On Wednesday, December 13, my pure-bred Border Collie's puppies (sired by a Golden Aussie-Doodle) were two weeks old. This is the constellations litter.
The puppies are growing well. They have at least doubled in size in the last week. The milk bar is getting crowded!
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1 - male - light blue collar - Capricorn
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2 - male - dark green collar - Orion
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3 - male - yellow collar - Polaris
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4 - male - dark blue - Leo
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5 - female - orange collar - Cassiopia
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6 - male - black collar - Sagitarius
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7 - male - grey collar - Dallas ***claimed**
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8 - female - light green collar - Lyra
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9 - female - purple collar - Carina
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10 - male - red collar - Lupus
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Two weeks
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Sister Maria Philomena
Timothy Norton
Steward of piddlers
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Location: Upstate New York, Zone 5b, 43 inch Avg. Rainfall
I’m trying to capture a bit of their personalities in these pictures. If you want more of any particular puppy, let me know.
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The puppies are doing well. Last week, on December 16, they started getting supplemental food. It’s a messy business!
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But, two days later, they are getting the hang of it.
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Full tummies make for happy, playful puppies!
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Today, I rearranged their area to start the official potty training. As long as there was food, everything was fine. Otherwise, you would have thought I was torturing them. Too traumatic!
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I had to bring the pool back in before Caia would even go in or the puppies stop wailing. But, everything is good now!
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1 - male - light blue collar - Capricorn
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Capricorn
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2 - male - dark green - Orion (“I’ll only hold still if I can lick your hand.”)
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3 - male - yellow - Polaris (He posed like a champ, but he really hates being picked up.)
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4 - male - dark blue - Leo (Very vocal, this fellow, but he’s getting sleepy here.)
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5 - female - orange - Cassiopia (Always the queen!)
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6 - male - black - Sagitarius (He’s a big boy!)
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7 - male - grey - Dallas ***claimed** (He’s still blue — the flash made the brown come out in the second image.)
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Dallas
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8 - female - light green - Lyra (What a sweet little girl!
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I think she may end up with a rougher coat than her mama.)
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9 - female - purple - Carina (She loves her food — her fur is always a little wet)
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Carina
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10 - male - red - Lupus (I think he’ll look more like a fox than a wolf — but he’s a sweet boy.)
Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year! The puppies are doing well. I’m sorry I didn’t send out the four-week-old pictures. Christmas week was very full! So, here are pictures from the last week. They keep getting cuter and cuter!
One more week until we can have visitors!
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Puppy pile: December 21
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December 23 — Caia has figured out that she can nurse the puppies standing up. This has made a huge difference in her willingness to continue!
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Christmas Day
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December 27 — getting too big for one bowl
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December 31 — Even Caia likes the puppy’s food! She has started playing with them, too . . .
How beautiful are they. Glad to see that they are doing so well.
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They kept fire breathing monkeys as pets! This tiny ad told me so!
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