Phoenix puppies - 3 weeks old

The puppies continue to grow fast! Most of them are now around 1kg - almost 4 times their birth weight - and they all have their eyes open now. Once we can see their eyes it gives them a bit more personality.

Over the next 2 weeks they will transform into real pups! Already they are starting to try to walk upright, getting their little legs under them and lifting themselves off the floor for a second, then flopping back down. But every day their legs grow stronger, and within a few more days they should be starting to really walk.

We are also seeing the first signs of playfulness - batting a paw at a sibling, a tiny squeak in reaction to a sibling's action, chewing on a sibling's paw, ear or tail... With eyes and ears open, once they have their legs, they can start to interact in totally new ways!

Over the first two weeks we did puppy neural stimulation exercises with them, to help their brains develop and learn to react to stress in a positive manner. Now we are starting to leave the radio on, with either music or talk, to help stimulate their hearing - this in addition to all the household noises they hear just from being in the puppy corner right beside our kitchen, where they are exposed to all the activities of daily life in a busy (and often noisy) household with two kids and their friends.

We still have availability for this litter.

We are also in need of several Guardian Homes 

for 2 of these pups and 2 from the next litter.