How much can a puppy grow in a week ish?

1 week ago

Now

Whatever position you put his tiny little hands when you lay him on his back. He'll stay in the position for 1-2 minutes before he starts squirming lol

Another pic of him standing

Escaped!

What do puppies do when they are bored and left alone? They escape! That's what happened to Venus. Apparently I did not close the play-pen well enough, so he managed to escape his confined area and roamed free around the house for approximately, 11 hours!

What has he been doing in that period? Finding the best spots to play his toys apparently. Found a toy in the living room, Guest room, and study room. He stayed out of the Master Bedroom and toilets apparently. Best part, NO uaccidents! All urine and stool were properly left at his weepad! WOW! only two months and he has already learnt to go back to use his toilet. Not the area he was roaming free without supervision for over 11 hours is approximately, 1,300 sqf. That's big for a puppy his size. The maltese was not with him at this time, so this is 11 hours of solo exploration! tissues in the basket was not touched either! This is the first time I've easily trained a puppy this age and the outcome was phenominal!
Good Boy Venus :D

Cold night

been raining a lot lately, and winds are very chilly too. So someone got to learn to use a blanket :P

2 days later ~

Venus seems to be doing a lot better.
Experiments conducted
1) supplement fed as vet prescribed. seems to have a little effect but still helps

2) removed him from the maltese. Limit their play time together. They now sleep separately. Read somewhere puppies need to play, but NOT over-do-it. Made a big difference the next morning. So this could be another main cause. Too much play time, not enough rest.

3) his kibbles, found a way to make him eat them withOUT using can food. Ask the maltese to eat Venus' food, and he'll jump right in. Anything the maltese eats, Venus will poke his head in. Not a good way, but heck, temporary solution that works! So now, all I gotta do is feed the maltese somewhere out of sight. When he's full, just use him as bait for Venus. Make the maltese poke his head into venus' bowl, and he'll jump right in and eat his kibbles.

Last night I allowed them to sleep together. This morning Venus seems to be able to run around normally. After a while, he did start to look a little dizzy again. So I guess #2 needs to be implemented more. gonna be hard cause the puppy still needs to learn to be alone more. Daytime is easy, but night time here is way TOO quiet. He doesn't whine that much anymore but barks...really HIGH pitched bark that sounds something like..."WHAT!" "WHAT!"...seriously...lol

OMG

While he was eating yesterday, he suddenly collapsed! he was still conscious but he just suddenly fell over! thought was funny at first but then it took him a good 30 seconds to get back up. This morning, he was so weak that he could barely stand up. Even with help, he just slid and fell back down on his tummy. he could barely lift his head! OMG

Apparently he had hypoglycemia. He's been so picky about his food that his sugar level in his blood was too low. So could have caused his sudden dizziness and seizure like movement of his head. Took him to the vet and gave the him some supplement. Vet told to stay on this for a week to see how it goes. He prefers this over medication and injections, which I have no objections over it! so gave him 10ml of it gonna see how it goes. He seems to be getting back on his feet somewhat.

Back to square one...his food. Even just giving him his canned food, he's kinda picky over it now.../sigh he's barely eating two mouth fulls now. going to see if this appetite will improve later tonight.
*crosses fingers*

Finally~

Picked him up on October 16th, 2007. Small little fellow.





Here he is sleeping in mummy's arms. Sleeps like a rabbit lol

He was infested by ticks/fleas.../sigh so had to get some mild medicine for him. Got the ClassIV by Frontline, apparently it's safe for puppies too. The Maltese needed a new one too so got this for the both of them. Working quite well too. Ticks/fleas starting to get really inactive and this Saturday night he'll be getting his first bath from me. Gonna need to wash off all those dead ticks/fleas

Here is how small he is. That is roughly a 1x1' tile.


The first night and day was bad. He cried so loud like it was the end of the world every two hours or so! Apparently he was weaned using canned food which the breeder neglected to tell me. So I was handing feeding him soaked Orijen puppy food, which he didn't like but forced himself to eat after he was starving. He even vomited some of his food back out. According to the vet was because he was too hungry and he ate a lot so he vomited most of the food back out. So finally called the breeder and he went "ops forgot to tell you...", problem fixed. Got some science diet puppy can food and mixed a little with dry orijen puppy kibbles and he finished everything! lol such a huge difference! Also added some Cottage Cheese to his diet to help with his bone and joints development. Apparently they have small bones which I'm a little worried about since he plays kinda rough as will be shown below. Both the dogs love the Cheese. So I'm thinking of permanently adding this to their diet since no diarrhea for both of them.

He was already active when he reached home. Now with all this energy from the amount of food he's taking in...he's one happy and VERY energetic puppy. Mommy stopped worrying about him too since he's eating right now.

We also introduced him to his big brother. It didn't go too well at first. Popy thought that he will be neglected so he was expressed jealousy at first and kept clinging to his mommy lol was so funny. The next day he started warming up to Venus and played with him a little (running away when Venus approaches). Our initial plan was to have Popy(Maltese) tire the puppy out so he wouldn't whine that much. The plan worked even better than we hoped. Both were worn out! So no more noisy whining at night.

Peeing is ok so far. He's kinda accurate, every hour he'll need to go. So, easy to plan this toilet training. Only accident so far happened when he's outside his "home". Played too much and I kinda lost track of time. small pool. when he's "home" he runs to the weepad and does a good job. Best part, he's sharing the poopee tray with Popy. They just set their own rules apparently LOL each of them gets half the tray ie. 1 weepad each. Popy poopee on his side, and Venus on his. Smart furkids lol

As for myself busy busy busy. need to keep the house clean or else their mommy will come after me. A promise is a promise lol

Update

Finally found the breeder and got an update from him. Took my baby to the Vet and everything checked out A O K

Got some updated pics. He just started to walk around last week and according to the vet he's starting to gait a bit. Still unable to run properly.

Can barely see them but if you look closely you can see his marble like eyes. So round.

Also seems like there is a white ring around his nose. wonder if that ring will grow bigger when he gets older. His ears are still down. Waiting a few more weeks for them to eract up. One more week to go and I should be able to pick him up from the breeder. First stop, my family vet.

edit: in both these pictures, noticed that he's looking so deeply into the camera. hmm seems to be paying quite the attention. Wonder if it's just coincidence or he's really that attentive