The Great Escape!!!

An exciting night!  Around 2 am I kept hearing a puppy making noise.  This happens and usually they will settle right down but it just got louder!  I got up to check on them and found not one, not two, but THREE puppies out of the box!!!  One had made it out of the room squeezing behind the baby gate that is leaning up against the door and all the way down the hall.  Another was standing by Bella, and yet a third had crawled into Bella's crate and was laying there!  All this and Bella never barked!  I guess she figured they were making enough noise!  I retrieved everyone and put the FULL size door in the box.  It is around 20" tall so I think that should contain them awhile, but Bella can still jump in and out as she feels like it.

How much longer do I have to do the work Mom?

 

 

Plotting the Great Escape!!!

 

What a Weekend!

The puppies have had a VERY busy weekend.  On Saturday, they got to try real food for the first time!  They took right to it eating out of pie plates.  I think there was more on them than in them but they had fun.  Next we fed in their puppy feeding pan - more IN them this way!  I decided on Sunday to go ahead and set the puppy pen up - they are not getting out of the whelping box yet but it helps to have a different place to feed them - while they are eating I can clean up their box and put down new bedding and toys.  They did great in the pen while eating but once that distraction was over they figured out they were in a whole new part of the house and oh my gosh look at everything we can see and hear now!  One thing led to another and soon all 8 puppies were barking and playing at the top of their lungs!  Bella could hear them outside!  We are settling into a routine of feeding a few times a day and then Bella nurses them after that and in between feedings.  Soon Bella won't have to spend the  night with the pups and can come back in the bedroom with me and Kolt!

 

Here we are having our second yummy meal!  We look like a pinwheel don't we? 

Then Mom got the bright idea to feed us in the puppy pen which is in the dining area!  Oh boy we had fun there and barked and played a LOT!

 

 

Back to our box and it was fun playing there too!

 

 

Pink Girl finally cuddled up on a toy and fell asleep!

 

 

Here we are all tuckered out in our box this morning after breakfast and play time!

We are 3 weeks old now!

Wow how time flies!  Puppies can see and hear and are walking around.  They bark and they play!  It is just amazing how fast they are growing.  We did toenails for the first time already - that was an experience.  You can hardly see them!  But they sure needed to be done. 

Pups are really getting mobile and enjoy wandering around and playing in their box!

 

 

Pups really enjoy laying on and under all their big stuffed toys.

Fun puppy weekend!

Puppies are growing so fast!  They are really getting mobile and one even got out of the box last night!  I guess it is time to put in the half door to contain the crew awhile longer!  Bella continues to be an excellent mom. She nurses them now either sitting down or standing up!  They will be 3 weeks old tomorrow!

Bella's babies are enjoying the nice new whelping pad.  They look like a big fan around her nursing.

 

Baby peeking out from underneath Mr. Penguin!

See how much room we have!  We can spread out all over.

 

 

Oh my gosh Mom, the Hippo is going to crush me!!!

Pile of Puppies!

Look at this big pile of puppies!  Babies eyes are really starting to open now!  By tomorrow I think all will be open!

Look who's peeking!

Two weeks old today!

Another milestone - the babies are two weeks old today.  Eyes are JUST starting to open (remember the puppies were born a couple of days early) and they are getting really active.  Gaining weight and getting bigger every minute!

Is that a pile of puppies or what?

Mama Bella still taking very good care of her family!

We are one week old!

Bella's babies are one week old today!  Hardly seems possible.  They are getting bigger every day and very mobile.  They like to crawl behind and on the big stuffed toys in the whelping box.  Often if I am missing a puppy when I go in and count I can find them under the toys! 

Here we are this morning hanging out with mom and the toys!

Babies almost a week old!

Bella's puppies had tails and dew claws done on Friday.  Since then they have been sleeping and eating and growing!  All are up to over one pound now.  They are such good babies and Bella is a fantastic mom!

Here is Bella and her family on Sunday morning - no more tails!!!

Bella and Green Girl lounging on the Penguin Pillow!

 

White Boy and his buddy Miss Piggy

Bella's Babies have arrived!

Born January 2nd, 5 boys and 3 girls! All doing great!

 

 

 

Here we are at the vet's office!

 

 

And here we are safe and sound at home in our new big box!