New Video

New video taken tonight during another round of playing with 9 month old Morley. Puppies followed Morley, played in the tunnel, trashed each other (yes, the screeching does make one cringe!) and running like maniacs. They had a lot of fun. I'm really hoping our cold spell doesn't last for long so that I can get the little beasts outside.

Enjoy the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsZ-LX9pDXA

Whew!

Where is the time going??? Can't believe these babies are nearly 5 weeks old. How cute is this picture?

Marie is looking after the puppies and Nina on Mondays for me, so I can work a full day, and she was just telling me how wild the group was today. Lots of growling, snarling and snapping going on now, along with little games of tag. They're really darn cute.

On Saturday night, 9 month old Morley finally got to see the puppies up close and personal. I'm not certain the thrill was quite what she has been anticipating, the puppies were pretty nosy and she wasn't sure what to make of them.

They had a few visitors this past weekend and I've posted a few new pictures on the Webshots page: http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2389366990037483664dnSXJf

Wow, four weeks already!

This photo is part of an unintentional series of upside down puppies tonight. They had lots of visitors today, since it was dog food day and I had customers coming to pick up their orders. Then a co-worker and her daughter Emma and Emma's friend Carmen came to visit tonight. The puppies got lots of loving and then fell asleep all over the pen. These toes belong to Miss Green, who was asleep in my lap.

They had visitors last night as well when our friend Bill arrived with his two boys and another of my co-workers also came out.

This afternoon all the puppies tried some chicken parts that Nina hadn't gotten around to eating. Mr. Black was heard exclaiming "Num, num, num" while he chewed on his piece.

All the puppies are starting to pack soft toys around the box and they're very good at getting over the obstacles that I've got in their pen. There is even some toy shaking going on. As well, they're very good about doing their business if we can get them into the potty box quickly. They do seem to be using it overnight as well, so we're on our way to a cleaner pen!

There's a new video that I did on Tuesday: http://youtu.be/tA3pSiKcFoM

New pictures start here: http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2798817950037483664LWuyOj

Days and Days

Seems like days and days since I last posted....huge changes in the puppies. They are all getting teeth (poor Nina!), and they are even more stinking cute tonight than they were when we got home from Victoria on Wednesday. They are very, very interactive, playing with each other, climbing all over Darryl and I and snuggling. There's been a lot of barking and growling, and a few of them have picked up the soft toys that I put in the pen today. Tonight they met 9 month old Morley, who has been fascinated by them since she first became aware of the puppies.

I set up the new pen configuration this morning, so they have a sleeping and potty area as well as a play area. I also gave them a bunch of new things in the pen this afternoon. There is bubblewrap just outside the sleeping area doorway to give them a new surface to walk on. They have a tunnel, pool noodle, some soft toys and a Rubbermaid lid. As well, I installed the official p0tty area, and there have been a few successes so far. They're still more "miss" than "hit", but we know that will change shortly.

They're all drinking out of the water bowl and they've all tasted Nina's ground chicken, which seems to be a hit, but I'm not allowing them to have a lot of it, just a little taste. I'll introduce more solid food next weekend. Awake lasts about 20 minutes, followed by about 2 hours of sleep. Nina is spending more and more time outside, coming in every 2-3 hours to feed the babies.

New pics start here: http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2297949100037483664vXFaET

Big Changes

Darryl and I were out of town for 5 days, arrived home this afternoon. The puppies have changed so much, and they're so stinking cute! I did a video right before we left, and another tonight, so you can see how much they've changed.

Puppies last week at 2 weeks of age: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnyJ8-D-rSs

Tonight, puppies will be 3 weeks of age tomorrow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vEXraPvsUo

With the cuteness quotient going sky-high, we're also having a lot of barking and growling. All pretty cute. I also introduced them to goat milk tonight, which they got everywhere! On each other, on their blanket, they walked through it, bobbed their noses in it and blew bubbles. They also have pee pads in the pen now and all of them have used them, although not with any deliberation.

Smallish Pupdate

As you can see, Mr. Black is about a day ahead of everyone else. His eyes are nearly open, but certainly not focusing. There's a lot more swinging of heads searching out movement and soon Nina won't have a moment to herself if she's in the pen. Last night's novel scent was Vinny the cat (for the first time ever he really didn't want to participate!). Red, Blue, Green and Purple in particular, were very interested, zooming their noses through his coat. That's my favorite night! Two more days of Bio-sensor exercises, so they'll be done before we leave for Victoria on Friday.

There was a lot of "walking" going on last night, Jordan and Marie should have a lot of fun with them over the weekend while we're gone! Once we're home, we'll start recruiting visitors so they'll get some socializing, and then next weekend we'll change the puppy pen configuration to include the pee box.

Check out the Webshots page for some more pictures.

Pupdate

I'll try to post some pictures before we leave for Victoria on Friday....for now, I think everyone has gone over the 1 kg mark this week. You should see the little tails shaking while they eat now. Nina's arrival is cause for a lot of scrambling to get the best eats, and they're remarkably fast about it now. Meals involve grunting, snorting and lip smacking. They're very serious about their meals!

I'm hoping to also get a little video clip done and posted for you all as well. Just have to find the time.