My goodness these puppies are adorable. We’ve redone the little lion behinds on all but one ( I know where she’s going and the new owner prefers the, GASP, retriever trim and did the beginnings on some muzzles, too. Cindi and I were both amazed at how much hair had grown in 2.5 weeks. We ended up having to crate Nanny McPhoebe and eventually the MaterGator, too because they kept jumping up onto the grooming table the help with the squirty cheese. Apparently, Caly is getting back into shape quickly.
And we dremeled their nails! I cut them but they are so much less sharp and scratchy when they’ve been dremeled. Their teeth are still plenty sharp but they at least SEEM to besinking them into ur flesh less. There are times that they become overstimulated and turn into a pack of velociraptors and then they DO use their little needle teeth (with the nice scissor bites). When it’s just one, it’s pretty simple to escape but when there are several grabbling at one’s clothes, etc. it is MUCH more difficult to get away. It’s hilarious that such cute little hairballs can be so awful. They haven’t torn my clothes but I understand how the little girl in the old sunscreen commercial felt except she only had to deal with one. It shouldn’t make me laugh so hard (maybe I’m a little tired) but it does even just thinking about it now.
We’ve been practicing crating alone. I wonder how many non-dog people would find it strange that I am receiving dirty laundry in the mail ;-). It seems to help the puppies so I do it.2 of the crates are in rooms where the other dogs are not so they puppies get used to being alone(ish).
Feeding in crates alone is more difficult with 9 puppies but 6 puppy size crates. There is MUCH wailing/screaming but it’s the puppies who are either waiting their turn or have just had their turn and want another making all of the noise.
We had a big thunderstorm last night. It’s about time the puppies got to experience one in real life not just on the CDs. They didn’t pay any attention to it. Good pupsters.
The MaterGator worked on scenting the puppy blankets some today. Just another use for ‘go to mat’. She very kindly gathered them up afterward, too. Uncle Indy wanted in on the action so he got to help with that, too.
I can’t believe the puppies are starting to go to their new homes this weekend. I do NOT like this part. Even though I COULD sleep more these days, now I don’t want to miss anything becuase they are leaving soon. It’s hard enough making sure they get time without people in sight/hearing range as it is, now I want to cuddle them all constantly. Fortunately, they aren’t all going far away (and Deja is staying). BTW, I have identified Deja, hopefully we can get some pictures ofeach of them before they leave. We did pretty well on picutres for a while and then it kind of fell apart. I even had themes for each week. I guess if I am going to have regrets of things we didn’t do with the puppies, taking pictures is one of the best to have because it doesn’t affect their development. It’s getting late so I am going to do last call, get the babies in crates, sing the 4 songs, and say Nighty Nighty Nighty. Puppy breath to all!
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