2/28/25 Pupdate

  Up and outside shortly after daylight as I was awake and they notice me and the big dogs getting up them so I took them out after I went to the bathroom and prepped their breakfast. 

   It was COLD so I cut it short-ish.  They seem perfectly happy but I’m cold in a coat so sometimes, we do what I want.

   They were ready to go out again after a short nap, they had to have an after breakfast potty trip. I was upstairs so Uncle Daddy took them out; I followed shortly with glove to clean up and they did some big playing.  Warmer but not good yet.

   In and out all day.  Mostly out during the sunny warm because that’s about to change.  Heard/saw chain saw, excavator, side by side and a couple of wagon loads of wood.  They still adore the leaf blower as did their MarmieCarmie and her littermates (4 years ago!)

    At afternoon nap, I put them inside in the crates and gave the old puppies showers. They were all exuberant as wet PWDS generally are so pupsters were awakened and were allowed back outside to play.

  I brought out the force dryer and MarmieCarmie insisted on being first.  The puppies seemed to enjoy the dryer just like the leaf blower. After she was done, I tried to do GrandPaw Deja but she kept getting on the table and in the way so I crated the girls so I could do his.

   I think we’re close to being able to press THE Button to help guide them to where I want, I just need to keep the old puppies from distracting them along the way.  Nnn puppy breath (and it has definitely changed to the weaning puppy breath) to all

2/27/25 pupdate

All made it outside to poop in the morning.  We had breakfast outside after playing a while (and pottying) but it (I) was very cold again so took them inside before they were ready for first nap.

 I’m working on treat taking but they are more interested in cuddles than food so far.  I should probably do that before they eat but I don’t want desperate puppies either.

  Uncle Daddy had pt and then picked up our grocery order so we had some more options for afternoon practice.  String cheese is helping them learn.  Their MarmieCarmie is a little interested at times - I can’t tell if that helps or hinders ;-)

It was very windy and overcast a chunk of the day so I took them in for their naps a few times but they don’t nap as long, especially when MarmieCarmie goes in to ‘clean up’ the treats they haven’t consumed.  I did let them experience light rain, too but we went inside to be certain they didn’t get too cold.  Of course, they’ve had milk snack and water as well as soaked food poured all over them too because they are truly little PWDs so they get in the stream frequently 🤣

  We had a BIG windstorm in the evening but they slept through most of it.  It blew the outside (empty but upside down) pool well out into the yard and even the lid from the castle sand box so it rained on the toys I’d put in there to keep them dry.

  The puppies didn’t care that things were wet or in odd places (I move everything around all of the time anyway to keep it new to them)

  I brushed GrandPaw Deja on the grooming table outside after their lunch.  I left the girls in their crates so it would be only him on the table (both love the table and MarmieCarmie is especially fond of being brushed so he really needed a turn)

  They also don’t mind going outside in the dark or cold (another way they have better temperaments than I do)

   Uncle Daddy had driven most of the day again so we were both pretty tired (I again neglected to nap when they did) so we all went to bed after the post dinner pottying.  The pupsters played semi quietly and then went to sleep.  I set the alarm for midnight snack of string cheese.  MarmieCarmie went in to clean up the leftovers and let them nurse and we all went back to nighty nighty nighty

  And they’ve started cuddling together in the (open) crates at night.