Margot's Motherhood journey weeks 1- 4

Well, it's been a tiring adventure to date, but such a rewarding experience. I and the Calvert family are enjoying every moment, despite the sleep depravation!

I've taken to Motherhood tremendously, despite it being a relentless task, I continue to feed my pups daily and below is the most recent graph of their weights. Since all the pups are thriving moving forward we're only going to record their weights weekly.

The pups are reaching their milestones. They've had their first course of worming medication and on day 14 they began to open their eyes which are the most beautiful colour blue. We're not sure if they will remain this colour or change to being a similar colour to Margot's? Pictured are Blue Cirencester on the left and Blue Kingham on the right at 15 days.

During weeks 2-3 we observed the pups begin to see and hear as they excitedly moved to greet us on entering their pen. They have progressed from leopard crawling and have started to weight bare and sit. Blue Filkins is pictued below @ 1 week and yesterday at 4 weeks, he really is such a handsome chap and what a change there has been these last three weeks.

The pups are attempting to walk which is rather entertaining as they continually fall over as they begin to explore. They have certainly become more vocal and we've heard some whoofs and growls throughout this last week. especially so when Neil cut their nails and dewclaws.

We dismantled the whelping box on day 23 and have created a large penned area so the pups have more room to roam freely. Within the pen we have created a play area with a variety of toys, which the pups are beginning to have fun interacting with. Margot was unhappy about the toys initially and kept removing them from the pups pen, hiding them randomly throughout the house. Thankfully she has now become more relaxed about the new set up so I'm no longer finding squeaky toys randomly buried in the sofas.

We've begun to wean the pups and they have taken to this super well. We've attempting the thankless task of litter training which is going surprisingly well considering the pups age.

Altogether, I'm sure you'll agree it's been a rather busy few weeks! We've had lots of visitors so the puppies are being handled and socialised really well, ready for their new loving families! Here is a clip of Blue: Barrington, Stanton and Chipping Norton playing on day 25.

Post feeding snooze day 27

Margot continues to be the most amazing Mother and despite her hectic schedule she is managing to find time for herself to rest and recuperate. She truly is a wonderful animal and we continue to be amazed at the wonderful Mother she has become.