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Ta Dah……. introducing:
Dobby (from Harry Potter, named today by a little boy in the vets)
Dobby weighed 320g last Tuesday and today weighs 580g
Dixi weighed 300g last week and today weighs 580g
Daisy weighed 270g last week and today weighs 520g
The vet said pups are thriving. Milyana – ‘Who’s the Daddy?" Well first few days everyone said a boxer, then last week it was a Pug for certain due to the little snouts. However, the vet said today that they were now too big to be a Pug cross…..Dolly’s staying quiet
As the pups are so big, Dolly is having trouble feeding them, so I have to try and hand feed them 3 times a day or start them lapping up formula. Dolly got the all clear at the Vet’s and she got her stitches out. As she was spayed during the C-Section, hopefully she won’t be at the vet again for a long time.
Everyone in the vet’s fell in love with Dolly, and everyone who meets her thinks she’s adorable, so I’m really hoping she will get her own forever home. She was growling and snapping at other dogs in the vets today….so she really may need to be an only dog? She seemed fine with children as the 2 little boys in the vets who named Dobby didn’t bother Dolly at all.
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IMG_1151.JPGBig day today – Dobby, Dixi and Daisy are 3 weeks and have just had their first little meal.
Now that they are starting to waddle around more, they have got a new little pad set up for them, with a piddle area, snooze area and play area. We’ll see how that goes!
Dolly is doing great, a happy little girl. Spends less time with the pups now, prefers to be out pottering around with the rest of us. As the evenings have got darker, I have the kitchen lights on and Dolly has just noticed the Velux windows. She hates the shadows on the glass and has taken to barking her little head off at the windows each night.
We sleep safer in our beds knowing she’s minding us!! 
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IMG_1179.JPGOmg! They are really starting to uncurl and grow into their coats!i’ve just looked up pictures of border terriers and I think you could be on to something,Indianna! The colouring is definately in keeping with border terriers,with dark faces and tan bodies.it will be interesting to watch them change over the next few weeks!Still keeping my fingers crossed for one of the girls.Now to teach patience to my sons….!!!
Just a few pictures of Daisy, the smallest of the pups. She is much darker than the other 2 pups.
Dolly loves the new set up as she can keep an eye on her pups but they can’t get at her if she wants some quiet time.
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IMG_1191.JPGDolly had a nice pamper morning (well earned). She had a shower which she didn’t like too much.
But surprisingly she didn’t mind the hair-dryer! She got a little trim and is now looking (and smelling ) smashing again.
Dolly is doing great. She has started playing with the pups which is lovely to see. She is eating well – up to 5 meals a day as she’s still feeding the pups when she can. She seems to be losing some of her weight and I can see her back much slimmer now (she’s on the road to getting her size 0 figure back
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She’s sleeping on the floor beside me now, exhausted after the pampering session.
PS Dolly really dislikes getting her photo taken, so it’s hard to get any decent snaps of her. She decided to hide behind the rocking chair today so I couldn’t get a pic!!
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IMG_1219.JPGHappy one month birthday to Dobby, Dixi and Daisy. (It was yesterday but we were too busy partying to put up photos.
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They are all doing great, Dixi has outweighed Dobby this week, so she is now officially the biggest pup. She absolutely loves her food and has to be held back to give Dobby and Daisy a head start!
They are very clever little pups as each time I go into them I put them on the newspaper and they do their piddles. Three times this week when they saw me coming one of them waddled onto the paper themselves and piddled. (Proud moment).
PS They are the most beautiful little pups ever!!! (I’m not at all biased).
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IMG_1268.JPGI’ve started taking Dolly and her pups into the sitting room for a play when my dogs are gone to bed. Doesn’t she look proud of her little family?
She has started playing with them which is lovely to see.
Dolly has shown no interest in toys to date, but when the pups started playing with a toy, Dolly went over and took it under the coffee table and had a good chew on it! Barbara, who fostered Dolly when I was on holidays, visited Dolly and pups yesterday and said that maybe the pups will teach Dolly how to play. What a lovely idea.
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My guess and I am usually rubbish but here it is anyway – Border Terrier 
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