boltz – May 7, 2012 12:00 AM

Bolts is growing in height on a daily basis, and his leg growth is tremendous. If you watch him on the webcam, you will notice slights limps or times when his coordination is affected by these long legs. We are trying to maximize nutrition during these fast growth spurts, and have added some dry dog food with a balanced protein to the meat mix. We continue to offer formula, but their interest in formula continues to be minimal. You will also see staff giving a multi-vitamin by eye dropper every day. We ordered a new scale, as the floor scale we have been using is giving us inconsistent weights, but to the best of our ability, here are the weights since the last posting. We typically like to see .2 lb weight gain, but do recognize that changes in staffing or activities can affect feeding. It is critical that people remain diligent but not overbearing in getting the pups to feed. Calm staff make for calm pups, and can result in them missing a meal of they are too stressed. There is a fine balance in socialization and pup care. Here are the weights recorded since the last posting. We did some comparisons between Grizzer and Bolts, and they were tracking pound for pound until they were about 36 days old, then Grizzer made some significant 1 lb and consecutive half pound gains that we did not see in Bolts. On the last recorded weight for today, Bolts is 12.8 lbs, whereas Grizzer was already 14.2 lbs. <li> 4/28 – 10.8 lbs <li> 4/29 – 10.8 lbs <li> 4/30- 11.3 lbs <li> 5/1 – 11.2 lbs <li> 5/2 – 11.6 lbs <li> 5/3 – 12.0 lbs <li> 5/4 – 12.2 lbs <li> 5/5 – 12.4 lbs <li> 5/6 – 12.6 lbs <li> 5/7 – 12.6 lbs <li>