One Day Old...

Both Sashay and I crashed last night and got several hours of sleep! She is such a good mom. This is one smart girl. She is so careful not to lay on any of her pups. Sometimes a momma dog does that by accident and the pups are not big enough at this time to scooch out from underneath her. Sashay is a first time mommy and already knows everything. Well... except that it was her job to lick and clean them when they poop. LOL it cracks me up when I have to break the news to them... A puppy had poop coming out, I held him up to  her and said, "Get the poop, Sashay" and she sniffed and then went "Yuck" and turned her head away. I told her, "This is your job. You have to lick and clean then and stimulate urination and pooping at this age."
I held the puppy up to her and she took the poop but was making a face. LOL Now she is cleaning them like a pro.

1 Day old pups

I was a bad breeder and did not weight them last night before bed. I was just too exhausted. I had a really long and emotional day, just told a bunch of people some bad news and the outpouring of support and love was so wonderful. I did weigh the smallest girl a couple times yesterday. She was not nursing as well as the others, so I kept on placing her on a teat. I also mixed up some puppy formula and tried to get her to nurse. I have to say she is a stubborn one. She never did really nurse. She is getting her suck reflex down and she is nursing well on her momma now. I think she tasted the formula (not Esbilac but a spin-off brand, I know... it's what they had at the feed store...) and she decided she doesn't want that again! Next time I will buy Esbilac. LOL

All are doing well. Watching the little girl close to make sure she starts gaining.