Wednesday May 28, 2014

The puppies are now three weeks old, all of the puppies are doing well and are very healthy. Last week we noticed that Ivy was getting very tired and feeling drained from feeding the puppies every two or three hours. So we decided to start weaning and supplementing the puppies with some solid food...well gruel. The gruel is puppy food soaked in water, mashed up with sum added puppy supplement from the pet store. The puppies have taken to the gruel with a voracious appetite, all the puppies love to eat gruel and even though it is a mess process it is fun to watch them eat, check out "The Feast" below:



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The puppies are also walking and playing with each other now they are loving pouncing and getting each other everyday. Check out the movie I like to call "Get Them" below of the puppies playing with one another:



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Even though the puppies love to eat their gruel they are not fully weaned Ivy still feeds them everyday just not as often. Ivy likes that she can take a rest from feeding them and doesn't have to feed them all the time. With the gruel and Ivy's milk the puppies have grown a lot this past week, below you can take a look at what the puppies look like now.






Below is puppy number 1, a male, who is getting really big he loves to eat, he bounces up and down with joy after every meal. He also loves to snuggle and cuddle with people and is getting darker everyday.




Below is puppy number 2, a male, the smallest in the litter however he loves to play a lot with his litter mates (just like his mommy) and eats a lot of food.




Below is puppy number 3, a female, who is about average size she is a sweat heart and cries for cuddles with people, she also loves to play.




Below is puppy number 4, a female, who is the quietest and most snuggly in the litter she is also starting to play with her litter mates.




Below is puppy number 5, a female, who a smaller of the female who gets everyone else to play with her, even if they are sleeping.




Below is puppy number 6, a female, she loves to cuddle with people, play and eats a lot of gruel and mommy's milk.




Below is puppy number 7, a female, who is a smaller female who is a sweat heart she cries for cuddles as well and would rather sleep on people then on the dog beds.




Below is puppy number 8, a female, who is an active girl she loves to play and seems to be the most outgoing in the litter.




The puppies are going fast their are none left, if you or anyone you may know are interested in future litters, have any questions or would just like to learn more about the Braque Francais please contact us we would love to hear from you. We are encouraging everyone to share the Braque Francais will others please print off our brochure, which is filled with wonderful information about these lovely dogs and help get the breed more known, to download click here.