{"id":23162,"date":"2017-06-11T17:44:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T01:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puppyintraining.com\/?p=23162"},"modified":"2022-06-13T20:41:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T04:41:01","slug":"our-litter-of-golden-retriever-pups-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puppyintraining.com\/our-litter-of-golden-retriever-pups-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Litter Of Golden Retriever Pups – Week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’ve been following along then you probably already know that our Golden, Raven had six beautiful Golden Retriever pups a few months back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we’re recapping WEEK 3 of the pups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you missed a post or two then take a look back at our litter of Golden puppies Week 1<\/a> and Week 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what happened during week 3?<\/p>\n\n\n

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Golden Retriever Pups Week 3 – Gunner and his dinosaur!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Without further adieu…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUICK RECOMMENDATION:<\/strong> If you’re thinking about getting a puppy first check out Puppies for Dummies<\/a>. It’s a great book that will give you a good foundation on raising and training a puppy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golden Retriever Pups Week 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our movie quote for the week is “THEY’RE SO FLUFFY!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hint: Think animated and super villain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I probably mentioned it multiple times, but I was nervous as heck the days leading up to Raven’s due date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had no idea what was going to happen, what I was supposed to do, or when it was going to happen!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckily Raven had everything under control.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Our little Golden puppy, Gunner meets Service Dog Puppy In Training, Archer – Day 20<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Honestly, after going through the entire experience I found I was much better prepared than I thought,\u00a0but then again experiencing something like whelping a litter of puppies for the first time can be very stressful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, if you found us because you’re prepping whelp a litter of puppies you might want to take a look at our whelping checklist<\/a> and make sure you have all the supplies you’ll need for the day your puppies arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least when my daughter Emma was born we were surrounded by doctors and nurses who I’m sure experienced childbirth thousands of times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most important things is to make sure everyone is gaining weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For 8 weeks I weighed all 6 puppies once a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the Day 15 weight chart:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puppy<\/strong><\/td>Shave Mark<\/strong><\/td>Color<\/strong><\/td>Weight (Day 15)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Liberty (Berlin)<\/td>Right Back Leg<\/td>Green<\/td>2 lb 11.5 oz<\/td><\/tr>
Tank (Bear)<\/td>Left Back Leg<\/td>Black<\/td>3 lb 1.5 oz<\/td><\/tr>
Trooper (Buster)<\/td>Right Shoulder<\/td>Red<\/td>2 lb 11 oz<\/td><\/tr>
Patriot<\/td>Left Shoulder<\/td>Blue<\/td>3 lb 1 oz<\/td><\/tr>
Spirit<\/td>Lower Back<\/td>Pink<\/td>2 lb 11.5 oz<\/td><\/tr>
Gunner<\/td>Upper Back<\/td>Brown<\/td>2 lb 10.5 oz<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Golden Puppy Week 3<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The good news about week 3 is it was the first time I feel like I had a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The puppies were doing great as their eyes were wide open, they were sobering up (the drunk man waddle was becoming more stable), and a few other major landmarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 16 – Let’s Hear Some Noise!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yep, I heard the first real bark from one of the pups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first bark was cute, but not so sure 6 barking puppies is much fun (I can tell you from experience…it isn’t).<\/p>\n\n\n

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First Bark? or Yawing Puppy? – Day 19<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Day 17 – Puppy Socialization<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a few friends stop by early on to see the puppies, but we started seeing more visitors during week 3 including family and several of our fellow GDA puppy raisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From children to adults to seniors our pups got to meet and greet many a visitor.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Our Golden Bear meets our lil’ nephew – Day 18<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Day 18 – Puppy Play<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

YAY!  Puppies are becoming active!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are finally starting to interact with each other in a playful manner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every step in their journey seems monumental and the first signs of playing together is no different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 3 marked the time when puppies started looking and acting like puppies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of other notes from\u00a0week 3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n