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Here’s what the pups look like now that they’re 4 weeks old. (Quicktime, 32 sec., 1.7 MB)

The kids are getting eager to get out of the whelping box and explore. Dorji’s the only one that’s actually made it over the side so far…

Here’s a short movie of naptime in the whelping box. We started weaning them onto a thin mixture of goat milk and blended puppy kibble yesterday. They love it. Every time they finish eating, they play for 15 minutes and then fall asleep for a few hours.

Here’s a photo of Norbu, the largest pup, at 2.5 weeks. He weighs 70 ounces now. We thought about posting a pic of each of the pups faces, but they pretty much all look alike at this point. The only major difference is how much tan and white they each have. That keeps changing little [...]

They’re 2 1/2 weeks old and just starting to rumble… Last weekend they opened their eyes and in the last few days, they’ve all started walking. (Quicktime, 44 sec., 2 MB)

Day 9 and the puppies are growing like weeds! Feeding time is fun to watch as the pups all scramble for lunch. Technorati Tags: Movie

Here’s a short movie of Lhamo and the pups today. Lhamo’s got the hiccups. (Quicktime, 20 sec., no audio, 1 MB) Can’t see it? You can download the .mp4 file.

This is a picture of Norbu at one day old. He weighed 20 oz at birth.

We’ve put a spreadsheet online so that you can keep track of the puppies’ weight gain at http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pUz494AVM0MQX98Nw0EaWQQ Now you can enjoy playing along with the ‘watch the puppies grow’ game at home! :O)

Apologies for the lack of posts. With the holidays and the whelping on New Year’s Eve, there just hasn’t been much time. We’ll get the blog all updated this weekend. In the meantime, here’s a test video I posted of a few seconds with Lhamo and her pups on Friday, January 5th. There are 8 [...]