AWWW POOP!

The puppies are getting bigger every day. They are eating the soft dog food mixed with puppy formula mixed into a wet mush. At this point the three of them finish off an entire can everyday. They are given their mush three times a day. Hershey (their foster mom) comes to visit and lets them nurse 2-3 times a day also so they continue to grow fat and healthy.
They are also getting big enough to start venturing beyond the safety of their bed. They still don't stay awake for very long yet so their play/eat/ potty sessions only last about 30 minutes at a time. It is pretty comical to watch them as they attempt to play with each other. They can barely walk and totter around similar to a human child learning to walk. When they "play" with each other they will try to bat a one another and set themselves off balance so they fall and roll around on the floor. They will also attempt a growl or bark once in a while to try to sound tough.

Now about poop! The puppies are doing very well on their puppy pad training. They will always return to the puppy pad to poop, sometime not so well when they have to pee.

Just for information.......I spend at least 4 hours a day cleaning up poop. This does not include the extra laundry due to the cloth pads we use as bedding. I built an addition onto my house to be used as a laundry room so that I could have 2 washers and 2 dryers. One I use now only for the dogs and it is being used constantly. One litter of puppies produces at least a load of laundry a day at this age. As they get bigger and need more room (and get messier) they will produce enough laundry for 2-3 loads a day.
I believe that I have seen a mountain of poop over the years. I fill a 10 gallon bucket of poop every other day with the poop that I scoop outside every day. I think about poop a lot. Unless you have been a breeder before you will not fully understand what I mean.  My day starts and ends with poop. The first thing I do every morning is let the dogs outside so they can poop. Then I start a pot of coffee brewing and start cleaning up puppy poop. I pick up all the dirty cloth pads and start the washer, take the piddle pad and toss it in the trash and throw the holder into the shower for the water to spray on it and start cleaning. I spray the puppies crate and floor area down with a disinfectant cleaner and start scrubbing. When that is clean I replace all the cloth pads, scrub down the pad holder in the shower, replace the paper piddle pad and put it in the puppy area. When I have multiple litters of puppies I make the rounds doing the same process until all the puppies are clean. Then I let moms back with their puppies or feed the puppies their dog food and water them depending on their age. Then start more laundry.
On days that I go to work this is when I leave. Usually 0500 to get to work on time. Days I don't work I will find something else to do for a few hours like work in the yard, feed the chickens, work in the green house, repair fences, and the tons of other things that need to be done.
Usually about 11:00 the puppies need to be cleaned up again so moms go outside to play, eat, poop and so on, I repeat the puppy poop process again. This is also the time when I will wash puppies if they need it since they will need time to dry before night. I worry about the temperatures dropping and giving the puppies a chill. A cold puppy can get sick and die. I definitely have to make sure they are not exposed to drafts at all times. This is why puppies are usually born and live in my bedroom for at least the first few weeks. It is a more protected space and I can keep a closer eye on them.
The puppy poop process will also be repeated at least once more in the afternoon and before I go to bed at night. Laundry goes all the time and is folded and put away close to where I can grab it and use it the next time I clean poop.
Sometime during the day I have to pick up poop outside. I take my bucket and shovel and pick up all the poop I can find in the yard and on the deck. I have my deck fenced off for the dogs so that they can be outside but still protected from the bad weather. The little dogs especially don't appreciate rain cold and snow, and my pugs can not tolerate weather that is to hot or to cold due to their short noses.
After the solid poop is picked up I use a pressure washer to clean off the deck and any cemented areas the dogs have access to. At least once a week I also spray down these areas with bleach or a disinfectant spray and wash again. This is to prevent disease. Poop is the fastest was to spread disease in dogs and there are a lot of diseases that dogs can get, so it is extremely important that poop does not stay and is cleaned up as soon as possible.
That makes for tons of poop and tons of work for me.