The seventh week finds KB's puppies growing, becoming weaned from their mother, doing some running, and developing those personalities more and more. Here is part 7 of the Burdette's story about them
Week 7 saw the puppies get their second worming, get their second parvo shot (third vaccination shot), almost be completely weaned, start running up and down the shortrun, and grow even more. KB enters the puppy stall and shortrun about twice each day. She is drying up, but she will stand and let the pups nurse for a very short period. She then walks away with pups falling every which way.
The pups got their second worming this past week. They had no visible worms. They also got their second parvo shot. Wife picks up a pup and carries it to the mixing room. Meantime husband draws the shot. Wife holds pup with head on her right arm. Right-handed husband lifts skin on pups neck and gives shot. Wife baby-talks to pup and husband rubs neck. Wife carries pup back to separate stall. All eight puppies were very quiet and peaceful during the shots, not one squeak. After this parvo shot, they will be given a 7 in 1 shot every other week until 3 such shots have been administered. One should understand that puppies have little immunity until the shots are complete.
This past week we noticed they are starting to sprint up and down the shortrun. They run, they bounce, they fall, and they run into other pups. But they definitely are starting to develop more and more. They are now getting in and out of the swimming pool on a regular basis. All of them also go to the far end of the shortrun to poop. Wife cleans and scoops the poop in the shortruns at least twice each day. It is important to scoop all the poop in the puppy run in order to help prevent any sickness. Sometimes the pieces are so small that wife has to take a paper towel and pick the small pieces up with her fingers. Wife also changes their water bucket four or five times each day- the water gets dirty from the puppies putting their feet inside the water bucket.
The pups are growing. We cannot tell how big they will be at full growth. But if puppy size means anything, these may be some big dogs. Wife is feeding them a total of 5 pounds each day (2.5 pounds each in the morning and evening). They also have a bowl of dry dog food sitting in their stall. When
