e o w Y C n: Puppies for Sale

This is probably one of the most heart-breaking decisions we've got to make: selling our adorable puppies. :-'(

Our beautiful Peni became a mother on 23 May 2009 when she whelped a litter of 7 healthy German Shepherd puppies - 3 males and 4 females. All 7 were live births.

Unfortunately, Peni was exhausted when the 6th puppy, Tara was delivered and she didn't attend to the newborn quickly enough. As a result, fluids entered her lungs. The hub and I were helplessly inexperienced and weren't able to apply the right procedure/technique to save her. The hub gave her CPR and managed to revive her after 30 minutes. But it was too little, too late. Tara struggled for 2 days before she passed away.

Thankfully, the vet arrived and attended to the last puppy, Savi.

It's been truly an eye-opening 6 weeks for us. Taking care of newborn puppies is a lot of hard work (and money). All blood, sweat and tears. Literally. Especially now that they bite and zoom in for our ankles, shins and toes. Mine have been regularly bitten, scratched and gnawed at by the playful puppies.

Is it hard work caring for 6 lively puppies? You bet.

During their first 2 weeks, the hub was sleeping downstairs in the living room at night to take care of Peni and the pups. We were afraid she might trample on them, so we only brought them out of their "tub" when they needed to be fed. And like human babies, they fed every 3-4 hours directly from their mother. I helped out a few nights when the hub was exhausted and used the chance to catch up on some reading. (That's how I managed to complete reading the Twilight series in a couple of days).

At about 3 weeks, the puppies finally opened their eyes. And this was roughly about the same time they started teething too. Their appetites increased and we had to supplement with Lactol Puppy Milk because Peni was, by then, beginning to tire of feeding them. And their teeth were getting sharp too.

Now that they're 6 weeks they now eating solid food. We feed them with a mixture of dry pellets and meats, and milk, about 3 times a day. Needless to say, these fast-growing puppies are burning large holes in our pockets. The amount of food they consume is frightful. If we didn't own a pet shop and get food/milk at a discounted price, we'd go broke paying through our noses to maintain their daily diet.

The six puppies are a playful lot and when they're not sleeping, they're fighting and barking their heads off. And the only way to quieten them is to give them some food or treats to chew on. The puppies have been vaccinated and registered with Singapore Kennel Club (SKC) so they've all got names now: Jackson, Megan, Mikey, Layla, Whiskey (who's already been sold) and Savi.

Now we've in the process of selling our lovely puppies. Much as we'd love to keep them, we're not allowed to do so as we already own 2 full-grown German Shepherds in our compound. According to the Law, we're permitted up to a maximum of 3 large breed dogs per registered address. Not to mention the fact that it's very expensive and it requires a lot of work maintaining them.

We are, however, very particular about potential and prospective owners and hope that their future masters would love and care for them as much as we do. So if you do know of any family looking for quality, pedigree German Shepherd dogs (their sire is Jack, SKC GSD champion and Peni herself won competitions), do let us know.

Below are links to the photo albums I created on Facebook:

If only I could keep them all!

Sigh.

Here are selected pictures of the puppies, my personal favourites. Enjoy!