SammieDoodlebug
has also started taking some of her meals out of the pool (she ate 2 meals in
her crate.) She had just gotten out of the
pool when I started to prepare the meal so she came out to watch me. She even hid behind Bruce’s golf net (when I
am making their food, she likes to lie behind the practice net) and then
trotted in to the crate when I carried in the bowls. She ate almost all of it before the puppies
made noise and she had to go check on them so I brought the rest in to
her. She ate a chicken quarter in her crate
today. That’s nice because I didn’t have
to hold it for her (I don’t like raw chicken all over the house)
When I
did the changing of the pools this morning (we took the noodle pig rails out of
the second pool so I can use both of them again), the Blue Behemoth was walking
all over the new one. He has eyes! Bruce said he was looking around. I know they don’t see much at first but I did
turn off the awful fluorescent lights overhead (pardon me while I rant, I HATE
that you can’t get normal light bulbs any more.
The fluorescent ones make my head hurt more and they take forever to
light up. At least a candle would be
immediate) and turn on the halogen lamp in the corner to help their transitions
to sighted puppies.
Pink! was
also walking around. I think they were
looking for their mother who was in the other pool (true PWDs like to help you
with whatever you are doing. That
usually involves being right in the middle of the way. Try to move a rug with 3 of them on it.) I let Dyson and Brown (he really needs a good
nickname because his collar color is confusing.
I put the brown color on a black puppy because I had a better chance of
be able to find that. A brown puppy
could’ve just been a streaker. So while
it helps me, it’s confusing in writing and I will have to remedy that) nurse until
the Mama said it was closing time.
While
the 8 were in the other pool unattended by their mother, Grand dam Jill kept
watch over them. She didn’t get in the
pool but she was right there and several of them touched noses with her. It
will fun to see what happens when they are big enough to chase her around. I wonder if she’ll correct them or let them
get by with stuff because they are little.
Maybe she’ll help Doodlebug clean up after them.
New observation
today: when I lean over into the pool on
my elbows, the puppies all cuddle in closer.
They sniff and I get to smell puppy breath.
Early
Neurological Stimulation (aka Puppy yoga) is getting more difficult. They are very good and cooperative at first
(and almost always yawn so I can get a good whiff of puppy breath) but they are
hard to keep on the cool damp cloth.
Maybe I’ll have to put it in a container so they can’t get away. We don’t have much longer to be doing that
anyway so we’ll work it out.
While doing
ENS last night, we did notice that more puppies are opening their eyes. It won’t be long now.
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