Helping Lexi feed
 

If you have followed my thread for Lexi's previous litters that were also large ( 6,6,7 and now 8) I do not suppliment unless I see no weight gain or if Lexi just looks like she is too tired to feed. Well this litter I am helping the little ones get more, as I see them being push away from Lexi by the bigger puppies. (how do I call 6.0 oz big???) Well I first do "shift" feeding. All the little ones, Orange, Pink, Red, and Yellow, get to nurse first and when they are done I lit the remainder of the litter nurse. I take the first group one at a time and bottle feed them. It is too cute!!

Opps...
 

.....I forgot the pictures!!!

Great job Charlene :thumbup:; you obviously know what you are doing & have things under control. I'm glad to see the tiny ones are steadily gaining, thanks to your wonderful care I'm sure. Keep those pictures coming! :D

Concern is setting in...
 

I am starting to worry about the female pink puppy. She is so much smaller than the rest and is not gaining as fast as the others. I went and got more stuff for the whelping pudding, but is there anything else I should be feeding her? HELP!!!

Oh My Gosh- those pictures are too adorable. I am sorry one is not gaining well. There is a post on the Cinnamon thread with different whelping pudding recipes- I don't know if you could use that to supplement with or not.

Pink and Yellow see the vet
 

Well I was so worried that I took my two little girls, Pink who weighed 2.8 at birth and is only 4.1 a week later, and Yellow who weighed 3.0 at birth and weighs only 3.5 a week later, to the vet. Well, they are just fine..they are just going to be little and will take some extra care the next few weeks since they are so much smaller than their siblings. They get suppliment whenever they wake up and then at least once at night I feed them also. I weigh all of them and just marval at how the others are growing. The first picture is of blue, the biggest with his two small sisters. The second picture is me holding the pink puppy.

I am so glad they are ok- I bet those girls will catch up in no time with all your care and supplementing. Thanks for the pictures so we can compare- all three are gorgeous as I am sure all of them are.

Thanks Charlene for letting us know how those little ones are doing. I am so glad that they got a clean bill of health from your vet & will pray that they continue to thrive under your loving care. They are so adorable!:p
Hmmmm, I don't think I ever asked if you have the stud to Lexie's litters. :confused: With the mention of the girls probably staying small, I was just curious about the sire and his size. Did you use the same stud as with Lexie's previous litters?

Lexie's stud
 

I use a yorkie that lives in the next town. He is a little over 3 pounds and has the most gorgeous fur. Lexie is about 7 maybe 7.5, so Petie is much smaller that she is.

Ah ha, the name Petie rings a bell; so now we know where the tiny girls may be getting thier size from. Thanks:)
Did you try to post a pic of him, darn it didn't come through.

Opps the picture again!
 

Here are the pictures of my little ones!!

Wow! A litter of love!
Can't wait to see pics and I hope Lexi is doing well

Stud- Petie and Lexie
 

This is a picture of the father of the eight puppies and Lexie and her 8!!

farher
 

let's try this again!!

Lexi's Eight at 3 weeks!
 

WOW...I can't hardly believe that it has been 3 weeks already. All of the puppies are doing great. The biggest boys at right around 15 oz. and the two little girls are 6 and 7 oz. They are all beginning to walk and I have put them into the "gated community"(see picture) already because they were starting to climb the side of the baby pool whelping pen that I use. We are really starting to see some personalities in the puppies: the little girls get up early and like to wake everyone by nibbling on their ears. They both are very spoiled because they have been bottle fed 3 or 4 times a day and as soon as they see me, they whine. The orange is the quiet one that just loves to be held and cuddled, and the red girl sleeps alone a lot..is very independent. The big boys still sleep and blue sleeps on his back legs straight up. Lexi is so full of milk because of feeding eight, that running with the rest of the adults when outside is still difficult. She is a good Mommy, but I am starting to see she wants away from her brood more and more each day. We also have another litter of 2 at the house that are 9 days younger, you can catch up on them through their thread, Davies Puppies.:animal-pa:animal-pa:animal-pa:animal-pa:animal-pa:animal-pa:animal-pa:animal-pa