We Placed this Ad in the Newspaper
White Miniature Schnauzers ready for new homes June 27. Deposits being taken to reserve your puppy. 4 Males, 2 Females. Each puppy is a beautiful white color bred from white parents. Parents have excellent temperaments...gentle and sweet. Family raised in our home...socialized with children of all ages.
Puppies go to new homes with veterinary check, first shots, tails docked & dew claws removed.
Great news! Dixie had her puppies Friday night between 8:30 pm and 4:30am. (She was due today) Wow, I had no idea it took so long! We have 5 white males and 2 white females! It was an exhausting night, but very exciting. Everything went very smoothly. I felt rather relaxed throughout the process since it all seemed so similar to my own natural childbirths. Though Dixie did have it worse in that she had to go through delivery 8 times in a single night. Yes, she had 8 puppies, but the last one was a still born. I knew immediately, as it was smaller, lifeless, and did not look well formed. My daughter was a little sad about it, but I said it was just natures way. It would be much worse to have a puppy die after birth.
One thing that is interesting from a genetic point of view, is that all the puppies are pure white, except the second born, who is a very light almost beige-white. Isn't that interesting from a genetics point of view!? Both parents have the double recessive white gene, but even then there are variations. Nonetheless, my research indicates that that puppy too will turn white as she matures!
Dixie is being a great mom and the puppies are nursing well. We will keep you posted on the progress of the puppies. It is a very exciting experience all round!
Just wanted to share the good news that Dixie delivered seven white schnauzer puppies last night. There are 5 boys and 2 girls! It was a long delivery which took place May 1 between 9 pm and 3:30 am, but Dixie did great through the whole thing. All the squeeky little puppies are happily nursing this morning and Dixie looks very pleased with her accomplishment! I need to give Dixie her privacy for a few days (and quite frankly, I need to catch up on sleep myself!), but after that if any one was eager to take a peek, I would be pleased to show them off. They are so incredibly cute and tiny!
At this point in their development the puppies eyes and ears are closed and they are totally blind and deaf. They rely solely on their sense of smell in order to find their source of food.
We took time to hold each puppy every day for just a few minutes. Then we left them in a quiet place with their mom. We placed a tshirt, with our human scent in the crate. These are important first steps in the puppy to human bonding experience.
