IMPORTANT PLEASE READ - Newborn puppies are very delicate; they are born in a premature state, in comparison to most other animals. They are blind, deaf and have under developed nervous systems at birth. They can’t stand up but drag themselves around by their forelegs to find a teat or warmth. For the first two weeks they do very little except sleep and suck.
Their eyes start to open from 10 days,gradually their hind legs develop sufficiently to allow them to stand up and take their first wobbly steps between two and three weeks.It is vital at this age that they receive lots of gentle handling and play time with people.
The weaning process begins between four weeks of age, depending on how much milk the mother has. Little meals are introduced gradually increasing the quantity of food and frequency of meals so they gradually take less milk from mum, Some mothers are happy to stay with their babies until they are sold.
By five weeks the puppies should be having four or five little meals a day,By six weeks puppies are able to be independent from their mother but are still very small and sleep much of the time,Puppies grow and strengthen a great deal between six and eight weeks, and their personality is forming fast now, it is so important that they are in the right sort of environment to explore, meet people.Young puppies are very susceptible to infection and disease that older dogs may shake off, so the place the puppies are born and reared in must be spotlessly clean.
Dogs mature very quickly in comparison to us – eighteen months as opposed to eighteen years and all their growing processes happen at great speed. This is why it is so important for puppies to be fed with a correctly balanced diet, correct for their breed/type, right from the start.A puppy born to an under nourished, ill cared for mother, then reared on an inadequate diet in dirty surroundings with little or no human contact has the very worst start in life. You can’t make up for months of neglect. A puppy farm puppy may never be as healthy as a puppy from an experienced reputable breeder.Our Puppies are raised in our family home - Not in Kennels!!!