I went up to see Thelma and her husband today to bring some things and see the puppies (for anyone not familiar wth the story, we got two ex puppy farm breeding dogs into rescue a few weeks ago; Fred and Ginger, who were fostered to Thelma. Within a week or two we found Ginger was about to have puppies -- she was very thin when she came into rescue so this came as a BIG surprise. She was very kindly looked after by Thelly throught her whelping). They are such fat healthy babies and make all sort of funny sqeaking noises. Eyes are just beginning to open. Ginger is just HUGE with milk and is such a good kind mum, and she is watchful but happy to let people visit her pups. Other dogs, she barks at to let them know they are not welcome! :lol: The puppies are two weeks old and she is clearly getting ready to start weaning them before too long -- she lets them suckle just so long then needs her breaks. You get the sense she is ready for a holiday before too long and I wanted to let her know this is the last batch of kids she will need to rear.
Two are a very pale red and the third is gold; all have some white markings. These are BIG babies though and definitely not pure cavaliers, even to my untrained eye. Jaspar at 3.5 weeks was around the size of the smallest of these three at 2 weeks! I am guessing they are collie or lab crosses. I'd guess they will be smaller than a lab but larger than a typical cavalier when grown. That golden puppy makes me suspect they are likely to be lab/cavalier crosses. We'll get a better idea when they are a bit older as right now puppy faces look pretty similar! Their tiny ears and feet are so darn cute.
I took a lot of pics so am posting plenty for everyone to enjoy. I need to split them between a couple of posts.
Two individual babies:
Various puppy shots:
Two are a very pale red and the third is gold; all have some white markings. These are BIG babies though and definitely not pure cavaliers, even to my untrained eye. Jaspar at 3.5 weeks was around the size of the smallest of these three at 2 weeks! I am guessing they are collie or lab crosses. I'd guess they will be smaller than a lab but larger than a typical cavalier when grown. That golden puppy makes me suspect they are likely to be lab/cavalier crosses. We'll get a better idea when they are a bit older as right now puppy faces look pretty similar! Their tiny ears and feet are so darn cute.
I took a lot of pics so am posting plenty for everyone to enjoy. I need to split them between a couple of posts.
Two individual babies:
Various puppy shots: