First vet visit

Today is the first vet visit of the puppies. They are scheduled to be tail-docked and have their dew claw removed. I asked my mom to send pictures immediately. When I saw their pictures, I was surprised to see how big and healthy the puppies are. My mom told me that the biggest weighs 500+ grams. Half a kilo for a ten day old minipin pup?! Definitely an obese minipin in the making. hehehe. Others are not far behind. Both weigh 400+ grams. Pretty healthy litter huh?! Good job Maven!

To read more about tail-docking and dew claw removal, browse for my older post- 'They are now 8 days old' .

History repeats itself

Again, just like what happened on her first litter, another puppy died after 5 days. He was week before he died. He couldn't suckle. He's not crawling towards her mom. That time, I knew he's not gonna make it if he'll not make any good progress. Morning of August 25 I received a text from my mom saying that the red one just died and my father buried him already. That's life.

Maven's 2nd litter

August 20, 2011 - finally, for the second time, Maven gave birth to 4 puppies. Same colors as the first. But this time, there are 2 boys in the litter.

These pictures were taken just few hours before she gave birth to these puppies

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Can't wait to give them names. I am thinkin' of an F, P or C series.

Maven during stud and gestation

On her 40th-50th day

Hoping that this time it would be a big litter.

Maven is an AKC standard miniature pinscher. Her mate is a micro miniature pinscher.