Nothing like waking to the gentle sound of newborn pups! Majestic as I suspected delivered her pups a bit ahead of schedule and it seems she has claimed day 59 as her own. Textbook is 63 days. The process was uneventful and as I'm sure you're all aware by now produced a lovely 12 pack of pups! I'll get each of them weighed sometime today and post the results. I know some people, not all, like to monitor weight as they watch the pups grow so I typically weigh and post, on average, once a week. Mainly I do it for myself and for the health of the pups in order to identify any that might be falling behind. With a large litter, it sometimes becomes necessary to do some rotational feedings but thus far my girls have done a good job of managing their pups on their own. Hopefully this litter will be no exception. Visually, at this point in time they all seem to be roughly the same size. It will be interesting to see what the scale says. On the weight page I've noted what DPCA has to say about Doberman pups at birth. My pups both from Lexi as well as Majestic usually run somewhere right in the middle of the norm to slightly on the high side of the norm. As adults they tend to maintain that trend.
Mom and pups are doing well. I've scheduled them to have their tails docked and dew claws removed this coming Tuesday. Monday would have been my preference but the office is closed for the holiday weekend.
As much as I don't care to talk about money... per our original agreement I'll be sending out some new Paypal invoices for your second and final deposits. I recall a couple of you originally placed deposit by check and if you'd like to do that with the second that's fine too. Drop me an e-mail if you need my address. The deposits secure your position for selection as they stand. They are held and eventually put toward the cost to crop. I'll be securing cropping appointments early next week and will update everyone with the dates as soon as I have them. Now for the fun stuff! The first glimpse of your pups! And their mom. My beautiful Majestic :-)
Mom and pups are doing well. I've scheduled them to have their tails docked and dew claws removed this coming Tuesday. Monday would have been my preference but the office is closed for the holiday weekend.
As much as I don't care to talk about money... per our original agreement I'll be sending out some new Paypal invoices for your second and final deposits. I recall a couple of you originally placed deposit by check and if you'd like to do that with the second that's fine too. Drop me an e-mail if you need my address. The deposits secure your position for selection as they stand. They are held and eventually put toward the cost to crop. I'll be securing cropping appointments early next week and will update everyone with the dates as soon as I have them. Now for the fun stuff! The first glimpse of your pups! And their mom. My beautiful Majestic :-)
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