Shepherds Rest Farm: September 2013

Biskit X Gunner Puppies 3 Weeks Old!

Male 1
4 lbs 13 oz
(gained 1 lb 12 oz in last week)

Male 2
5 lbs 1 oz
(gained 1 lb 11 oz in last week)

Female 1
4 lbs 13 oz
(gained 1 lb 10 oz in last week)

Female 2
4 lbs 6 oz
(gained 1 lb 6 oz in last week)

Female 3
4 lbs 7 oz
(gained 1 lb 4 oz in last week)

Female 4
5 lbs 6 oz
(gained exactly 2 lbs in last week)

Biskit X Gunner Puppies 2 Weeks Old!

EYES BEGINNING TO OPEN!
All puppies are healthy, chubby, milking machines!
Squirrel chirp sounds are changing to tentative experimental barks.

Male 1
3 lbs, 1 oz

Male 2
3 lbs 6 oz

Female 1
3 lbs 3 oz

Female 2
3 lbs 0 oz

Female 3
3 lbs 3 oz

Female 4
3 lbs 6 oz

One Week Old Anatolian Shepherd Puppies

This Biskit X Gunner litter of 6 (2 males and 4 females) was originally 9 puppies. Unfortunately, the three smallest females did not make it this first week. The current 6 pups are healthy, active, noisy when hungry, and about to open their eyes and ears any day now. They are a squirmy bunch of pups, impossible to arrange for photos, as they just slither quickly into whatever position suits them before your hand is lifted off them! In one more week they will be able to regulate their body temperature, see, hear, and be more mobile. See below for individual close-up pics of each pup.

Biskit X Gunner Puppies 1 Week Old

Male 1
At birth: 10.9 oz.
At 1 week old: 29.8 oz.
This guy about tripled in size in 7 days!

Male 2
At birth: 14.2 oz.
At 1 week old: 31.0 oz.
This guy more than doubled in size in 7 days.

Female 1
(Was Female 3 in birth photo.)At birth: 13.4 oz.
At 1 week old: 29.9 oz.
She more than doubled in size in 7 days.

Female 2
(Was Female 4 in birth photo.)At birth: 13.7 oz.
At 1 week old: 28.7 oz.
She more than doubled in size in 7 days.

Female 3
(Was Female 6 in birth photo.)At birth: 14.2 oz.
At 1 week old: 31.3 oz.
This first-born girl more than doubled in size in 7 days.

Female 4
(Was Female 7 in birth photo.)At birth: 12.3 oz.
At 1 week old: 30.1 oz.
This last-born girl is double & a half her birth weight at 7 days old.

The Females - One Day Old

Above and below is Female 7 with a double U of white on her chest. She weighed 12.3 oz at birth and 13.4 oz at one day old.

The Females - One Day Old (continued)

Above and below is Female 4 with a large fallen P-shaped white spot on her chest. She weighed 13.7 oz at birth and 13.7 oz again at one day old.
Note: Staying at or near birth weight, or even dropping a bit of weight the first day or two after birth is not unusual.

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Above and below is Female 5. She is small but very strong and has no problem holding her own at the nipples with her bigger sisters. She has a large W shape of white on her chest. She weighed 7.4 oz at birth and 8.1 at one day old.
Note: Size at birth does not predict size as an adult. Size at birth is related to position in the uterine horn and likely this girl was squished between larger siblings so had less growing room. Sometimes the smallest pup can end up being the largest in the litter as a full-grown adult.

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Above and below is Female 6 (in order on my weight list), but she was the first born. She sneaked into the world without a peep. (The barn monitor was on and Biskit was being closely watched, knowing she was in labor.) When pup 2 was born and squealed, this pup was discovered already dry and happily nursing! She has larger and smaller adjacent V shapes of white on her chest. She weighed 14.2 oz at birth (minus however much she stole in weight from the milk truck!). She weighed 15.5 oz at one day old.

The Females - One Day Old (continued again)

Above and below is Female 1 with a completely white chest. She weighed 10.2 oz at birth and 10.5 oz at one day old.

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Above and below is Female 2 with a black circle inside a white chest and a black freckle on top of her right foot. She weighed 11.9 oz at birth and 12.8 oz at one day old.