The World of Beatrix Potter

Our Beatrix Potter litter has arrived! We were anticipating a larger litter, but Etta seems perfectly content to only have to wrangle 5 sweet babies! These first few weeks are all about Mom and her babies being together 24 hours a day, except for quick shots outside for a potty break for Etta...then bolting straight back to her little clutch. Puppies this age are blind, deaf and cannot make their own body heat, so momma keeps them tucked in with her and nice and warm. The pup's whole life right now is nursing, sleeping and growing...fast! We are doing Early Neurological Stimulation (ENS) with the litter at this time, we do this until they are 16 days old. Hard to believe that in just two more weeks these pups will have their eyes and ears open, they will be walking and even learning to use the potty!

Wow! These sweet angels are sure growing up fast! They moved out of the whelping pool today and into their half pen with a potty box!! It's amazing to see 3-week-old puppies wobbling over to the potty and using it! By the time they go home, they are pros! We have added overhanging toys and large toys and stuffies to their pen as well, so that they can climb over things, interact with things, both overhead and on the floor. We have also introduced things that make sounds. This is just the beginning of their socialization and stimulation process! They are just the sweetest at this time. They still seek heat, as it is another week before they can maintain their own body heat, so if we sit in the pen with them, they just climb all over us and fall asleep...best therapy on planet earth!!!