppies
We are still tracking her amazing progress and she turned 4 weeks old today! We are all getting more sleep and by this time next week, I should be able to sleep through the night – YAHOOOO!!!!
Feb 7, 2013 | Hope's Journey
We took off for our first family camping trip of the year this afternoon, so we packed up Hope and Suri for the adventure. I set up their weekend home in a medium sized Vari Kennel – Giving them both enough room yet still keeping our little waddler contained. IT...
Feb 7, 2013 | Hope's Journey
Hope is up and walking and playing and barking and walking and growling and walking – well – you get the picture. She is one happy and active puppy! I sat and watched her gum at her mommy Suri to get her to play and it was the sweetest thing I have ever...
Feb 6, 2013 | Hope's Journey
I gave Hope her first taste of food today – We use Gerber Chicken and Gravy baby food and I fed her using a syringe. She doesn’t have the tongue action yet to be able to lap so placing it directly onto her tongue was the next best thing. The look on her...
