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Friday, 1 January 2016
Sunday, 1 November 2015
Six Weeks!!
Well this little lady is now over 6 weeks old, and what a delight she is.
She is so funny, and a real busy bee. Trio has the patience of a saint and spends ages with her being chewing and jumped on, and is so gentle with her. Tilly only wants to mother her, something Trio feels quite put out about and Tilly soon disappears when the playing gets going. Eve loves to play with her but can get a little over enthusiastic so we have to keep an eye on proceeding as Eve is likely to do zoomies and try to dive bomb her! I think when she's a little older Lyric will have a great time with Eve. Maddie is giving her a wide berth at the moment!
With her being a only puppy we have been able to do so many things with a bit more ease. She is being taken out to the toilet, and we haven't had a poo in the house at all, it's also very rare for a wee. This is much harder to achieve with a full litter. She has been out in the car a few times, and she wasn't at all bothered with it.
She has been spending more time just with us as a family member, either in the house or out in the garden where she is loving having the room to have a good run about. She is much more coordinated as a result, and loves to run about when she picks a toy up.
Have loads more pics which we'll have to put up - some of them failed to upload hence only the one for now.
Saturday, 17 October 2015
As Four Weeks Passes
It has been a busy week as we had attended two shows with the other dogs this week. Lyric has been well cared for in the company of Sean and Christopher, who are such a great help if we go off somewhere.
Weaning had been delayed as we felt she just needed more time, Trio has been fantastic producing lots of milk, but not so much to risk having mastitis which had been an early concern of ours. Lyric has alternated between all of the teats, so not leaving any one full of milk to fester. So with her doing so well we decided to pick up some puppy food at one of the shows we were attending - well our choice of supplier wasn't at either show sadly so it was ordered online and some picked up at our local pet shop to tide us over.
As you can see from the pictures Lyric knew exactly what to do and tucked straight in, she isn't eating much at the moment but she has enough and she'll gradually increase the amounts herself.
Weaning had been delayed as we felt she just needed more time, Trio has been fantastic producing lots of milk, but not so much to risk having mastitis which had been an early concern of ours. Lyric has alternated between all of the teats, so not leaving any one full of milk to fester. So with her doing so well we decided to pick up some puppy food at one of the shows we were attending - well our choice of supplier wasn't at either show sadly so it was ordered online and some picked up at our local pet shop to tide us over.
As you can see from the pictures Lyric knew exactly what to do and tucked straight in, she isn't eating much at the moment but she has enough and she'll gradually increase the amounts herself.
Lyric has also had visitors this week, and has enjoyed cuddles with our good friend Jan, and my parents. Trio kept a watchful eye on them, but Lyric really enjoyed all of the additional fuss.
She has received more gifts and loves them all. She tried on her new collar and thinks that purple was such a good choice of colour. She needs to get a bit bigger to hold on to the gorilla toy, her mouth isn't quite big enough yet to hold it but Trio has been showing her how to get it call!
She even spent an hour outside on Thursday - she was not impressed and protested quite loudly! As it was such a lovely day we decided to strip out the box and give it a good clean and that the fresh air and change of surroundings would be a benefit for her. Trio has to go into the pen to settle her, as she was so cross about being in there whilst the others could come and go as they pleased!
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| First retrieve! |
She is starting to play now, and it's a delight to see Trio gently playing with her. She picked up the little dragon yesterday, it doesn't seem long ago that she was about the same size!
Thursday, 8 October 2015
And Another Week Goes By....
It certainly feels as if Lyric has been part of the family for much longer than the three weeks that have now passed.
Life is still reasonably quiet, yes I know we should enjoy while it lasts as it will all change very soon I'm sure!
She is now more mobile, though not inclined to make too much effort as she doesn't feel the need. I have taken her into the garden for a walk around (one of us carrying her), and then yesterday gave her a few short periods down on the grass. It does seem to make her more curious than she has been, so hope the additional stimulation will help with encouraging her to be more mobile.
She has been wormed, she was not impressed but didn't put up too much fuss. Think it might change for when she's done in a few weeks time.
She has a few more friends in the box with her and she now seeks them out and snuggles up with them, they have become her new family. We have to thank Jess and Rookie (Seahaven Celtic Commander) for Fidget the octopus, he is a real favourite with her.
Trio is only going in the box to feed Lyric now, and will settle in there for a rest very occasionally so Lyric friends are great for her.
She is now big enough to get stuck behind the pig rails in the box so they have been taken out today, the box looks so much bigger without them.
Trio is doing great, going out on some of the walks with the other dogs and not worried about leaving Lyric behind at all now. Her coat is coming out in buckets and we think she's be bald before long so hope the new coat doesn't take too long to come through.
Life is still reasonably quiet, yes I know we should enjoy while it lasts as it will all change very soon I'm sure!
She is now more mobile, though not inclined to make too much effort as she doesn't feel the need. I have taken her into the garden for a walk around (one of us carrying her), and then yesterday gave her a few short periods down on the grass. It does seem to make her more curious than she has been, so hope the additional stimulation will help with encouraging her to be more mobile.
She has been wormed, she was not impressed but didn't put up too much fuss. Think it might change for when she's done in a few weeks time.
She has a few more friends in the box with her and she now seeks them out and snuggles up with them, they have become her new family. We have to thank Jess and Rookie (Seahaven Celtic Commander) for Fidget the octopus, he is a real favourite with her.
Trio is only going in the box to feed Lyric now, and will settle in there for a rest very occasionally so Lyric friends are great for her.
She is now big enough to get stuck behind the pig rails in the box so they have been taken out today, the box looks so much bigger without them.
Thursday, 1 October 2015
Two Weeks!!
There has been many a moment when we didn't expect to get to this point in time, but we're here!!
Lyric has not only doubled her birth weight, but now weighs over 1kg. Having worried that she wasn't gaining enough, we now worry that she's getting too big - think we're born worriers!
It is still rather quiet in the house, she does make the occasional noise but not too much at all. This may well be due that she has nothing to complain about - no brothers and sisters to disturb her sleep or knock her off a teat when she might be feeding. She currently lives a life of sleeping and feeding, she literally slips off a teat and goes back to sleep. She really doesn't have the stimulation that she would have with litter mates.
Lack of litter mates is also responsible for making her bigger, so pleased we named her Lyric otherwise she might be know as Porky Miss Purple! She has no competition for feeding at all, doesn't have to clamber over others to get where she wants to be to feed, or have to constantly move from one teat to another.
She is now up on all four limbs, and we hope that once she starts to see things will improve as she becomes more stimulated by her environment. They are starting to open, so this shouldn't be too far off now.
She is however a real cuddle monkey, snuggles right in to you which is lovely. Trying to ensure that she's not picked up too often is a constant battle, she is certainly one well loved puppy. This is something that we'll have to keep an eye on as she grows, we don't want her demanding attention all of the time, and a situation we could easily find ourselves in if we don't take care.
Lyric has not only doubled her birth weight, but now weighs over 1kg. Having worried that she wasn't gaining enough, we now worry that she's getting too big - think we're born worriers!
It is still rather quiet in the house, she does make the occasional noise but not too much at all. This may well be due that she has nothing to complain about - no brothers and sisters to disturb her sleep or knock her off a teat when she might be feeding. She currently lives a life of sleeping and feeding, she literally slips off a teat and goes back to sleep. She really doesn't have the stimulation that she would have with litter mates.
Lack of litter mates is also responsible for making her bigger, so pleased we named her Lyric otherwise she might be know as Porky Miss Purple! She has no competition for feeding at all, doesn't have to clamber over others to get where she wants to be to feed, or have to constantly move from one teat to another.
She is now up on all four limbs, and we hope that once she starts to see things will improve as she becomes more stimulated by her environment. They are starting to open, so this shouldn't be too far off now.
She is however a real cuddle monkey, snuggles right in to you which is lovely. Trying to ensure that she's not picked up too often is a constant battle, she is certainly one well loved puppy. This is something that we'll have to keep an eye on as she grows, we don't want her demanding attention all of the time, and a situation we could easily find ourselves in if we don't take care.
Saturday, 26 September 2015
Starting to Get Big
Well Lyric seems to be making up for the poor start and is doing amazingly well. She has almost doubled her birth weight, something that we didn't expect to happen this early. Clearly all signs that we're heading in the right direction.
Thursday, 24 September 2015
Introducing Lyric
Well we thought that it was time to actually name Little Miss Purple, and have given her the name Lyric.
The name has been waiting for a LM puppy for a few years now, and it was funny (or strange) that when she was just born and we were checking her over I asked her is she was the long awaited Lyric.
As the horror of dead and weak one puppies unfolded I never got to ask any of the others, it just didn't seem appropriate at all.
When LMP was the only one left, I couldn't bring myself to give her the name. I wanted to make sure that she was staying with us and not going off with her siblings, on Monday I did start to use the name on her and had planned on sharing the news. However that evening, we were surprised and disappointed to find that she had put on very little weight. This continued the following day, and again we were worried about her.
Well yesterday, she made up for the shortfall in weight gain, gaining around 80 grams that day. This pattern has continued today, and is probably due to Trio being more settled and eating better.
When I got the grooming equipment this afternoon Trio was so excited and came bounding out, she thoroughly enjoyed having a groom. Loads of coat is being lost at the moment, so I think she really did benefit from this. She was even keen to have a trip out to meet the girls from the bus, her first walk since having the pups. She was keen to get back, and made a beeline for Lyric when we returned. So lovely to see a wagging tail again.
The name has been waiting for a LM puppy for a few years now, and it was funny (or strange) that when she was just born and we were checking her over I asked her is she was the long awaited Lyric.
As the horror of dead and weak one puppies unfolded I never got to ask any of the others, it just didn't seem appropriate at all.
When LMP was the only one left, I couldn't bring myself to give her the name. I wanted to make sure that she was staying with us and not going off with her siblings, on Monday I did start to use the name on her and had planned on sharing the news. However that evening, we were surprised and disappointed to find that she had put on very little weight. This continued the following day, and again we were worried about her.
Well yesterday, she made up for the shortfall in weight gain, gaining around 80 grams that day. This pattern has continued today, and is probably due to Trio being more settled and eating better.
When I got the grooming equipment this afternoon Trio was so excited and came bounding out, she thoroughly enjoyed having a groom. Loads of coat is being lost at the moment, so I think she really did benefit from this. She was even keen to have a trip out to meet the girls from the bus, her first walk since having the pups. She was keen to get back, and made a beeline for Lyric when we returned. So lovely to see a wagging tail again.
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