This morning Mama Raven was at work nursing and cleaning the puppies of the Eclipse Litter. The puppies are now 2 ½ weeks old. The puppies are beginning to spend less time with Raven, more time walking and vocalizing (barking and growling). Mama Raven is happy to take a few breaks for attention or…
Our chocolate litter is growing quickly! They love to eat and Jynx has been glued to them- only taking short breaks to eat or go outside. She’s been a super mama to these guys. 4 days litter Yesterday the litter had their first Early Neurological Stimulation and Early scent introduction. We are using…
Wow- our Chocolate Grease Litter is already 3 days old! These guys are amazing eaters. Poor Jynx never leaves them and someone or 10 is always at the milk bar. She is doing a great job keeping up. Maybe she is over-achieving- these pups are gaining weight faster than our Eclipse litter. Just for comparison-…
Yesterday, we had a special visitor. Dr. Naomichi Masaki came from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to visit Raven’s Eclipse Litter. He spent several hours with the pups. Yesterday, we introduced Raven’s eclipse litter to pheasant wing for the first time. As you can see, Blue / Rhea rather liked the pheasant wing. As part of the…
We have had a busy 48 hours! Jynx started her prelabor on 11/30. We have been anxiously watching and waiting for her to deliver. We had a vet visit 36 hours after her temperature drop on 12/1 and our vet examined her and did some progesterone testing to see where she was at and how…
Continue readingAnnouncing our Micah x Jynx Grease Litter December 2, 2021
Raven’s Eclipse Litter is now 2 weeks old! This is exciting and brings some fun changes! I’ve had my eyes off them the past 2 days because I was focused on Jynx’s delivery and these guys changed a lot! Kit was home from work and focused on these guys and did a great job keeping…
Today is day 10 for the Levi x Raven puppies! This is an exciting day for these guys. Today we saw some milestones as well. We had our weigh in this morning and 3 of the pups have doubled their weights! This is great news and means Raven is being a great mom! Most of…
Finally finished putting together the pedigree chart for the RFC’s Micah x Jynx puppies. In an earlier post, we had a write up about the Retriever Hall of Fame dogs in the pedigree. Here is the actual pedigree chart back five generations. These puppies have an excellent heritage. We expect the litter to be born…
Yesterday afternoon, we took Jynx to the vet for her X-Ray. It was day 56 and she weighed 92.5 pounds — this means over 20 pounds of puppies! When the vet came back from reading the X-Ray she said, “Jynx has A Lot of puppies!” “How many?” I asked. The vet replied, “Ten to fifteen…
Eclipse Litter 6 Days old WARNING: NOISY!! Days 5-10: Neonatal period. We are removed from the nest for 3 minutes a day to drop our body temperature. This neurological stimulation creates a mild stress to stimulate our hormonal, adrenal, and pituitary systems. This boosts our ability to cope and adapt to stressful situations faster and…
