OSoSwift Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 This little boy is doing well with supp feeding and growing strongly now :)From memory he is well over 400gms from a few days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2shoes Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Thank you everyone for your support, assistance and most importantly, your wonderful success stories. Ososwift is quite right! Little Oakley is absolutely thriving. He is well in excess of 530gms as of his last weigh in, can't drink enough at every feed and is clearly going to be just fine. :D It is now Day 12 and even though he now has ample strength to suckle on mum, he has decided he has an attitude and she can't feed him quickly enough! In any case, he is now absolutely coming along in leaps and bounds (almost literally!) and it won't be long before he will be on solids when I expect he will do some serious catching up to his siblings. If not, then he will be a delightful smaller boy for someone special to love and cherish. Here's a photo of all the babies taken this morning - that's Oakley on top. What he lacks in size he makes up for in tenacity! It was actually a little bit fresh overnight so they felt the need to pile on top of each other and do some serious snuggling. Warms my heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidley Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Just beautiful woody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 aww bless their little socks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Lovely to see the photo and to know he is thriving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyosha Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Fantastic!! Great to hear of his positive progress. Love the photo. My opinion is that it was my decision to bring the litter into being, so it is my responsibility to give each one maximum opportunities to thrive and grow. Pups with serious problems usually die in a few days to a week anyhow, no matter what you do. Heartbreaking, but at least you did your best. JMHO I share your opinion on this one Jed. Couldn't agree more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2shoes Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 Thanks everyone. Jed, I could not agree more either. I knew full well that if Oakley wasn't meant to make it, he would not survive very long no matter how hard I tried. He's tenacious though. In spite of my far from perfect early efforts, he not only survived, but is now thriving beautifully! He is so precious and between my husband's commitment and mine, he has been given every opportunity, all of which were fully deserved IMHO. Bless his little cotton socks w2s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 You do realise that you will want to keep him now :) Its always so hard to let them go when they have battled & won. Great news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 People love the little whippets. My prediction is he'll be the first one pet buyers want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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