Well, life sure is getting busy, as you can tell from the delay of updating my blog! LOL I am feeding puppies breakfast and dinner now. This endeavor also includes changing bedding once a day now, as well, though moms are still cleaning up after their broods. 4-5 weeks is the age at which breeders' caretaking of puppies increases exponentially! However, it's a labor of love. They are just so adorable now. They wrestle with each other, and I've witnessed a few carrying toys, pieces of toy stuffing, etc, etc. They are so cute! It reminds me of toddlers who wear their parents' shoes and pretend they are all grown up!

Their teeth are almost all in now, and both moms make a quick dash into their boxes to clean up and feed. One of my other girls weans her puppies at 5 weeks. LOL I don't blame her! However, each dam is different, and some will nurse for a long time. Both Tessa and Mai are very good dams.

This weekend my husband will be removing their "pig rails" from the box. At this point, the puppies don't need to be protected with them from their dams lying on them, AND they are using it now as a step stool! A few have managed to be AWOL from their box this week! We also will be adding an x-pen to their area, and I will be buying some material for a potty area for them. They are pretty good, even now, going in a particular area of their box. I use a type of stall composite for horses in their "litter" box that absorbs urine and greatly reduces odors. Most of the time, they are very good at going there. The instinct to separate their living space from their waste space is pretty strong. It makes for easier house training. :-)

I have a few photos I will post, but these are videos from yesterday's dinnertime feeding of both litters. What a mess! LOL Both dams enjoy "cleaning" their puppies after they eat.

Enjoy!...