So excited

This is what Petree thinks about being a dad, he just can't stop smiling! haha

Bright eyes...

They say that the puppies will open their eyes around 10-14 days old. So at 10 days we were ready to finally see some eyes- and nothing happened. And then nothing happened. Finally on day 14 Raiders eyes started to open up, they are still not fully open, so he kind of looks funny, hopefully the others will follow along soon!

Two weeks...

It has been two weeks since the puppies were born and they have been growing like crazy! All of them have at least tripled their body weight. They are starting to get their little fat rolls and their ears have started to flop over and grow, too. They are still pretty much worthless, though, they just sleep and eat all day, but they look cute doing it! These are some of my favorite pictures that we've taken...

Big softie!

So when we found out that Missy was going to have puppies Michael said, "That's it, once the puppies are born there will be no more dogs sleeping in the bed!! We will get a big bed for them but they will be sleeping on the floor. There is no way we are sleeping with that many dogs!"

Well, to the left is our now current sleeping situation (per Michael). Last night was the first night with the new puppies and Missy whined a few times because she was down on the floor in bed with the puppies but not up in the bed with us. So Michaels idea was to get this box that is big enough for Missy and the puppies but small enough to put up in the middle of the bed. "So she won't be sad she's not sleeping us but she can still be with the puppies" he says. He says that its just temporary, until the puppies are bigger and then all of them will start sleeping on the floor. We'll see about that...

Puppy pictures

They're here!

So we were laying in bed this morning around 8 and Missy started heaving like she was going to throw up. I took her into the bathroom and she threw up on the floor. I figured since I was up that we'd take her temperature really quick and see if it had dropped at all. It had stayed steady everyday so I was pretty surprised when I lifted up her tail and saw that the first puppy was making its way out! I called Michael, who was still in bed, and he ran out. I told him what was happening and he got a look of fear on his face and said "what do I do?!" We took her down to the box we had set up for her and she pretty much just laid there for about a half hour not pushing or anything. The first puppy is actually preceeded by a big bubble (to stretch stuff out) so the bubble was just hanging out, pretty gross. She finally started pushing and puppy #1 came out. It was amazing how she knew exactly what to do. She licked him and chewed off the umbilical cord. Puppy #1 (Spike) ended up being the biggest of the bunch so the next two came out pretty quick. Puppy #2 (Raider) and Spike look just like Petree. Puppy #3 is spotted/striped brown and white and looks nothing like either Petree or Missy. We named him Scooter. By this time it was about 10am and I was hungry so Michael went to get breakfast. We also figured that was in since we could only see 2, maybe 3 on the x-ray. But no- puppy #4 (Harley) is the only girl of the bunch and she came out about 10 minutes after Scooter. Michael sure got a surprise when he got back! We took them to the vet for a quick check up and everyone is doing good. They said the puppies look really healthy and Missy is a good mom. Petree is not sure what to think about them, he whines when they start crying and won't get very close to them. We are so glad they came today!