Our current litter will not have any 8 1/2 week old puppies with us. They are all leaving us at 7 1/2 to 8 weeks. However, I’ve included these pictures of Sydney’s last litter at 8 1/2 weeks.
The Boys
Mr. Light Blue-“Birdie”



Mr. Yellow Paws-“Stone”



Mr. White – “Eddie”



Mr. Stripe – “Findlay”



Mr. Tan – “Rigley”
We accidentally deleted the third picture of Rigley. So sorry!!


The Girls
Miss Flower – “Kaia”



Miss Bubbles – “Lexi”



Miss Lady Bug- “Madison”



8 1/2 Week Old Puppies: Developmental Information
By 8 1/2 weeks, training is well underway.
Meal time manners has moved from puppies merely eating in their crates to puppies learning to give eye contact and wait for a release command before eating. At this age, we are working heavily on training them to like and willingly give eye contact. This is a very important foundation for our training. We spend a whole lot of time on the basics so that the more advanced work comes easier, quicker, and more solid.
By 8 1/2 weeks, we’ve been working on the down/stay for almost two weeks. Puppies have been working on our stationary heeling exercises and finding heel position for over a week. They’ve started moving in heel position and puppies are learning to love focusing on and working with a person.
You can read about how we raise our younger puppies on our Raising Puppies page .