Weights and Gallery
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 11:10AM Here is a gallery of the trio - individual shots. Boy is last. See more photos in the next blog entry taken this morning.
Won't be putting up weights all the time. I take them twice a day when there are no issues. If I am worried I take weights on that one before eating and after feeding.
Here are the weights at birth and at 730am this morning.
Boy
Birth: 6.40oz 182g
Now: 7.55oz 213g
GAIN: 1.15oz .31g
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Girl More White
Birth: 6.10oz 173g
Now: 7.05oz 200g
GAIN: .95oz .27g
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Girl with Collar
Birth: 6.00oz 170g
Now: 7.10 202g
GAIN: 1.10oz .32g
They are all relatively the same size - gaining approx similar. These are great weight gains. It helps that Jeannie had plenty of milk. They usually lose in the first 24 hours as the milk hasn't fully come in. When it doesn't they lose weight but mom doesn't get too much milk. When it is ahead of time especially days ahead it usually means antibiotics to curb mastitis. None of this is a concern. She is not uncomfie. We stay on top of things BEFORE there is an issue and the antibiotics seems to get rid of any impacted milk bars within a day or two. The pups are also strong enough to drink from a milk source that you touch and the milk squirts out. That also reduces the fullness. So she is in a great spot - great mom - no issues and never got to a point where the pups couldn't use all her milk spots.
She is amazing with them.
I may add that right from birth their bowels were working. Healthy - healthy pups! Hope you enjoy the gallery and look below at more photos taken today.
Reader Comments (2)
I am trying to get the terms correct regarding their markings. Are the boy and mainly black girl "Irish Pied"? Is the mainly white girl a "particoloured"?
Karen:
The three pups are all tris actually. But here is a good link to understand the terms: http://www.havanesefanciers.com/node/670 - Why tris - they have apricot bleeding through but the mostly white one would be a parti with a 3rd coloring bleeding through on her cheeks thus far. Jeannie is a tri though she has many colours. It can be confusing. Their colors can change and often do.