{"id":10588,"date":"2015-10-02T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=10588"},"modified":"2015-10-02T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T08:00:15","slug":"friday-2nd-october-2015-day-7-in-the-little-puppy-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2015\/10\/02\/friday-2nd-october-2015-day-7-in-the-little-puppy-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday 2nd October 2015 – Day 7 in the little puppy house"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sleeping D’Artagnan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well it is now a week since Shadow showed the first signs of labour and we all went into alert mode. Now here she is with four beautiful puppies all of whom are doing well and she is looking very fit and well for a dog who has been through a traumatic birth and a caesarean section. She says she\u2019s really looking forward to going for a little walk later just to have a look round at the world and check it\u2019s still there. Our Mistress is always a little reluctant to take her to places where other dogs go at this stage as she doesn\u2019t want to risk bringing any infection back to the puppies. At this stage the little ones have very little immunity so it\u2019s important to try to shield them as much as possible. Shadow will be washed down on her return too, which Shadow appreciates as she hates getting grit up between her teats as she walks.<\/p>\n

It won\u2019t be very long until the roll bars come out of the whelping box too. Our Mistress usually reckons by the time the pups weigh a kilo there is more risk of them getting stuck under them that being injured because they aren\u2019t there. The helping hand for Dixie and Della yesterday paid off and they both did a little catching up on weight. Duchess is now 840g \u2013 up 60 on the day before. D\u2019Artagnan had a very long feed at one point in the night and is up to 810g having added 80g. Dixie added 60 to get to 780g and little Della isn\u2019t so little anymore. She added 90g to bring her up to 755g \u2013 so they\u2019ve all passed the three-quarters of a kilo stage.<\/p>\n

Just vaguely, with a good imagination, they are moving from looking like guinea pigs to little puppies. It\u2019s amazing how they change so much so quickly.<\/p>\n

The winner of a pair of Tickets in our Discover Dogs Ticket competition is Jo Lomax. Well done, Jo. We\u2019ll arrange to have your tickets sent out to you.<\/p>\n

You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book as well as our other books are available HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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