luna – Apr 23, 2012 12:00 AM

Peanut is estimated to be 19 days old today. We are making every attempt to post logs each day. The challenge of early pups is the need to maximize socialization, but the Pup Care program (which incorporates 5 – 6 people per week) wasn't scheduled to start until late May. So, wolf care staff are doing double duty on pup care to ensure the pups get the highest care possible, which means that wolf logs are pushed to the 3 am shift. Peanut is doing extremely well. She is eating a ground meat mix and is not shy in the food bowl. We struggled with a bottle transition, so her formula is still delivered by syringe, but her most likely consumption is lapping formula from the staff's palm. This is a slow process, but great for maximizing socialization. She is a vocal pup, responding with good dominance when Bolts gets to be too much. We do protect her from interactions that seem too intense, but this only seems to give her more confidence to assert a higher tail and louder growls when she does get to pin Bolts. To give you an idea of her growth, staff recorded the following weights: <li> 4/23 – 6.1 lbs <li> 4/22 – 5.8 lbs <li> 4/21 – 5.5 lbs <li> 4/20 – 5.3 lbs <li> 4/19 – 5.0 lbs <li> 4/18 – No weight taken <li> 4/17 – 4.4 lbs <li> 4/16- 4.1 lbs <li> 4/15 – 3.9 lbs <li> 4/14 – No weight taken <li> 4/13 – Pick up day 3.0 lbs