Isaac and Piper's Litter of Golden Retriever Puppies

In the early morning hours of March 30th, Isaac and Piper's litter of Golden Retriever puppies arrived. Two beautiful girls and Two bouncing baby boys. Her first girl arrived at 4:45 am and her last boy was born at 6:25 am so it was a quick easy whelp.

A basket full of Pipers puppies at 3 days old

At this time the puppies cannot regulate their own body temperature nor can they hear or see so are restricted to touch and smell in order to find mom and the milk bar. Although the puppies are sleeping for up to 90% of time their little bodies are still very active with muscle twitches and tremors. This is what's known as "activated sleep" and a joy to see as it is a process that helps build up their muscles and nervous system. All that twitching is a good sign that the pups are doing just fine.

At 11 days old the puppies have doubled their birth weight. They have also now added complaining to their eat, sleep, poop routine. We noticed the puppies are now trying to get up on their back feet and that their eyes had started to crack open.

After filling their bellies, the puppies struggle to get comfortable.

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