We made big strides this week.  All the pups are thriving and gaining weight.  No eyes open as yet but this coming week that will happen.  The biggest advance was mom becoming more maternal and started licking and cleaning her pups.  They have become real to her finally.  You can see they are also becoming more sable looking with the merling becoming less obvious.  They are really pretty pups looking at them from the show/standard world.  There are two boys who have not needed any help what so ever they help themselves to mom anytime she is available.  The little girl is now gaining wt quickly to catch up.

I wanted to mention to those getting one of these pups that their 8 wks vet checks and 1st vaccines are scheduled for Nov. 22 a Friday, so they can go to their new homes after that but that is Thanksgiving Week so if you have big plans then they can wait until the next week to leave so they do not have a lot of exposure to outside dogs or people that first week.