You know he has never been real fond of other puppies. I am not sure if he KNOWS these are his babies or if it is just that he has been there from the beginning. Shellie is very tolerant and in fact cannot stand to be seperated from Ritz. The night she had them she was so worried about him that I had to let him in the room and he ended up laying right next to her the whole time. He is with them more than she is. In fact, she is laying here while I type and he is in with the puppies. I tried to keep him out but she had a fit when i did so now I just put them in their room with the kennel door open and lots of blankets ( which they scatter everywhere by morning) and also there is a heated kennel mat in case it gets chilly.
I bought the mat at a local feed store it is an IFA or intermountain farmers. I actually bought the one you see and it was too big for anything I had so I had to buy a larger kennel LOL. I actually bought it for a doghouse that they usually sleep in inside but estimated too big . I also bought a smaller one that fits inside of the smallest size as well. It sure is handy and it is thermostatically controlled so it only turns on when their body temperature does down. I think they can go outside to as it shpws a dog outside on the box./ I havent used the smaller one yet.
It is so cute and he is always like very nurturing
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