It’s been a busy day here today. The cutest little pupsters are officially
hooligans. I can no longer put the sleeping puppies in the pool to clean their
pen as they wake up when they smell their mother and climb out. Quickly. In groups.
On the one hand, it is very cute, on the other hand it makes things more
difficult again. Jill stayed near the pool
as well and several times she gave an about to escape puppy a little nudge back
in but with 10 of them, she couldn’t keep up.
At one point, I was fanning the floor furiously while there were 7
puppies out of the pool and investigating.
Pretty much all they were investigating was someone with some food but they
were out and about nonetheless. They
were so very cute.
The
smaller puppies are better or at least more interested in eating the formula
from the dish. I usually start them
first to make sure they get enough in case the big ones are monopolizing
Doodlebug (they don’t seem to be but that’s my system anyway.) A couple of times today, I put their food in
the pool (they stayed in much better for that) and let them get going before I
put the other dish in for the big puppies.
When they little ones are done, I move them back in general population
and they can share with the big puppies if they want and if they can. Dyson is always the last one to stop licking
the dishes clean. Good boy, he knows his
job.
Dog
Cindi and LeAnne came by after work today and Colleen and Bobby came by on
their way to see a comedian in Huntington.
The puppies seemed happy to see everyone and did some of their signature
moves (climbing into laps, cuddling, and giving kisses.) I tried to stay a little distance away
because they do recognize me and occasionally will follow me around. There are enough to go around so sometimes, I
still cuddle with one of them.
I put the
larger lazy susan in the pen and they seemed to enjoy that. I am not certain whether they did it on
purpose or just didn’t bother avoiding it but everyone ended up moving around
with or on it at one time or another. It
didn’t seem to phase any of them either.
I also added the contact trainer clicker board and they played with and
on that as well. More environmental stimulation
to come…
They can
be pretty sure footed and move quickly when they so desire. This morning, SammieDoodlebug was eating
outside their pen and Camo wanted her. A
couple of different times, he backed up and rammed into the ex pen trying to get to her. He moved it but I have it fastened to the
large one now so he didn’t get out to her but it wasn’t for lack of effort.
We held
a weight watchers meeting tonight and as usual, some of the puppies were more
cooperative (sleepy) than others.
Everyone had gained in the last 4 days, most of them gaining close to a
pound. Dyson is still well behind the
others but gaining every time so not too worried as long as he eats and is active. So far, so good on that front (plus I had to
loosen his collar.) We have a total of
35.2 lbs of puppy goodness.
There
were a lot of cage matches today, everybody is working on getting those teeth
through. They will also mouth on people
which will be a lot less acceptable when they get those little needle teeth
through their gums. It is funny to see
how much coordination they have at times and then at other times, they are
completely awkward. It’s a good thing
there are siblings to help them learn balance and coordination.
I was
going to give baths this evening since they were going to be people to help
with cuddling wet puppies but we didn’t get that done. They aren’t stinky (and thank goodness their
mother keeps them clean so there is no poop on anybody) but they are sticky
after they eat and I’d like to clean them up.
Oh well, Rome wasn’t’ built in a day.
Tonight,
Colleen cut their little toenails. I had
to hold PandaPaws because he woke up and she couldn’t get at his back feet (the
ones that earned him his name. I don’t know
why I think they look Panda-ish but you have to remember how little vision I
have and accept it.) It went fine after
that.
I think
we might play with the toys Aunt (dog) Cindi and Aunt LeAnne brought them. One of them is a cat toy (cat toys are great)
with the crinkly plastic inside fabric AND it’s a little tunnel. That one should be great fun. The other one is also well chosen as it has a
lot of appendages so they can play together plus it’s just more toys when the
arms, legs, etc get ripped off.
It
looks like we have a good start on our 40 new people lined up for this weekend. That should be lots of fun for all concerned. For now, we’ll send you puppy breath dreams
and say Nighty, nighty, nighty…
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