Shepherds Rest Farm: April 2017

Moose X Arap puppies 3.5 weeks old

Pictures taken 4-30-17 at 3 weeks and 4 days old. See 3 week old weights in last Moose litter blog post.

Male 1 fawn smooth coat (blue collar)

Male 2 fawn smooth coat (purple collar)

Female 1 fawn smooth coat (red collar)

Female 2 fawn rough coat (orange collar)

This female #2 is staying at Shepherds Rest if she passes the 8 week old evals. Her maternal grandmother is a rough coat brindle (Durkaya's Kara Panter).

Yasmine X Aygir puppies 4 weeks old

Pictures taken 4-30-17 at 4 weeks 2 days old. Weights are at exactly 4 weeks old.

Male 1 brindle (blue collar)

8 lbs 0 oz

Male 2 fawn (black collar)

7 lbs 10 oz

Male 3 brindle (green collar)

7 lbs 12 oz

Male 4 fawn (brown collar)

6 lbs 4 oz

Male 5 brindle (tan collar)

7 lbs 11 oz

Female 1 gray fawn or brindle? (red collar)

8 lbs 2 oz

Female 2 fawn (purple collar)

6 lbs 0 oz

Female 3 brindle (orange collar)

9 lbs 0 oz

Female 4 fawn (white collar)

6 lbs 12 oz

Female 5 fawn (yellow collar)

6 lbs 11 oz

Moose X Arap puppies 2.5 weeks old

Pics taken at 2 weeks plus 4 days old on 4-23-17. Weights are at exactly 3 weeks old.

Male 1 (blue collar)

7 lbs 0 oz

Male 2 (purple collar)

6 lbs 9 oz

Female 1 (red collar)

6 lbs 13 oz

Female 2 (orange collar)

6 lbs 6 oz

Looks like we may have a rough coat here (female 2).

Yasmine X Aygir pups 3 weeks old

Male 1 (blue collar)

4 lbs 15 oz

Male 2 (black collar)

4 lbs 13 oz

Male 3 (green collar)

5 lbs 1 oz

Male 4 (brown collar)

4 lbs 6 oz

Male 5 (tan collar)

5 lbs 3 oz

Female 1 (red collar)

4 lbs 15 oz

Female 2 (purple collar)

4 lbs 7 oz

Female 3 (orange collar)

5 lbs 14 oz

Female 4 (white collar)

4 lbs 8 oz

Female 5 (yellow collar)

4 lbs 4 oz

Pics taken on 4-23-17.

Moose X Arap puppies 11 days old

This litter was born on 4-5-17. There are 2 males and 2 females. See bottom of post for more information. Pics below were taken 4-16-17 (11 days old).

Male 1 (blue collar) both above pics

Birth weight: 19.6 oz

One week old weight: 42.6 oz

Two week old weight: 4 lbs 8 oz

Male 2 (purple collar) both above pics

Birth weight: 21.5 oz

One week old weight: 46.4 oz

Two week old weight: 4 lbs 9 oz

Female 1 (red collar) both above pics

Birth weight: 22.7 oz

One week old weight: 48.0 oz

Two week old weight: 4 lbs 10 oz

Female 2 (orange collar) both above pics

Birth weight: 20.5 oz

One week old weight: 45.2 oz

Two week old weight: 4 lbs 6 oz

The first four puppies (seen above) were born naturally and the chubby-bubs were healthy. Mom seemed finished with whelping and settled in for a nap. We figured she was finished whelping. Over 24 hours later, a pup was born dead. Two more deceased pups were taken by C-section that second day. All were normal development and normal weights comparable to their living siblings. We figure that Moose may just have whelped late and the last 3 puppies detached from the placenta too soon before being born.