| Time Line |
October 2nd through 4th, 2005 - Mated Keeta with Ringo, 3 times over 3 days. December 3rd - (day 0) Litter is whelped, 8 weeks 6 days of gestation. December 5th - (day 2) Litter taken to vet for checkup, dew claws removed. December 6th - (day 3) Begin supplemental feeding with bottle. December 7th - (day 4) Puppies assigned numbers with cloth collars, weight tracking begins. December 10th - 1 Week Old December 12th - (day 9) First attempts at walking. December 16th - (day 13) Eyes beginning to open. December 17th - 2 Weeks Old December 18th - (day 15) First trip overnight, begin use of pool for pen. December 22nd - (day 19) First bath, new collars. December 23rd - (day 20) Puppies begin to play with each other. December 24th - (day 21) Begin feeding from a dish. December 24th - 3 Weeks Old December 25th - (day 22) Pups begin to run/bounce around. December 27th - (day 24) Replace pool with fencing. December 30th - (day 27) Puppies push gate to pen open, jail-break, run around house. December 31st - 4 Weeks Old January 3rd, 2006 - (day 31) First time outside, instinctively deficate and urinate outside. January 4th - (day 32) gate no longer effective, replaced with section of fencing. January 6th - (day 34) Keeta starts to refuse suckling, plays with her pups. January 7th - 5 Weeks Old January 8th - (day 36) Pup's first experience with snow. January 10th - (day 38) Pups seem poopie trained, 1 week with just 1 mess. Note This time line in no way advocates the correct age for development stages, this is simply a chronicle of our experiences. |
