More Three Week Old Pics

My niece, Zoey, with Platinum

Playtime!

The liver puppies

the black puppies

My daughter, Lydia, with Argon and Palladium

Kali's getting less fond of motherhood

Three Weeks Old

The puppies are three weeks old now, and adorable.  Eyes are open, they are walking, and are starting to play.  They will be starting on solid foods in the next couple of days.  Individual three week old pictures are below.

Argon, l/w boy

Platinum, b/w girl

Palladium, b/w girl

Cadmium, l/w girl

Tungsten, b/w boy

Krypton, l/w boy

Xenon, l/w boy

Two-Week-Old Pictures

They're a little out-of-date, since the puppies are almost 3 weeks old now, but here are individual pictures taken at two weeks old.  To see the pups in real time, visit the Puppycam.

Argon, l/w male

 

 

 

 

Xenon, l/w male

Platinum, black/white girl

Palladium, b/w girl

Cadmium, l/w girl

Tungsten, b/w boy

Krypton, l/w boy

Growing Up Fast

The third week is always a fun one for puppies. They go from little sausage-like blobs at two weeks to actual little dogs, with open eyes and able to walk, at three weeks.  The transformation is amazing.  The little Element babies' eyes are starting to open now, and they are all able to get up on all fours and stagger around.  The staggering is kind of zombie-like right now, but that will change in a few days.  Check out the Puppycam to see what they're up to right now.

I've had a lot of recent inquiries and it looks like I've got more than enough potential homes for the babies now, which is great for them, but not so great for you if you're looking for a puppy.  If you are looking for a puppy and want some help finding a breeder, please let me know and I'm happy to help however I can. I can be reached by e-mail at kalwaspringers@gmail.com

Below are a few pics of the puppies this week.  Two-week-old individual pictures were taken, and will hopefully be posted soon (waiting to get them back from the official puppy photographer, by sister-in-law, Lizz).

The First Week

The Elements babies are 9 days old today.  They've all made it through the first week, but it's been a tough one at times.  Kali became ill with a fever and lethargy on Friday.  Fortunately she has now recovered with some antibiotics.  Then, one of the puppies (Argon) became ill on Saturday with some type of gastrointestinal problems.  He stopped nursing and was crying constantly.  Two trips to the emergency vet later, he finally began improving on Sunday.  As of today, he is doing much better.  He appears happy again and is now nursing on his own after requiring a few days of tube feeding.  Hopefully he will continue to do well.  Finally, three of the pups lost the stitches from their tail docking (possibly the result of over-zealous cleaning on their mom's part) and they had to be restitched yesterday.  It's been a week full of vet visits.  Hopefully we're past that now and the next several weeks will be uneventful.

I've had a few people on my list of those who wanted puppies tell me they have recently found other dogs elsewhere, so I still have a puppy or two from this litter available.  If you are interested, please let me know at kalwaspringers@gmail.com.  More info about this litter including pedigree and pics of the parents can be seen on my website at http://www.kalwaspringers.com/ Click on Puppies, then Kalwa Puppies, then the Elements Litter.  Puppy placement info is also on the website, on the Planned Parenthood page. 

Puppies are a lot of fun, but they sure consume a lot of time, energy, and money.  Sleep has been in short supply lately, and the cost of vet trips has added up rapidly.  Fortunately, adorable babies make up for a lot.  Here are a few recent pics of the puppies.  For some reason, Argon seems to find himself in just about every cute puppy snapshot I take.  I'll try to get a better representation in the future.  And if you want a real-time view of the pups, visit the Puppycam.

All the pups napping on 8/16

Cadmium and Argon

Argon

Argon and Palladium

Tungsten and Argon

  

Updated Puppy Pictures

As promised, here are individual pictures of the puppies.  They had tails and dew claws done yesterday, and all are still doing great and getting fat.  The biggest (Argon) is over a pound already.  They are pictured in the order they were born.  These pictures were taken at one day old.

Argon, liver/white boy

 Xenon, liver/white boy

Platinum, black/white girl

Palladium, black/white girl

Cadmium, liver/white girl

Tungsten, black/white boy

Krypton, liver/white boy

Puppies are Here!

Kali had her puppies on Monday, August 9.  They were a bit of a surprise as they weren't expected until Wednesday at the earliest.  In fact, she had the first one on her own while we were out for a couple of hours.  Fortunately, that puppy was fine, and the rest followed quickly and without any problems.  Mom and all babies are doing well.  We ended up with seven puppies.  Final count is: three liver boys, one black boy, two black girls, and one liver girl.  This is the Elements litter; all the baby names are chemical elements and the registered names will contain the work element in some form.  The puppy cam is up and running (most of the time; we are experiencing some minor technical difficulties that will hopefully be fully resolved soon).  The link to the puppy cam is here.  If that doesn't work, try this one.   A few pictures of the babies are below; more will follow soon both here and on the Kalwa website as soon as I get a chance to post them.