The great escape has happened. I came into the living room to find all the pups out of the whelping box and investigating and interacting with each other. They are 17 days old today. Their mother is excited about this new development and thinks it's time for them to start playing, so she was tossing a latex squeeky toy at them, hopeful that one would engage in play. They are starting to play with each other a bit, growling and pushing and slightly biting at each other's necks and heads. Very awkward still.
They get wormed today for the first time. My vet recommends it at two weeks and I hedged a few days because stools are looking good.
I've been doing a lot of the "super puppy" type developmental stimulation to increase brain development. They've had the exercises Dr Carmen Battaglia describes of rotating body direction and stimulation of feet plus putting them on a cold surface, but in addition to this, I do skin/hair stimulation and rocking and rolling on little hills formed by a nice padded quilt so that they roll down the hill and climb up the hill...all before eyes opened.
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