Mama Finley stays with the puppies around the clock, leaving them only occasionally (and briefly.)  As I’ve described before, she and the puppies are awake and asleep throughout the day and night.  They nurse, sleep, scootch around (not walking yet) AND they eliminate… But we have seen only two miniscule traces of poop and no pee because Finley licks their back ends, triggering their systems to eliminate.  With such a small litter, she’s able to keep track of all of them.  She sniffs them often to examine who needs to be serviced and vigorously licks their back ends, keeping them and the whelping area clean. It’s pretty amazing and we are grateful.