P Litter Two Weeks Old

It has been quite a week for the residents of Bellevue, Nebraska and the entire state of Nebraska for that matter. By now you’ve seen it on the news I’m sure. The most shocking for us is that the neighborhood that we moved out of 16 years ago is under water. Even today, the mobile homes are up to their windows with water. The great thing is that we’ve all rallied together to take care of those impacted by the flood. I wish that I had more to give for the relief effort, but 15% of the deposit money from this litter of pups went to food for those impacted by the flood here in Bellevue (the rest is needed for dog food and vet bills to keep these guys going). So many people are coming together volunteering their time and making donations. The Bellevue church community is running its own shelter and supply distribution center, ran entirely by local donations. The American Red Cross is also operating a shelter and supply distribution center. If you wish to donate to flood relief efforts in our area, please give to the American Red Cross https://www.redcross.org/local/nebraska/about-us/news-and-events/news/nebraska-flooding.html

Bluestem Kennels Flood Relief Food Donations to the Bellevue Christian Center

All of the new owners have been anxiously awaiting new phots and video now that the puppies have their eyes open and are much more mobile. At this point, I like to put them in a new environment for 5 minutes or so every day or every other day to get them used to the idea of there being a world outside of their box. But their favorite place is still in their box and it will be for another couple of weeks yet. I will start spoonfeeding them mush over the next week so that we can transition to the pan

Here are the photos of the individual puppies. They are for my record keeping and identification going forward as much as they are for anything else. These are just names that I use as placeholders to post photos online. I do not actually call them by these names. In this case, I had enough “P” female names in my family to give the whole litter names. Usually it is family and friends’ names or characters from literature. Due to time constraints, I only do individual photos a few times.

Here is this weeks video, from their adventure on the living room floor to back in their box. https://youtu.be/I1NJSQSJOGc

Females

Phila Mae Face