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Three Week Old Beauties

Willow’s Puppies – Three Weeks Old

W&B22-3 week old puppy huddle
Three Week Old Puppy Huddle
LOOKING BACK – March 29, 2022 – Three Weeks Old

Our adorable puppies are now three weeks old and oh how they have grown! This week the puppies have been progressing rapidly. Their eyes are fully opened, and vision is improving. Their ears have opened, and they have now entered the “Critical Socialization Period. The puppies’ hind legs have become much stronger and they have been practicing walking on all fours. They are much more aware of their surroundings and have begun to play with each other. The puppies continue to sleep much of the time as they develop.

Willow ‘s a great first-time mama. She is doing a wonderful job feeding her babies, protecting, and keeping them clean. Willow now spends much of her time away from the whelping box and comes back to check on her puppies throughout the day. Willow insists on cleaning her puppies’ in-between feedings. She goes into the whelping box to clean sleeping puppies. The puppies wake and think it is time to eat. After Willow finishes cleaning, she heads back out and the puppies are left whining their protest. Willow’s puppies are always ready to eat but, now that they are bigger, they are fed with less frequency and their milk intake at each feeding is much greater! Not to worry, the pups are getting more than enough of mama’s milk; they are growing like weeds!

The puppies cuddle with Willow after nursing.
LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK FOUR
  • Puppies will still sleep most of their day as they continue to grow rapidly
  • Puppies will play with each other and begin developing important social skills
  • Puppies hind legs will continue to become stronger as they walk more
  • Hearing will improve
  • Puppy milk teeth will begin to erupt 
  • Puppies will be moving to the main floor sometime during the week

Ellie’s Puppies – Day 15

Ellie’s puppies are becoming more mobile with that cute wobbly puppy walk as they practice walking on all fours. They have also learned to climb. We have found a couple puppies climbing our of the whelping box so, time to add a door panel to out entrance to keep Ellie’s precious babies safe.

Magenta Girl……Going…….
Going……..
Gone!
Watch the puppies walking and listen to them vocalizing
Day 15
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Love These Puppies – They Are Growing More Adorable By The Day!

Ellie’s Puppies

Ellie’s puppies are doing well and steadily gaining weight. They are in the Neonatal Period and spend all their time eating and sleeping. Ellie fed the puppies and then I removed them from the whelping box. When I returned them, I took a video of them. Some puppies went to sleep as soon as I transferred them…..others took a little while to settle. 🐾

Ten days old puppies still just eat and sleep.

Willow’s Puppies

All Willow’s puppies now have their eyes open, and they look adorable. They cannot see well yet, but their vision will steadily improve. Their ears will soon be opened. Willow’s babies are growing up! She is doing a great job feeding them and the puppies have been steadily gaining weight. We will now weigh them weekly.

Black Collar Boy
Blue Collar Boy
Orange Collar Boy
Red Collar Boy
Magenta Collar Girl
Green Collar Girl
Willow’s Puppies Two Week Singles

The puppies are in the “Transitional Period” which lasts up to seven days. They are transitioning – Leaving Neonatal Period but not yet in the Critical Socialization Period. The puppies’ ears open during this period – the first sign of the puppies startling at sound is when the next period begins.

Willow’s puppies have started to vocalize, are now more aware of their littermates, and have begun to play. They still sleep most of the time but this morning I was able to catch them awake and interacting with each other – too cute! 💕

Listen for puppies vocalizing
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Look at these Cuties! ………. Our New Puppies

L.A. Doodles is expanding

We have welcomed two new puppies into our breeding program!

This summer has been different than our previous few. Why? – no litters of puppies to raise. We decided to take the summer “off” and planned winter and spring litters instead. This gave me more free time to spend with our family and concentrate on expanding our breeding program. We needed a new blood line to continue to produce healthy, gentle puppies.

We picked up our new puppies on Monday – Two Standard Poodle Littermates. The male puppy will add a new bloodline to our program. He is laidback and gentle – qualities that we look for to produce gentle loving puppies. The female puppy is outgoing and just as loving.

When my daughter and I brought the puppies home, our four dogs Ruska, Ellie, Willow, and Brinkley were not too sure what was happening. I’m sure they were wondering “Are these puppies here permanently?” The answer is NO, four dogs living in my house permanently is enough. Besides my husband Tom will not allow any more permanent dogs LOL. We are looking for two loving families to be guardian homes for our new puppies. If you know of a family that would be interested in one of our puppies, please feel free to pass our information along.

Our new puppies

Guardian Home Opportunity

Our search now begins to find guardian homes for our sweet puppies

What is a Guardian?:

  • A Guardian is a person (or family) who agree to raise and care for a Breeder’s Dog as a loved family pet for the duration of its breeding career. 
  • L.A. Doodles is the legal owner of the dog for the duration of its breeding career. 
  • The Guardian Home provides loving care to the dog for its entire life. 
  • L.A. Doodles pays for all breeding related veterinary expenses, health testing & exams and all costs involved in the whelping process. When the dog retires, the breeding dog is spayed/neutered at L.A. Doodles’ expense, and the guardian becomes the legal owner of the dog. 

How much does the Guardian puppy cost?

  • FREE – There is no adoption fee for the Guardian Family in recognition of the fact that this requires a significant commitment on your part to fulfill the breeding commitment for several years.

To find out more about our guardian program, click on the link below

Guardian Program
  • Male
  • Female
Our sweet puppies
Our New Puppies exploring the yard. Our Adult dogs help teach our new puppies good manners,

My grandchildren love to help with puppy socialization!