Ellie and Brother's babies are now 7 weeks old

Ellie and Brother's babies are now 7 weeks old, and my, they have changed a lot this past week! Four little gremlins are racing around the house most of the day. They are so funny when they reach the tile floor of the kitchen - they took two days to realize that the the tile was "okay" to walk on! Hardwood is much safer, I guess! I expanded their pen in the living room to 4 feet by 6 feet, as they need more room now that they are more active, even though they are not in it a lot... (mostly when I have to mop the floors!)


It is so cold here that they have not had any outdoor time - it is -30 Celsius this morning as I write this. However, yesterday, on their 7 week birthday, I did take them outdoors in my arms so we could get new face shots of them. Thank you CM for doing the pictures while I held the babies! Here they are!


This is Skyehaven Valonnia, formerly known as sable girl #1. She was not at all happy to be out in the cold and the wind, and was curled around my arm so did not photograph as well as I had hoped. Still, you can see her sweet eye and expression...

Below is her "twin" Skyehaven Verona. These two girls are almost identical in size and type, both being 7-1/2" at 7 weeks.

The third girl, Skyehave Toscana (formerly sable merle girl) is below. She is the biggest of the four, measuring almost 8-1/4" at 7 weeks. Her soft sable merle colouring makes her very appealing, doesn't it?

And always last, the smallest puppy in the litter is the sable male Skyehaven Valedictorian. At 6 weeks we could not get a measurement on him as our wicket starts at 6-1/2" and he was below that mark! Now at 7 weeks of age he measures 7-1/8". It will be interesting to see how his growth pattern unfolds.

All the puppies have nice little bodies, with fronts well under them, and excellent rear angles without being over-angulated. Toplines are nice and level with no extra length in back or loin. We are growing out all four babies to 10 weeks of age before determining where they will end up.