Full and Calm - Page 1

Just for fun :-)  These little ones are all full (of milk) and calm (great mom's make for calm babies).



This is the day they were born (last Friday).  It's Nexxus first litter, but she's an excellent mom, calm and attentive, which makes for a happy, and quiet, bunch of babies.  They are darker then the photo makes them look, since I was using a flash, some of them are almost black on the belly/legs.  Less white then I expected since there is both Elgos and Enzo in there, but it's very minimal. 

Photo is just for fun, I'll be posting more I'm sure, the pups are all sold already. 

All puppies showing  very good form, and commitment.

LOL  I have over the years actually seen a coorelation between how pups act when nursing and oral fixation.  Which pup finds the nipple fastest after they are born, which ones are fussy eaters, which ones will start nursing on anything you put in their mouth (finger, bottle, etc).  The ones that will latch onto anything and happily suck away seem to be the ones that grow up and constantly have a ball in their mouth, or are obsessive about full grips. 

However, it doesn't mean anything about their character, and IMO that's every bit as important.  Actually for me it's more important.  I've seen dogs that bit full/hard because of character, not an oral fixation, and I've seen dogs that bit full/hard because of an oral fixation.  Look at the rest of their body though, not just their grip, and they've got one foot out the door the entire time.  The last place you see it though is the grip because the grip is actually a "safe spot" for the dog, almost a pacifier and as long as they can keep the full grip they will try to stay in there.