Aletta is Doing her Best as a Mom! -Scenes of Moms and their Puppies in Fuji Harness

2022. 6. 29

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A golden retriever is nursing seven puppies.

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We have news from our Japan Guide Dog Center, "Fuji Harness."
As many of you may know, Fuji Harness whelps nearly 100 puppies yearly. The puppies stay with their mother and siblings until they are two months old.

Eight black and three yellow Labrador puppies are cuddling on a towel. Their eyes are not open yet.

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The average number of puppies born is about 6, but surprisingly, we had eleven puppies from Aletta the other day!

A yellow Labrador is nursing eleven puppies. It is hard to spot each puppy because they are squeezing together by her.

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Can you all identify the eleven puppies in these photos? It may not be easy because many of them are black. Aletta is looking at the camera and says, "I did my best as a mom!"

Four yellow Labrador puppies are drinking milk from a dish as the yellow Labrador mother watches them from a distance.

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Whelping is not the end of the process. The mother dog will nurse her puppies, encourage them to relieve and check on them from time to time to ensure they are all doing well as they grow up.

The next photo shows other puppies practicing drinking milk from a bowl.

A yellow Labrador puppy wearing a black puppy shirt is holding a toy in its mouth. The puppy is in a playground outside, and several other toys are on the ground.

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The mother is watching her puppies closely from a short distance away.

Besides staying with their mother, the puppies have time to play with different toys and experience various surfaces in the outside playground as they grow mentally and physically.

A yellow Labrador mother is lying down and looking at her yellow Labrador puppy yawning just beside her.

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Way to go, mom and puppies!