Odd Couple

Next to White Tips, the next two puppies we could easily distinguish from the beginning were #5/Mr. Blue and #3/Mr. White because they have always been the largest and the smallest. Mr. Blue was MUCH bigger than anyone else when he arrived, but a few others are catching up. Mr. White, on the other hand, was one of three small pups at the beginning, but the other two have started catching up with the other pups now, leaving Mr. White as the "teeny tiniest".

Mr. Blue, aka "the Biggie" or "Tank", has consistently been almost exactly twice as big as Mr. White. He is a great nurser, wedging himself in and displacing the other puppies easily anytime he is awake. He also loves the supplemental milk, and even though he hasn't missed many meals with mom, he never turns down any extra. He is so big now that we probably won't be able to fit him in the weight bowl much longer. He is also the loudest so far, making cute little muffled barks. He is a very content puppy... eating, then sleeping, then eating... then sleeping some more.

Mr. White may be small, but he is not weak or lagging developmentally at all. In fact, he is quite precocious. He was one of the first to have his eyes open and is doing the most beginning walking. He caught on quickly to lapping the supplements from the dish. He spends a lot of time nursing, but sometimes he gets bumped off by the jostling of the bigger pups. He comes back again and again, though, and just has so much heart. He is so sweet, and nuzzles our necks when we hold him. A foster mother tries not to have favorites, but this tiny fellow is the one I search out each time I come to their den...