The boys have recieved their colored collars now. They will wear these from now on and we will refer to them by the color of their collar for identification.
As you can see here, the BLUE collared pup has a slightly smaller facial structure. He is the largest puppy at 9lbs 9oz today. At this time he is the quickest to struggle to get up when put on his back. He tries to get up almost immediately. He is not necessarily the quickest to come forward in the group but he is not shy either. We are watching them to see how their personalities develop. He has a few tan hairs on the underside of his paws.
The GREEN collared pup is the most social at this point. He is the second largest at 9lbs 4oz today He wags his tail all the time. He is the one that always wants to be on your shoe if you are standing or in your lap if you are sitting. We cannot find any tan hairs on this puppy.
The RED collared pup is the one that we originally thought was going to be the most dominant. At 3 weeks old he was the most adventurous and he was always the first to come forward in a group of puppies when we would approach. He is 9lbs 1oz today. At this point, they all seem to be similar in personality. We will have to keep watching. This pup has a tiny amount of light tan or white hair on his chest (like 15 hairs) the head on photos show this and if you click on the photos they will enlarge.
The PURPLE collared puppy weighs 8lbs 13oz . He has a patch of white on his chest. the patch of hair is small and if I had to predict, I would say it will be smaller than a dime when he is mature. The patch is visible in the full frontal photo of the 4 puppies together above.
I have mentioned that some of these puppies have tan hairs on the bottoms of their paws. These photos show what this looks like.
They are starting to eat soft foods in addition to mother's milk and they are in the bigger run now where they can get out of the whelping box and romp and play during the day.
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