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Golden Retriever Puppies 2012
Kenai (7 weeks old)
All of our puppies have found wonderful homes! We do not have any golden retriever puppies available at this time. However, if you are interested in one of our future litters, feel free to contact us.
4 weeks old snuggling with their teddy bear :)
All 9 puppies sleeping on the kitchen floor (4 weeks old)!
Puppy playpens (sometimes also referred to as X pens) are a great tool for a puppy owner. They can contain the puppy in one area so he/she is easier to watch, plus, it helps keep the puppy out of things that he/she shouldn't be in. We always have at least one pen in our house at a time. It is useful to be able to gate off our mud room or an area in our kitchen so that the puppy can play, but if he/she makes a mess, the tile floor is much easier to clean up!
Another great tool to have when you are potty training is a good dog crate! We recommend a few different kinds:
1) A wire crate with a plastic pan on the bottom. Pros--comes with 2 doors (some versions), has removable/washable bottom pan, difficult for a puppy to get out of, folds down for convenient storage. Cons--wire crates don't give puppies the security that they need, but this problem can easily be solved by hanging a blanket over the back of the crate to make it more den-like; also, some crates don't come with a middle divider so that the puppy can grow into it.
2) An all plastic kennel with a metal gate. Pros--hard plastic is usually fairly hard for a puppy to get out of, the crate makes a great den-like atmosphere, the plastic is easy to wash. Cons--plastic crates cannot fold down (unless all screws are untwisted and the kennel is taken apart), they take up a lot of room, and are mostly indestructible, but can occasionally have problems with puppies eating some of the plastic.
3) A soft crate--these crates are only recommended for adult dogs, not puppies because of their likelihood to destroy the crate in an attempt to get out. Pros--foldable, soft-sided, easy to store, great for traveling. Cons--easy to escape from, not very sturdy, meant mainly for well-behaved adult dogs.
1) A wire crate with a plastic pan on the bottom. Pros--comes with 2 doors (some versions), has removable/washable bottom pan, difficult for a puppy to get out of, folds down for convenient storage. Cons--wire crates don't give puppies the security that they need, but this problem can easily be solved by hanging a blanket over the back of the crate to make it more den-like; also, some crates don't come with a middle divider so that the puppy can grow into it.
2) An all plastic kennel with a metal gate. Pros--hard plastic is usually fairly hard for a puppy to get out of, the crate makes a great den-like atmosphere, the plastic is easy to wash. Cons--plastic crates cannot fold down (unless all screws are untwisted and the kennel is taken apart), they take up a lot of room, and are mostly indestructible, but can occasionally have problems with puppies eating some of the plastic.
3) A soft crate--these crates are only recommended for adult dogs, not puppies because of their likelihood to destroy the crate in an attempt to get out. Pros--foldable, soft-sided, easy to store, great for traveling. Cons--easy to escape from, not very sturdy, meant mainly for well-behaved adult dogs.
Esbilac (pictured above) and other brands of milk replacers are excellent if a puppy ever gets rejected by their mom (this has never happened to us...knock on wood) or if the mom just has a lot of puppies to nurse, like Kahlua. 13 puppies is a lot for one mom to handle when she only has 8 nipples! Therefore, we help out a little by supplementing the smaller puppies with some milk replacer. Of course it is super important for all of the puppies to be nursing from mom first because the colostrum (first milk) gives each puppy the antibodies necessary to help their immune systems stay strong. Puppy milk replacer is also good for mom to have because of the added nutrients.
A bulb syringe (seen in the picture above) is what we use to clear the airway of each puppy when they are born. Make sure before you put the syringe into the puppy's mouth that it is compressed (you are pushing it in) so that you can let it go once the bulb is in the puppy's mouth and the fluids will be sucked out. If you compress the bulb syringe while it is in the puppy's mouth, the fluids will get pushed back due to the air being released from the syringe.
