Cut Those Nails

Brown Boy

Black Girl

Green Boy



 

Yellow Boy


 

It is important to cut puppies nails. This needs to be done every week without fail. If you do not do this, the dam’s teats will become scratched and very sore from the pup’s pummeling action,

and she will wean the pups early, strictly because of pain

to her breasts.

Early Nuerological stimulation

Q-tip toe tickle
Green boy

Perpendicular to the ground
White girl

on the back in palm of hand
Whit boy

Head held down
Red boy

on cold damp cloth
Brown boy

Mild forms of stress create many changes in newborns including changes in electrical activity in the brian, muscle tension, and changes in oxyen levels and breathing. When tested later as adults the stress dogs were better able to withstand stress than their non-stressed littermates. Battaglia says "kicking the neorolgocal system into action earlier than normal will benefit the pupppy with improved cardiovascular, stonger heart beats, stronger adrenal glands, more tolerence to stress and greater resistance to disease". Puppies were also more active, more exploratory, calmer, and less distracted when working. We perfom these exercises from day 3-16.



blackgirl 1 lb 5.9oz

green boy 1lb 7.4 oz



red boy 1lb 7.5oz



yellow boy 1lb 8.4 oz






white girl 1lb 7 oz



 

white boy 1lb 7oz

 

 

 

Puppies need to be weighed daily to ensure that they are gaining weight. If you notice that one puppy is not gaining as well as the others it is important to make sure that puppy is getting enough time with mamma to ensure he is not being inched out.



Puppies born

Well puppies started arriving around 10:30 pm on Thursday night and after a few suprises we were done around 3 am. It is not uncommon for bitches to whelp in the wee hours of the night when things are more quiet. We ended up with 6 males and 2 females. They are an array of colors 2 white buffs, 2 brown sables, and 4 black combinations ( some black with white chest/toes and some with black/brown). The first week of a puppies life they are completly dependent on their mother for warmth and food. She will spend most of her time in th box getting up only to eliminate and eat. She is very attentive to their needs constantly cleaning them to stimulate them to eliminate waste as they cannot do this themselves yet. Puppies can not see or hear at this stage but they can smell there way to their mama when they are hungry. Often Shawnee will grunt when a puppy has strayed and is loooking for her and that is my que to go get puppy for her. My role at this stage is make sure mama is happy and content so that she can tend to her job.

This is Shawnee in her Whelping box awaiting the arrival of her puppies. My husband made this out of wood and particel board. It is 4x6. The flooring is padded with foam matting and then lined with vinyl flooring for easy clean up. The sides are lined with 1x6 railings so that puppy can fit underneath to avoid being squashed by mamma.Since is winter we will attach a heating lamp above the box and a heating mat will be placed in the box for puppies to lay on. When they are first born they do not have the ability to regulate their temperature so you must keep their enviroment a balming 80 degrees.

Shawnee and Guido

Guido and Shawnee are ISSR Shiloh Shepherds. They came from New Zion Kennels in Filmore , NY. Guido is lives in Pitsburgh , PA and Shawnee resides in Waynesboro, Pa as part of Sentinel Shilohs. Guido and Shawnee were Bred on November 25. This is an important breeding to the ISSR Shiloh Shepherd community. Shawnee's lines are compatable with a lot of other dogs in our gene pool. In order to expand our lines we are hopeful that 2 of these dogs go on to contribute to the gene pool.  We are expecting a mixture of smoooth and plush coats in the litter. Their tempermants should be confident and sweet, outgoing and steady. This is a co-own litter with New Zion.