What's the difference between the photo above and the one below? About ten seconds! Really! Mother Jersey walked into the photo shoot and laid herself down on the pink towel. Every single puppy immediately came alive, and toddled on over to nurse. Thank heaven she is such a great mom.

Another fascinating arrangement (and no, we didn't pose them!)

Still pretty much on the eating or sleeping schedule. Sometimes they try to do both at the same time. Their eyes have started to open, so we'll be noticing many more changes in the next few days.

Tails @ 12 days old
C.H.A.M.P., Inc.'s positive-based service dog training program will make sure these tiny little tails wag throughout the training process and after placement. It is very important to us that our dogs are happy in their work.

Toes @ 12 days old (with Mother Jersey)
These multi-purpose paws will propel this little guy through play and training sessions. Paws can also be used to fish a dropped pencil out from under a chair, or to operate a floor switch to turn lights on or off.

Be sure to check the CHAMP Blog for more photos on the Candy Litter, on their journey to becoming CHAMP service dogs!

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The babies continue to grow and change, and we are loving every minute of it!

Honey (F) on the left, and Heath (M) on the right, at six days old. In honor of the timing of their birth (right before Halloween) we've decided on candy names for this crew. They're wearing their newborn collars here. I couldn't duplicate all the colors when I got the next larger size so the collar colors may change on a few puppies in later photos.

Yellow Boy (no name yet) and Twix (F), at 12 days old...

And Twix by herself. Check out the unbelievably soft pads on her tiny paws. Eyes are still closed, ears are still closed.

I'm always fascinated by the interesting patterns in which the pups arrange themselves. They are very artistic.

The pups had several visitors this week, including Grandma and Grandpa. What, you mean not everybody has an enormous whelping box set up in their kitchen?

Please be sure to check the CHAMP Blog for more photos and stories on the Candy Litter!