Our final litter with Einstein, the Lord of the Rings litter did not disappoint. Never one to do things with half measure, Einstein naturally delivered 13 puppies (12 healthy and strong and 1 stillborn). She was an excellent mom to her final litter and while we did supplement the puppies to help her before taking over completely, she did her very best from start to finish.

The litter was active and they preferred being free-range puppies (as we lovingly called them). They spent most of their time in our living room and after a point, even slept in the living room. They took to housetraining very quickly and since we had an unusually warm fall, they were almost completely housetrained (to go to the door even) before they went home.

With this litter, we did not keep any puppies, but we are co-owning Gemma (Goldberry) and you should see her in the ring soon. There were 12 puppies, an even split of 6 boys and 6 girls. One of the things that pleased me the most is that my little puppies named after hobbits were often the ones who ate the most and tended to be "fat hobbitses". Pippin stayed with us until she was 10 weeks old as her family prepared for her arrival.

Click on the individual names to go directly to their mini gallery.

Boys:

Aragorn:

• Birth:1.19lbs
• 1 week old: 1.98lbs
• 2 weeks old: 3.53lbs
• 3 weeks old: 5.51lbs
• 4 weeks old: 7.49lbs
• 5 weeks old: 10.27lbs
• 6 weeks old: 13.27lbs
• 7 weeks old: 17.61lbs
• 8 weeks old: 22.40lbs

Bilbo:

• Birth: 1.10lbs
• 1 week old: 2.01lbs
• 2 weeks old: 2.87lbs
• 3 weeks old: 4.56lbs
• 4 weeks old: 6.52lbs
• 5 weeks old: 9.54lbs
• 6 weeks old: 12.52lbs
• 7 weeks old: 17lbs
• 8 weeks old: 21.98lbs

Frodo:

• Birth: 1.04lbs
• 1 week old: 1.78lbs
• 2 weeks old: 2.60lbs
• 3 weeks old: 4.69lbs
• 4 weeks old: 6.72lbs
• 5 weeks old: 10.03lbs
• 6 weeks old: 12.82lbs
• 7 weeks old: 17.61lbs
• 8 weeks old: 23.19lbs

Gandalf:

• Birth: 1.10lbs
• 1 week old: 1.78lbs
• 2 weeks old: 2.69lbs
• 3 weeks old: 4.25lbs
• 4 weeks old: 6.30lbs
• 5 weeks old: 9.99lbs
• 6 weeks old: 13.60lbs
• 7 weeks old: 18.30lbs
• 8 weeks old: 23.21lbs

Gimli:

• Birth: 1.01lbs
• 1 week old: 2.12lbs
• 2 weeks old: 3.33lbs
• 3 weeks old: 5.31lbs
• 4 weeks old: 6.72lbs
• 5 weeks old: 9.10lbs
• 6 weeks old: 12.83lbs
• 7 weeks old: 17.55lbs
• 8 weeks old: 22.95lbs

Samwise:

• Birth: 1.19lbs
• 1 week old: 2.34lbs
• 2 weeks old: 3.53lbs
• 3 weeks old: 5.25lbs
• 4 weeks old: 7.52lbs
• 5 weeks old: 10.18lbs
• 6 weeks old: 14.00lbs
• 7 weeks old: 19.02lbs
• 8 weeks old: 25.09lbs

Girls:

Arwen:

• Birth: 1.15lbs
• 1 week old: 1.99lbs
• 2 weeks old: 3.39lbs
• 3 weeks old: 5.11lbs
• 4 weeks old: 6.52lbs
• 5 weeks old: 9.63lbs
• 6 weeks old: 12.61lbs
• 7 weeks old: 16.49lbs
• 8 weeks old: 22lbs

Eowyn:

• Birth: 1.04lbs
• 1 week old: 1.65lbs
• 2 weeks old: 2.78lbs
• 3 weeks old: 4.61lbs
• 4 weeks old: 6.33lbs
• 5 weeks old: 9.63lbs
• 6 weeks old: 12.15lbs
• 7 weeks old: 16.53lbs
• 8 weeks old: 21.49lbs

Galadriel:

• Birth: 1.21lbs
• 1 week old: 2.33lbs
• 2 weeks old: 3.44lbs
• 3 weeks old: 5.47lbs
• 4 weeks old: 7.41lbs
• 5 weeks old: 10.07lbs
• 6 weeks old: 13.4lbs
• 7 weeks old: 17.33lbs
• 8 weeks old: 22.13lbs

Goldberry:

• Birth: 1.19lbs
• 1 week old: 1.63lbs
• 2 weeks old: 2.93lbs
• 3 weeks old: 4.47lbs
• 4 weeks old: 7.03lbs
• 5 weeks old: 9.28lbs
• 6 weeks old: 12.48lbs
• 7 weeks old: 15.98lbs
• 8 weeks old: 20.81lbs

Merry:

• Birth: 1.12lbs
• 1 week old: 2.49lbs
• 2 weeks old: 3.92lbs
• 3 weeks old: 5.97lbs
• 4 weeks old: 7.98lbs
• 5 weeks old: 10.96lbs
• 6 weeks old: 14.44lbs
• 7 weeks old: 18.91lbs
• 8 weeks old: 23.46lbs

Pippin:

• Birth: 1.19;bs
• 1 week old: 1.89lbs
• 2 weeks old: 3.13lbs
• 3 weeks old: 4.87lbs
• 4 weeks old: 6.63lbs
• 5 weeks old: 8.93lbs
• 6 weeks old: 11.61lbs
• 7 weeks old: 15.59lbs
• 8 weeks old: 20.27lbs
• 9 weeks old: 24.92lbs
• 10 weeks old: 26.78lbs