In what has felt just as one blink of the eyes our little ones became one week older. They are giving us all so much love and to me who is sleeping just outside their whelping box they are also giving at least a couple of sleepless hours each night. But just one look from their puppy eyes makes me forget that it is in the middle of the night and each time they wake me up I need to force myself to stop playing with them and to try to get some sleep again. There really is no better…

Well, this was not really their first time outside the whelping box. They all have been carried out from there and cuddled with in our sofa. But this for sure was first time for them to get outside of the whelping box on their own. First to dare to walk outside of it was No.2. No hesitation at all. Second to come out was No.5. And after them all just followed. No.5 was the first one who tried to come up into the bed. But it was No.3 who managed to get into the bed first. Also No.8 tried to…

Today I decided that it was time to cut puppies’ claws. They were so long that some of them started to break and I couldn’t allow that to happen. As their claws are so small, just 1 mm or so to cut, some real precision work needed to be done. On top of that, little ones don’t stand still for a second while awake, so cuting claws was not something I looked forward to do. However, with a little help from my husband it all went well. After cutting all 180 puppy claws I proceeded with the adult ones. So…

Little ones are getting bigger very fast. All of them have doubled their birth weight a day ago. In 2 days they will be 2 weeks old and their eyes will start to open around that time. Already now they are standing on their legs and taking a couple of wobbly steps before they stumble and fall. I spend a lot of my time in their whelping box just watching them sleep or eat. Soon I will order their first collars and leashes. It will be from this site.

Today, 28th May, our small family has increased with 10 beautiful little stars. ❤️✨? We welcome 4 males and 6 females to kennel Sommarvinden’s family. Oonah ❤️ did a great job during these past two days and managed to deliver all 10 puppies by herself. She was brave during the labour and is taking perfect care of all ten babies. ❤️? We have two golden girls, 4 creme girls, 1 dark boy (probably grizzle) and 3 creme boys. All are fringed.