05/14/18- 05/15/18 Pupdate

Time to play catch up on the blog again.  Sunday afternoon, the puppies met 2 new children and a few of them practiced sitting, recall (from a few feet) and a little bit of puppy pushups with them.
Much as expected, the puppies recovered more quicky from their adventures at the crawfish boil than the old people.
Monday, we got up early because the MSU was up early for work and the puppies easily start stirring at daylight.  I don’t want them to fuss in their crates  so we go out pretty quickly.  They had a little interaction with the MaterGator (she nurses them a little and then they play a little in the mornings) and then they eat breakfast together.
They usually come inside after a short playtime and rest for a while (that while gets shorteer every day). Some of the time we stay inside - at least until someone decides they MUST POTTY NOW and everyone wants to go outside too.  It’s so hot, we play with the hose and the wading pool.  A couple of them have even figured out that they like to drink from the hose.
         Aunt Cindi and Aunt LeAnne came yesterday and we did some grooming on big dogs and a few little dogs.  The rest of the little dogs are slated for tomorrow.  We may even get a whole muzzle done but I’m not holding my breath.  They stand very well for the butt shaving as long as we have the appropriate equipment - quiet clippers and an empty 12 pack of pop box smeared with squirty cheese.  Sounds weird but it’s the perfect height, we can put the trimmed off hair in it and then throw it away instead of attempting to clean it.
They have discovered that if they climb onto something, they have a better chance of climbing/jumping onto even higher things.  So the picnic table is now turned over and everything is as far away from high things as I can get them.  They’ve tried to leap from the raised bed over the gate by the door; climbed onto the milk crate to attempt to go into the window of the playhouse and use the milk crate on the way to/from their mama’s chair.  Since they can do the chair on their own, I let that one continue but I’ve thwarted the other ones.
The playhouse windows are fun to stand on either side on hind legs and play bitey mouth.  I don’t recall other litters doing that but it’s possible.
Items are no longer safe on top of the crates but so far, and I hope I don’t jinx it by typing this, nobody has climbed on top of the crates yet.
Chewies have been mastered both the why and the how.  Maybe that will save our flesh a little ;-)
I’ve been taking them out individually for some ‘only dog time’ and we do more things now so it takes longer.  At just 10 minutes a puppy, it still takes an hour and a half each time but they seem to enjoy it. They cuddle sweetly and look at the world while we swing and sing on the porch.
I’m doing the prep stuff for their departures - I am NOT looking forward to that at all but it starts this weekend- while they nap and occasionally while they are awake so they can get used to not always being the center of the human’s world.  They generally take it well (unless they have to potty)
     We’re divided up for nighty nighty nighty time.  After they get good and sleepy, a couple are going to be divided up even more.  Then I’ll have to make sure I get up before they desperately need to go outside, too.  I’ll sing the 4 songs again when we do that just in case.  Puppy breath to all.