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Elle & Wookiee 3.10.25 SpongeBob SquarePants Litter - Week 5

Yep, the move to larger play areas was the ticket for these siblings. Once a rather vocal litter, they are now settling into being content, playful, cuddly furballs. Ever After’s daily schedule of training, exercising, and socializing the puppies is a significant help in achieving the therapy-temperaments. Full baths were a first this week. Golly, look at how the coats poofed out! Speaking of coats, we are seeing fur coats of all kinds - shiny, curly, wavy, thick, deep chocolate, and coats with adorable markings. Often times the pictures don’t depict the actual size of the puppies. So, we included a blooper with Mr. Ever After’s adult hands to give you an idea of just how precious these little dudes are in stature. The neighbor kids came over to hold the five during the outdoor picture session. There were repeated exclamations, “Ohh, they’re sooo cute!”

Elle & Wookiee 3.10.25 SpongeBob SquarePants Litter - Week 4

Porridge week was a pleasant surprise. The five chowed…and did so neatly! Elle is very generous with her feedings, so keeping weight on her has been a challenge. It was nice seeing the puppies take to the food with such vigor. The extra calories apparently gave them more energy for wrestling with one another. The group should have been named after All-Star wrestlers with the way they go at it. Clearly, it is time to move them down to the larger indoor and outdoor play areas, ha! Honestly, the spunk they all have is adorable.

Elle & Wookiee 3.10.25 SpongeBob SquarePants Litter - Week 2

With the loss of Blue, we are at five puppies now - two black with white markings, two chocolate with white markings, and one black parti - three boys and two girls. As the pictures show, eyes opened, but they still have that glossy look as development continues in the weeks ahead. Honestly, the most common way to see the eyes at this point is still in the closed position with Zzzzz’s floating over the puppies’ heads. The pink noses are starting to fill in as well. Elle sure is able to supply plenty of milk. Her babies are plump!

Elle & Wookiee 3.10.25 SpongeBob SquarePants Litter - Week 1

What started out as a celebration of survival for our Blue “preemie” chocolate parti boy, quickly turned into emergent care. A drop in weight showed Blue was never actually latched enough to draw milk at the nipple. After keeping him warm for the first two days in the incubator with added oxygen, and after seeing him responding well to tube feeding, we allowed Blue to cuddle with Mom and siblings while we continued the tube feedings every 2 1/2 hours round the clock. Elle kept him either at her chest or on her neck. The siblings let Blue lie under all of them for warmth while the five nursed. They also surrounded him on the heated portion of the whelping box as if protecting him. It was miraculous to watch what seemed to be deliberate care for the entire week. Unfortunately, the evening of day 7, Blue started failing and passed the next morning. Elle and the siblings seemed to understand that it was time. Most breeders wouldn’t post this story. But this is our way of remembering a special little puppy that mattered to his furry family as well as his Ever After family. The way the Ever After crew of seven rallied to help with the other dogs and puppies during those sleepless days was beyond selfless and extremely appreciated. God bless them and our little Blue!

Elle & Wookiee 3.10.25 SpongeBob SquarePants Litter - Happy birthday!

Elle was a superwoman for her retirement litter. She delivered the first five puppies in only 45 minutes. An hour later (still great timing for this size of a litter), the sixth puppy delivered healthy but half the size of his siblings. The vets were concerned about him when they saw how small he was in the pregnancy X-ray. Thus, we were thrilled to see him deliver completely formed and able to nurse - so we initially thought.