Week 2 brings open eyes and ears!

royalgoldens801
Aug 17
2 min read

Cutest little pile of love ever!!! So pleased my little squiggly smoosh balls of fur are flourishing. They are growing crazy fast now that Mom is back in full swing! They are getting so big it is hard for her to fit them all in a line for nursing. We will now start rotating them more so everyone gets equal opportunity. The littles are still little but growing at the same even rate. Now that they have passed the ever so tender and critical first two weeks, I can take a breath of relief! I will no longer weigh them daily but focus more on different sound, smell and obstacle exposure.

Mom is cleaning them before lunch.

We have been doing ENS since day 3 and will now start to change that up a little. They are quite accustomed to being handled, paws touched, ears touched, held on their backs, etc. All this stimulates their hearts and their minds and it is good for my heart!!! From here we start adding obstacles to the whelping pen, many new sounds and stimulation for things they we encounter as life goes on! I started with a lightly clanging a metal bowl, running the vacuum, coming in close to the washing machine, etc......

This week we had baths, nail trims (again) and received a round of dewormer.