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dsrjrr · 01-13-2007, 09:55 AM

Okay Ive got 2 litters only days apart what is the best way to identify the litters?I want to start putting them on the floor alittle but scared Ill get them mixed up!

Amber_lv · 01-13-2007, 09:58 AM

I've seen people use little hair bands the bigger ones diff colors around the neck or you can write on their bellies or nail polish

suz · 01-13-2007, 10:21 AM

Get some "doggie" kind of nail polish. I had 2 litters born one day apart. Four out of one and three out of the other one. The older female wanted ALL of them. So I put red polish on hers and yellow on the other ones. Works great. DON"T use people polish tho. It's toxic.
Suz

chattiesmom · 01-13-2007, 11:24 AM

I put a drop of food coloring on a cotton swab and paint different color spot on each pup. That's why I have BluePuppy and GreenPuppy

Sugar's Mom · 01-14-2007, 06:32 AM

I put yarn around mines necks when they were born and it took mom about two hours to tear it off and nearly kill puppies trying to do it. Won't do that again.

fancydarlin · 01-14-2007, 10:07 PM

i used a laundry marker inside the ear...it washes off later.

MrsLee · 01-15-2007, 04:40 AM

I used different colored ribbon ...as a necklace

abbie's mom · 01-15-2007, 04:53 AM

Not a breeder, here; but thought I'd add the doggie nail polish seems a good, safe way. When I picked out my Abigail the breeder marked the inside tip of her ear with nail polish

Yorkie3 · 01-15-2007, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by fancydarlin

i used a laundry marker inside the ear...it washes off later.

Is the laundry marker safe? and does it come in different colors? I used the ribbon around the neck last time and Emilee had it off of them in 20 minutes. Too scary for me to put something around the neck again. Wonder if it would work right behind the front legs??? I read in another thread here somewhere that the doggie polish had the same ingredients as human polish, but more expensive...is that true?

I need to figure out something too, Emilee should be due around March 1 and then Gidget should be going into heat the end of this month.

Lady of Yorkies · 01-16-2007, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Amber_lv

I've seen people use little hair bands the bigger ones diff colors around the neck or you can write on their bellies or nail polish

LOL I never heard of this but WHAT a great idea!

As my babies are born I pick them up, when mom is ok with it, and start making notes on a pad about them. I weigh them and note any markings. If there is more than one with a blaze I note if it's a bigger or smaller blaze than the one born before it. I note if there are any white toes. This last litter had two little males, one had a small white patch of hair on the right side of where his testes will be and the next one had a little white patch of hair on both sides. Sylvia

Lady of Yorkies · 01-16-2007, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by chattiesmom

I put a drop of food coloring on a cotton swab and paint different color spot on each pup. That's why I have BluePuppy and GreenPuppy

That's a great idea too! Where were all of these ideas before I had to figure out what to do for myself? LOL Sylvia

Sugar's Mom · 01-17-2007, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Lady of Yorkies

LOL I never heard of this but WHAT a great idea!

As my babies are born I pick them up, when mom is ok with it, and start making notes on a pad about them. I weigh them and note any markings. If there is more than one with a blaze I note if it's a bigger or smaller blaze than the one born before it. I note if there are any white toes. This last litter had two little males, one had a small white patch of hair on the right side of where his testes will be and the next one had a little white patch of hair on both sides. Sylvia

this is what I did, too. I ended up with funny nicknames. Ziggy, Straightline, Vee, Dot and Big Guy. Sadly, as they grew, the marks changed shape and I was in a real bind for a couple of days.

trini&coco · 01-17-2007, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Sugar's Mom

I put yarn around mines necks when they were born and it took mom about two hours to tear it off and nearly kill puppies trying to do it. Won't do that again.

LOL!!

maybe she thought it was a cord??

daisysis · 01-18-2007, 07:22 PM

Thank you for this question I will have to litters due in march and wondering how I was going to tell who belongs to who DOG POLISH GREAT IDEAL
THANKS A MILLION

01-13-2007, 09:55 AM	#1
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suz Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hesperia, CA Posts: 741	Get some "doggie" kind of nail polish. I had 2 litters born one day apart. Four out of one and three out of the other one. The older female wanted ALL of them. So I put red polish on hers and yellow on the other ones. Works great. DON"T use people polish tho. It's toxic. Suz __________________ Suz The more people I meet... The more I love my dogs!!!

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abbie's mom Lovin' 2 Girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: VA Posts: 3,593 Blog Entries: 4	Not a breeder, here; but thought I'd add the doggie nail polish seems a good, safe way. When I picked out my Abigail the breeder marked the inside tip of her ear with nail polish __________________ Ask Abi

01-18-2007, 07:22 PM	#14
daisysis YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: michigan Posts: 1,074	Thank you for this question I will have to litters due in march and wondering how I was going to tell who belongs to who DOG POLISH GREAT IDEAL THANKS A MILLION __________________ Sissy..Lilly..Maggie..Lucy