MOLLY X NICK LITTER

Molly X Nick Litter

Intl CH Aldebarans Feeling Groovy x Intl CH Nicholas of Aldebaran RN CA

Puppies were born on 3/24/2021

3 yellow females and 4 yellow males !
Unfortunately one of the males had his umbilical wrapped around his leg which caused his death during delivery. These types of occurences happen and it is always heartbreaking to go through, so if you are planning on breeding, this is the reality of it. Breeding is not for everyone. I just want to make sure folks understand this and don't just jump into it thinking it always is sunshine and lollipops in the whelping room. Now for the good part!

Molly is doing great after her 7 hours of pre-labor and whelping!

The puppies are all darker than Molly and resemble their sire's deep coat color!

The six healthy happy puppies were primarily 1 pounders except one male which was 13 ounces at birth.

Molly getting ready to whelp!
We gave her a cave in the house so we could keep an eye on her progression towards whelping.

Birthday for puppies!

I'm continuing sleeping in the kennel building with the pups. I will do this for at least the first 10 days. We will begin the biosensor program on day 4 and continue it through day 16. I will leave it to you to research what that program is and what the benefits are to the puppies! Bedding is washed twice a day as well. Busy, busy, busy! Notice in the following photos how the pups are born with a little pigment and as they mature the pigment gets darker. Enjoy!

My happy place!

I think Ron enjoys this just a little as well!

Good Momma!

Dinner time!

Girls: Red, Orange, Green Boys: Yellow, Blue, Purple

All done now! Time for a nap!

Red, female

Orange: female

Yellow: female

Green: female, pigment already coming in on her nose!

Blue: male

Purple: male

To give you some idea of scale, here are a couple of pups next to Molly's leg.
Purple's umbilical is already drying up!

I spend a lot of time in the whelping box! I LOVE it!!!!

Molly's whelping box is nice a soft now!

I know I take a lot of photos but they are so freaking cute!!!

Ahhhhhhh.....

This has been my view every night for the first 9 days of their lives!
I really don't mind sleeping on my blow up bed in the kennel building. Better safe than sorry!
All the puppy noises!
Some nights I get up a lot to check on the pups and then as they get older, I only have to get up a time or two.

So cute!

LOL, Molly brought her toy for the puppies! They are growing so fast!

Another photo to show you how big they have grown!

They are sleeping a lot as they grow! Eyes are still closed, as are their ears!

Nice dark pigment is coming in now!

One week old!

Eyes and ears are still closed. They have doubled their weight since birth! Great job Molly! We are still doing the biosensor program for early neurological stimulation as well.

Got milk?

Growing like weeds!

Week old head shots!

Red: female

Ron snuggling red.

Red: female

Orange: female

Orange snuggles

Yellow: male

Yellow snuggles

Green: female

Green snuggles

Blue: male

Blue snuggles. Lol, milk is still on his face!

Purple: male

Purple snuggles

Lol, I just love it when they sleep on their backs! Blue is taking a snooze!

2 Weeks old!

Eyes are opening as well as their ears now! We are wobble walking too! We had our first worming today!

Molly is such a good Momma!

We have outgrown our bed!

My morning ritual! Love this!

Lots of sleeping!

2 week old head shots!

Red: female

Orange: female

Yellow: male. Lol big yawn!

Green: female. Don't you just want to snuggle this one? I do!

Blue: male. So cute!!!

Purple: male. Ahhhh, just had to snuggle a bit!

3 weeks old!

Puppies have teeth now! They have also been wormed a second time! They are walking better now so we added a litter box for them. We used a rabbit hutch tray and pine pellets to begin with and then we switched to alfalfa pellets which you will see in later photos. They have interactive toys with flashing lights and voices added now, and yes they have started to eat dog food at 3 1/2 weeks!

Molly is now standing up to nurse her pups! Tiny little nails are sharp even when trimmed!

They have to have puppies in heaven! They give us such joy!

Time to add more interactive toys!

Yep, also figuring out how to get out of the whelping box! Time for a new board to raise the wall height!

Time to start supplementing the pups! Evaporated milk, cheese, yogurt, just to make it yummy! Started this at 3 1/2 weeks of age. Molly appreciates it! Whatever the pups don't eat, she gets!!! Right now they are realistically just slurping up the milk and nibbling on the cheese.

Where is the food at? They are trying to figure that out!

They have it all figured out now!

We still need desert!

So sweet....

3 Weeks old head shots!

Red: female

Orange: female. Ahhh, puppy wrinkles!

Yellow: male. What a chunky monkey!

Green: female. Notice the puppy picture on the wall? That is Bee, the grandma to these puppies and Molly is the lightest puppy in the photo, fourth puppy from the left!