If it’s the middle of the night and I get up, they’ll settle again pretty quickly with a nighty, nighty, nighty (without me singing the 3 songs) but if it’s getting close to daylight, they think it’s time to rise and shine. So far they are mostly quiet while I bundle up (unless one of them needs to go poop) to get ready to go outside with them. All of them even made it off of the patio before squatting to pee this morning!
After they pottied and ran around, I let them forage in the castle sandbox for breakfast and put water in the bowls. They played some more but I was still really cold so we pressed The Button and ran back into the castle.
I tried to go back to bed but the Big 3 were rumpusing (and thoroughly enjoying it) and the pupsters were alternatively watching them and rumpusing as well. Puppies ‘fence fighting’ is hilarious! They started it when I put the big crate in their enclosure and they still do it fairly frequently. It especially ramps up again when another crate is added or moved.
We came inside a little after 7am and when I took them out again around 9, the water in the dishes had frozen. No wonder I think it’s cold! I made them take the rest of morning nap inside so I could be warmer.
We’ve spent late morning and the afternoon outside and they’ve enjoyed that a lot! It was allegedly going to be 50 today but if it made it, it certainly didn’t feel like it.
I introduced them to chewies today: 1 lamb ear and 1 tendon treat (I needed to be able to keep track of them). They liked both but couldn’t make a lot of headway with the lamb ear. Multiple puppies could work on the tendon so it was eventually mostly consumed so I gathered up both when the puppies went to sleep. They can work on the ear later or I can let one of the big dogs start it for them.
They continue to adore the leaf blower. I tried to use the broom today but they also love it. To the point that I can’t use it without there being multiple puppies swarming it and rendering my efforts useless.
MarmieCarmie still nurses them at least once during the night so I’m reluctant to start restricting them to crates the whole night but I’ll be starting that for at least a chunk of the night soon. They tend to sleep in the open crates so it won’t be as difficult. Nighty nighty nighty Puppy breath to all
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