The litter continues to thrive. Eyes are part way open. The pups are very much up on their feet, moving around in an unsteady walk/wobble. They are enjoying their bottles of goat milk three times a day. Bridget is now enjoying 7/1/2 c of food per day and contemplating life without puppies. She is perfectly content to hang out in the main part of the house away from the pups, and sometimes need to coax her to go take care of her puppies. Like mother, like daughter. Actually all of these highly human socialized retriever moms I have raised litters from seem to quickly become quite cavalier about their maternal duties.
I have been pondering a litter theme, thinking Spring, and finally settled on the Bird Litter.
Girls
Black pup - Mynah
Pink - Dove (one of the calmer pups)
Purple - Rosella
Green - Chickadee ("Dee")
Yellow - Wren (little girl)
Orange - Robin
Boys
Blue - Martin (too bad Purple wasn't a boy, i.e., purple martin)
Black - Falcon
Red - Oriole ("Ori")
Dark blue (Red/Blue) - Eagle (big boy)
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