This is a
pictorial diary of the Messano 'V' litter, Ritzilyn Rock On Tommy For Messano
(Tommy) x Messano Mustang Sally (Sally). The litter was born
on 09/12/2009 and consists of 4 bitches and 6 dogs (all puppies
have homes arranged for them).
28/12/2009
The puppies received their first visitors today...
28/12/2009
....they were quite happy to be handled by their future families...
28/12/8009
...as you can see, they were quite underwhelmed...
28/12/2009
...this little chap found it all very tiring!
30/12/2009
The puppies were given their first dose of wormer today...
30/12/2009
...it was their first taste of anything other than mothers milk.
31/12/2009
The puppies have their nails cut every few days...
31/12/2009
...this stops them scratching Sally's milkbar. !0 puppies x 18 nails each = 180 nails per time!
31/12/2009
Today was also the day that the puppies had their first solid food...
31/12/2009
,,,they are hand-fed raw minced steak that has been cut up in the blender. They love it!
31/12/2009
The puppies are very agile now and can move quite quickly.
02/01/2010
The puppies continue to have visits from their new owners...
02/01/2010
...one of them will be going to live with Amber from our 'India' litter born in 2000.
03/01/2010
Annabelle visited us today...
03/01/2010
...she helped Julie to feed the puppies...
03/01/2010
...it's a good thing that we have a big whelping box!
08/01/2010
The puppies had some visitors again today...
08/01/2010
....including Annabelle...
08/01/2010
...they are very sociable now.
09/01/2010
We have the puppies out in the kitchen. they like to be together!
09/01/2010
We have made the first video clip of the puppies that we are hosting on You Tube.
Please click on the clip to watch it.
09/01/2010
13/01/2010
The puppies continue to have visits from their new families...
13/01/2010
They get tired from the excitement!
14/01/2010
We have introduced a fish based food called 'fish 4 Dogs'...
14/01/2010
...this seems to be very popular and is 70% fish, so a good addition for variety in their diet.
15/01/2010
The weather has improved, so the puppies were given the opportunity to play in their run for the first time...
15/01/2010
....this made them all very sleepy.
17/01/2010
Today the puppies were joined in their run by the W litter puppies (their nieces and nephews!)
17/01/2010
... at lunch time, they fed from their mum and their half-sister Sunny.