April 10, 2026 – Ava and Watson’s puppies are over five weeks old now and they are using the litter box very well, they are starting to get comfortable with crates (as long as they’re together at this point) and they started eating mush this week. They are fully sound conditioned to all kinds of scary noises and they are totally nonreactive and calm. Here are the pictures we took of them today after their bath and blow dry. We do bath and blow drying a couple of times a week here, even though they don’t need it, all as part of their conditioning. Here they are, they’re getting cuter all the time!
April 3, 2026 – Time is flying by here! Ava’s puppies are starting to play and romp, but they’re still pretty sleepy and wanting to stay close to mama and to each other. They’ll be chasing and playing more soon. We finished the bio-sensor program and they have had lots of sound conditioning and baths and blow drying at this point. They’re pretty laid back and chilled out about all of life’s “scary” things. We keep bringing them out to play and explore (helps build confidence) and they are held and massaged and socialized daily. We took pictures of them and they’re getting cuter every day! Here they are at over four weeks old.
March 28, 2026 – Ava and Watson’s puppies are growing up. They are going to be four weeks old in a couple of days. They are learning to use the litter box now. Still nursing and staying close to mama always. They mostly just sleep in a pile still, but we’ve started bringing them out of their pen each day to explore and learn to play. They’re not quite sure what to do and they really don’t play with toys yet, but it won’t be long and they’ll be romping around! We finished the bio-sensor program steps and now we focus on conditioning them to “scary” sounds each day to get them really relaxed and used to thunderstorms, vacuums, fireworks, blow dryers and more. Their temperaments are already so relaxed. We walk around with them carrying them on their backs (with loud sounds going) and we massage them daily for more temperament conditioning. They still get baths regularly and we’ve been blow drying them too, to get them really used to that before their fear stages start. All so important! Here they are at almost four weeks old! Time is flying here.
March 20, 2026 – Ava and Watson’s puppies are doing great. They opened their eyes this week and are already getting so comfortable with humans and human touch through our daily massages, baths and through their daily bio-sensor conditioning steps. They still mostly sleep, and we don’t get to see their eyes open too much yet, but we took pictures of them so that you can see them at two weeks old. Here they are!
March 12, 2026 – Ava and her puppies are doing very well! Ava continues to be a great mama, and we do believe that plays into the temperament of her babies. She’s quiet, calm, attentive and she always remains close to her pups. The pups continue to gain weight daily and are thriving. They can’t see or hear yet, so our main connection to them is through touch. We massage them daily, and they love the soothing feel of warm baths. We’ll try to post a video of that soon on our Instagram page.
Most important, we do the critical bio-sensor steps on them daily. If a breeder only does one thing for a litter, this is it! We daily take them through the steps to stimulate them neurologically and this also begins the temperament conditioning that we do here. Today, mama let us pull them away briefly for photos. Here they are at ten days old! They are sleepy, as usual, but still so cute.
March 4, 2026 – We’re excited to announce Ava’s first litter! She brought us a litter of six healthy pups, and they arrived on Tuesday, March 2. We have four boys and two girls. All of the pups (and mama!) are doing well. All of the pups are nursing, gaining weight and thriving.
Ava is a wonderful mama and she’s doing a great job. Here are the first pictures, taken in the earliest hours of life. (As you can see, there’s no bedding in the pen yet, and that’s for the safety of the pups. We won’t add bedding until they are a week old, to prevent anyone from getting buried, tangled or suffocate under bedding. ) We’ll be updating this blog post about once per week so that our families can watch their litter grow and see what’s going on here. We welcome to our world Ava’s “A Litter”, and here they are: Anna, Ally, Adam, Andy, Arthur, and Aiden! Also keep an eye on our Instagram page to see videos of the puppies as they grow.
