Sherob Akitas--Puppies

The Witte's and the Wallis's are delighted with our new arrivals from Dazzle and Dylan. There are two boys and two girls, and this is our W litter, so they'll be named for Westerns. Robert's our expert consultant in selection, since he's seen every Western, especially the John Wayne ones, at least three times!

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Dylan x Dazzle Puppies between 2 -3 weeks

Bigger girl close up
The bigger girl
The two boys from different directions
Dazzle with her brood. The bigger girl liked to get into the corner at this age.
The bigger boy
Dazzle with the smaller girl and boy
A close upof the bigger boy.
A race across the box between the smaller boy and larger girl
The smaller boy and the bigger girl face off. She likes to instigate play and has started barking once in a while at her brothers to get them to play with her.
Dazzle has a big smile but I didn't take a very good picture! It looks like she's getting ready to eat the smaller boy.
Dazzle cleaning up the littler girl
More mothering of the littler girl who always tried to duck out of these sessions, but wasn't quick enough here.
At this age, puppies just fall asleep in the middle of whatever they are doing. Here the little girl was investigating a new toy.
The larger girl and the smaller boy are often together
Dazzle with her brood. The whelping box is on semi-permanent loan from a friend of mine who has Great Danes. Look at it closely, because it has the coolest ledge around the top. It makes a nice place to sit so you can lean over the pen or to store toys when you're cleaning up. They fold down like a box top.

Between 3-4 weeks

The bigger girl explores her mother's ear
Close up of the bigger girl
The bigger girl asleep
The two boys are sacked out
At this age, they start playing.
More playing
A fierce attack!
Close up of the smaller boy
Two boys exploring
Two boys playing
The smaller boy has the fuller collar and is closest to the camera
Mom's arrival is a big event.
Close up of the smaller boy
Close up of the larger boy
One of the boys
Smaller boy from the top
Smaller boy close up

Between 4-5 wks

Big boy and big girl were trying to pick up this stuffed bone, but, as you can see, he's a terrible ham! As soon as I started shooting photos, he lost interest and started posing. You can't see him, but the smaller boy has gone to sleep on one of the pig rails at the back. He never budged.
The smaller girl has staked out the bone as hers since her brother isn't intersted in sharing the ball
Big boy struggles to pick up a small tennis ball
Big Boy suddenly notices the tennis ball. It's been there for a couple of days but no one paid it any attention.
You can just barely see the smaller boy sacked out on the pig rail at the top of this photo. The big girl made a try for the ball but it was too hard to pick up so here she's attacking her brother's tail. Typical boy...he's only interested in one thing
Ear flaps close at about 2-3 weeks and drop over the ears to protect the developing puppy. Then for prick-earred breeds, they come back up. You can see this puppy's will be coming up soon by the way they are carried and shaped. At least we hope so!
This is such an Akita look---Says clearly, this toy is mine
The ball has been abandoned for this new toy.
The bigger sister is trying to invite some play, but the smaller girl and bigger boy are only interested in their stupid toys
Bigger girl has finally gotten some action. She and her brother are rolling around the pen.
Several people asked about the whelping box. Each corner has a brace that holds the next except for one that is just big enough to hold but small enough to flex and let the adjacent one pass it--the same way you fold box tops to seal. This has seen a lot of puppies. Notice all the teeth marks.

5 weeks--THE Big Adventure Day

This was the big adventure day. First time we haven't had rain so they could go outside. It was great for about 5 minutes, then they realized it wasn't 69 degrees..in fact, it was about 90 and about 90% humidity. All they wanted was to go back inside.
It was so hot and humid that the camera fogged up. Some of these photos aren't the best quality, but with puppies, the time comes and goes and tomorrow, they're different.
He's imploring me to get him out. Good thing you can't hear the whines! They kept it up for about 45 minutes until they fell asleep.
Actually these two are almot the same size. The nicknames have just stuck
She's the first one to investigate anything and everything.
Shredded paper makes a great bedding for older puppies. They often like playing in it, like kids enjoy piles of raked leaves.