Breeding Plans

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  • The puppies get cuter and cuter!! I would love to hold and snuggle one.

    Re foods: We have always used Nutro Lamb and Rice - with our last 2 dogs and our current 2. While not the best dog food in the world, it is reasonably priced and of reasonable quality. And for some reason every dog we've had has tolerated it better than other brands. I once tried to switch our Lab to a different brand and she developed massive diarrhea. It was the one and only time she ever had an accident in all the years we owned her. She was mortified. We tried switching Cory and Jayden to Wellness Super 5 and Jayden especially couldn't tolerate it. We couldn't move past the 50 - 50 mix of Wellness and Nutro without Jayden getting severe diarrhe. So, We've stuck with Nutro and add some yogurt and Missing Link to it. We used to add canned pumpkin to it to see if we could cure Cory's chronic "stinky butt" but found that it didn't stop it. I LOVE to find a cure for the stinky stamper problem.

    Pat


  • The "stinky butt" is anal glands. Usually the anal glands become full and the dogs will have that smell if their bowel movements are not firm enough to express them. They can be expressed manually, you can have your vet show you how.


  • I did Riley's glands the other day. The two times I've done Zippy's I conveniently had a stuffy nose. Not so this time.

    :eek:


  • @lvoss:

    The "stinky butt" is anal glands. Usually the anal glands become full and the dogs will have that smell if their bowel movements are not firm enough to express them. They can be expressed manually, you can have your vet show you how.

    Oh I forgot to mention this was the other added benefit of switching Booger to Blue Buffalo! He used to have what I called "butt pee." Anytime we went to the park or hiking, he would have a solid normal poop & then run around & poop several times afterwards. All except the first poo would just be liquidy & not much to them. After we switched foods, we noticed his stools are a lot firmer, and every few days they're followed with a little burst of liquid (this is turning into the worst thread ever), which Andrew says is his anal glands expressing. We've, thank God, never had to express them & I attribute a lot of that to the food!
    I never want to go down that road…..:D


  • 14 day pics




  • 17 day pics


  • They are sooooo cute!!!! I can't believe how slender and active they are compared to Ayla. All she does is lay there lol.


  • Slender? The big boy beside the tri girl is about 30.5 oz now! Bubba himself! 1st to the milkbar everytime.


  • Very, very cute.
    Thanks for sharing.


  • They are so beautiful and snuggly looking. I just don't know if I'd be able to keep my hands off them!

    Pat


  • Oh, no, I'm in love with the tri girl!! What a cutie!

    Terry


  • The tri girl is very cute. She was the first one to start biting the others, now it's the big boy-Zorro (or Bubba as I like to call him)


  • 3 weeks old Sorry, they're a bit blurry.

    Tink, Zorro (Bubba) and Indi

    Talker

    Talker, Zorro (Bubba) and Tink

    Indi


  • Cute, cute, cute…big yawn for a little b in that first pic! :D


  • ahh look at the widdle eaaaaaaaarssss

    only a baby voice could portray the cuteness lol


  • @hdolbow:

    ahh look at the widdle eaaaaaaaarssss

    only a baby voice could portray the cuteness lol

    I know….I was thinking the same thing. And that little puppy yawn!

    So cute..

    Pat


  • That puppy yawn is priceless. That would be perfect for one of those cute puppy calendars.


  • here are some updates as of Sat. 3 1/2 weeks




  • My, my they are looking even more adorable… they're sooooo pretty!:D


  • Here they are, sort of stacked at 4 weeks.

    Tink

    Indi

    Bubba

    Talker

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