Our First Week
Sophie with her puppies mere minutes after they were born. It is like she has done it a million times before. So, one week in and the puppies are growing up quickly! Everything has been going quite smoothly so far. The first few days after the puppies were born were a little hectic, but Sophie has been a natural, attentive mother - other than a couple of accidental 'squashings'. I am always amazed at how easily animals just cope instinctively with the sort of situations humans need hours of training to deal with (and even then, often still panic in). Just to give you an idea of their size. This is how big they were on their first day! We had the stud owner come round on day 3 to look at the girl that he was going to have. He informed us that he would take it to the vets to have its tail docked. We were all fully against this, but as per the studding agreement, it was technically his dog, so we didn't have much we co...
