Juliette's fourth litter was born May 13, 2013. This is a repeat breeding of ICAN's Musical Litter being Lab-Golden cross pups by ICAN's Jammer. ICAN is planning to take over rearing this litter at around 3 weeks of age with the loving care of the handlers at Indiana Women's prison. These pups should be extra well prepared to become assistance dog trainees in ICAN's prison based training program.
Monday, May 27, 2013
2 weeks old
2 weeks old, and 6 of the 8 pups weighed at least 3 lbs this AM. Pups gained 1 lb to 1 lb 6 oz last week. They are currently gaining an amazing 2-3 oz per day, so that is over 1 lb of net litter weight gain per day that Juliette is supporting - that is a lot of calories! Juliette is chowing down on 8 cups of kibble, plus a hard boiled egg and some chicken scraps, and is always eager for her next meal. Yesterday, I updated the puppy collars to their first set of snap collars. All the pups except for big boy Yellow have their eyes open. Finishing up with BioSensor tomorrow - yeah! I have added the low half gate to the puppy pen, and Juliette is already fine with the other dogs coming and going into the pen. I also added some stuffed animals to the pen, so more environmental enrichment. For lunch, the pups got their first bite of canned food - all except Green boy approved.
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