Phoenix

We have our 1st nickname for this litter. Introducing Phoenix, the smallest pup of the litter. Yesterday morning I cam down to find him cold and unresponsive, making long and pitiful whining noises, I truly thought we were going to loose him, but we spent the next couple of hours warming him up and eventually he started moving around. At this point we offered him some bottle milk and thankfully he took it. The rest of the day was spent ensuring he was kept warm, plugging him onto Audrey numerous times and offering the bottle every 2/3 hours. We have continued this through the night and I am very pleased to report that this morning he is holding his own with his litter mates, even managing to lay claim to, and hang on to, one of Audreys mutant nipples (I think that was half the problem to start with, he was simply too small to cope with her nipples). So although we are not completely out of the woods, I feel pretty confident about his chances now, even though being poorly for a day means he is now about half the size of his siblings.