3 Weeks Old — Romance Litter
The Buttercup x Lily Romance litter is now three weeks old. Here are the girls. Here are the boys. Some more photos and close ups.
8 Days Old — Romance Litter
8 Month Old Aster Watches Over Siblings The Buttercup x Lily Romance Litter has reached the milestone of 8 days old. Five of the seven puppies have doubled their weight (the doubling of weight is an important day 10 milestone). The litter is healthy and developing well. Here are the puppies’ day 8 weights. Here…
Day 4 — Lily Belle’s Romance Litter
We would like to introduce Lily Belle x Buttercup’s Romance Litter. The seven puppies were whelped on January 29, 2023. The past few days have been very, very busy at Three-Doves with the puppies. The three girls did not cooperate for the photo. In order of the photo: 1) Yellow Collar — Mary “Shelly”; 2)…
Three Week Update
Raven’s puppies from the Nightmare Before Christmas Litter are three weeks old today! They were whelped on October 7, 2022. They are gaining weight nicely. Nine puppies total — three males and six females. The puppies have their eyes open and are beginning to walk around. The puppies love to give kisses. Each day…
Raven’s Pregnancy X-Ray
On Tuesday, Raven went to the vet for a pregnancy X-Ray. It seems that Raven will be whelping ten puppies. Raven is ready to deliver any day now — likely this weekend. If you are interested in a well-bred, health tested lab, please contact us. Raven’s OFA results can be found here.
Micah x Raven Litter Due 2022 October 8
On September 9, 2022, Raven had an ultrasound confirming that she is pregnant with puppies. Although ultrasounds on dogs do not precisely detail the number of puppies, the veterinarian believes he counted around 8 puppies. Since ultrasounds usually lead to undercounting, we are expecting perhaps 10 puppies. Some of the puppies will be tri-factored. This…
The Historic St. Louis Rain & Flood
We’ve been a little behind providing updates on the Three-Doves website. The Seedling Litter puppies have gone home. We kept one puppy, Aster, featured in the video. More on that later. Recently, you may have heard of the historic rain showers Saint Louis, MO, has experienced and the flooding. We escaped damage to our property,…
5 Weeks Old!
Today the Seedling litter is 5 weeks old! We have seen huge changes over the past week. Puppies have gained quite a bit this week, and they are walking, running, playing, barking, giving kisses, and wagging their tails. This is where it starts to get to be a lot of fun! This past week we…
Introduction to Crates
Today as we made changes to the puppies living space, I decided to begin crate training. All of our dogs are crate trained and they really appreciate having a space that is their own. In addition, it makes transporting them easier, and we know that in case of an injury or illness, our dogs would…
Socialization Starts!
This week we are starting a lot of new things. The past week the main goal was to start the puppies weaning, learning to walk, and learning to use the litter box. We’ve had a mixed bag with all three tasks, but we are getting there. This week is a big change! They are no…