I did manage to get Fiona’s puppies’ pictures before the rain began.  They are in this order:  Blue collar, Green collar, (Freddie), Wheaten female, and Thistle.

Happy May birthdays:

May 24, 2024:  Maxwell

May 30, 2017:  Morgan

Lady Greer is eating well now.  It will still take some time to get her weight back up.  I eat salads and bran cereal.  I don’t cook, so I was shocked to see how much boneless chicken breasts cost. Her puppies now have Velcro collars.  I will add some pictures of them this evening in this post. (My camera battery has to be charged).

On May 1st, I plan to separate Fiona from her puppies.  Tomorrow should be a sunny day.  I am going to take a picture of the puppies on my outside swing.  Usually, when I do this, it startles the puppies long enough for me to get some pictures before they start moving around.  They are getting their Panacur deworming.

I took Lady Greer to the vet yesterday a long with her puppies for their dew claw removal.  Lady Greer is very thin, and it alarmed me.  I thought the puppies were not getting the milk from her.  The mammary glands as it turned out were full of milk.  The vet did bloodwork and an ultrasound on Lady Greer.  The vet was concerned about calcium deficiency.  She was given a calcium shot along with fluids for dehydration.  I gave her the second calcium shot this morning, and she will get her third on Friday.  She is also taking a medicine for appetite enhancement.  She is thriving on whole milk cottage cheese and chicken.  She does not like the rice.  I was up all through the night last night to monitor her and feed her.  Stools are solid.  She is nursing the puppies well.  She just isn’t eating much of the dry food.  I will put Velcro collars on her puppies tomorrow.

I am working hard to keep all these puppies safe and well.

I have a red brindle male and a wheaten male available from Henry and Lady Greer.

Lady Greer does not have much appetite.  I have prepared chicken and rice to see if that will help.  I will ask the vet tomorrow when I take them in for the removal of the dew claws to see if the vet has anything that will help stimulate the milk and mammary glands.

Happy four-week-old birthdays to Fiona’s puppies.  They received their first taste of real food.  I will be working on sending the attachment with the important information to the puppy parents.

It is hard to get Lady Greer away from her puppies.  They are doing well.  I plan to get their dew claws removed in a day or two.