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| A couple weeks later his brothers had grown considerably more than he had. By the time his mother was ready to wean her boys, Brutus was still too small to eat on his own so... |
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| ...we let him visit with Oreo who had one very fat puppy and lots of milk to share. The minute Oreo saw Brutus she rolled over and invited him to nurse. After a little sniffing around he accepted the invitation, and for the next few weeks Oreo had two babies, Darcy had a new brother who encouraged him to get up and get playing, while Brutus had all the warm milk he wanted and a cute puppy to snuggle with. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Then, Oreo was ready to wean her pup and Brutus... well... he was still so small so we put him in with another new Mom, Honey Bun and her boy Xedo. Honey Bun thought he was getting a little old for this but she allowed him to nurse for a few days. Meanwhile little Xedo loved the romping and playing. We noticed that although Brutus wasn't nursing as much he still kept going to this new home because he was delighted to attend to another tiny pup... |
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| ...And so we discovered that with every new litter born, Brutus wanted to be with the new pups. We found he was excellent in washing and encouraging the pups to do their bathroom duties, (just like the moms would do for them). He would keep guard over them and make sure they stayed within the nest and he would curl up around them to keep them warm as they slept. As they got older he would play with them and roll onto his back for them to crawl on him. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Even when the pups got bigger than him, Brutus would be keeping an eye on them and taking his nap with them. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And so it goes...with each new litter, as soon as the new mom is comfortable with him, Brutus comes in and starts cleaning their ears and checking their bums. He nuzzles them with his nose and teaches them to play. He is very gentle and patient and has never caused one to cry or yelp. We just call him the "BABYSITTER"! |
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