Newborn Puppies

Raising Newborn Puppies: Keeping Warm

At birth, puppies cannot generate their own body heat and must be kept warm and dry. Healthy newborn body temperature ranges between 95°...

Puppy Talk

Jan 5, 20202 min read

Puppy playtime is more than just puppy fun time. Between 4-16 weeks of age, play is also critical period of learning. During this time...

Puppy Talk

Dec 31, 20192 min read

There are four critical periods in the social life of a puppy. The first critical period spans the neonatal and transition periods...

Puppy Talk

Dec 8, 20191 min read

Puppies are born blind and deaf. Hearing is the last sense to fully develop. The helpless little pups won't be able to hear mom until...

Puppy Talk

Nov 30, 20191 min read

Puppies are born blind with their eyes 'sealed' shut. Just two slits above their wrinkled, pushed in nose. Sight for a newborn pup is a...

Puppy Talk

Nov 27, 20191 min read

She must get him warm and dry and awake. Suddenly his entire body inhales and tiny mewing begins.

Puppy Talk

Nov 25, 20192 min read

As the hours tick towards midnight, she beings to whirl round and round. Pausing now and again her mind far away - or far within. It won't b

Puppy Talk

Nov 23, 20191 min read