June 6 Pupdate

The puppies are one month old tonight. They had a big day, too. They got to go outside for a little while so I could clean up their inside world. I’m not sure they are impressed since they don’t get to go anywhere but the deck at this point but they got some fresh air.

They got to hear the vacuum cleaner when I brought them back in (seemed unimpressed but I can understand that. I’ve never been a big fan of running the sweeper.) Eventually they got to have some company, too. They got to meet some more children including a little boy who was in a carrier back when SammieDoodle’s litter were tiny puppies and his sister who remembers that visit. 5 more people for the post 4 week old visitors list. They have a PWD as well – we met when we had the last litter and they had recently moved to the area. It turns out that their PWD is Jill’s half sister and is near the same age. Unfortunately, Jill is not showing her any sisterly devotion while she has puppies. She needs to come play when Jill isn’t on MamaDog duty so she can come inside the house, too.

The children seemed to like that the puppies don’t have those needle teeth yet (I suspect everyone appreciates that.) They are getting more teeth coming through their gums all of the time though. They will learn to be more careful with their mouths when they actually have teeth that can hurt each other. For now, they can bite each other’s mouths with abandon.

They are starting to stay awake and active for longer stretches but they aren’t all on the same schedule. At least it isn’t like having multiple babies and them waking each other up. These puppies can sleep while another one chews on its head.

Our other visitors are also PWD people -that just about covers all of the PWD people in the state ;-) They kindly wore hats for us. We wear them outside but it’s different when it’s us vs other people. I need to remember to wear long pants around them some, too. I hope we have a cool day or too for that.

So far all of the puppies have been happy to see everybody and everyone has been happy to see them. I took their collars off when I gave them baths yesterday and they all seemed to enjoy streaking (usually only one or two streak at a time.) They are all scratching at the collars since I put them back. Funny how little time it takes for them to go native ;-)

We got a short storm around noon today. Buckets of rain and some thunder that sounded pretty close and after that it cooled off a little. Hope that trend holds so the puppies can spend more time outside. I have a dog yard project planned while they are hanging out with me. They can supervise.

When Bruce got home tonight, he noticed that the puppies are moving around a lot more steadily than when he left. At this age, 4 days can be a huge difference.

In semi related news – it’s dog minutia anyway: (Dog) Cindi and Indy got 2 legs towards his Rally Advanced title at our local trial. Today he had a perfect score!

I’ve had a big day too so I’m going to get them ready for nighty, nighty, nighty.