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Okay the week 5 update…..well start off with fact that somewhere between weeks 3 and 5 their poop developed SMELL. Venus has said “the heck with this, they are all yours now you clean up the pen”! She is, and has been in incredible Mother, I couldn’t ask for more. She loves her time away from them but heaven forbid I’m a minute late with their meals, they let her know and she lets me know. She is really good and patient with the puppies, she is beginning to teach them different things, one is mastering the muzzle grab. The first time my husband saw it I thought he was going to have a breakdown. He started yelling "Nance, Nance she is trying to bite the puppies"…….I just laughed at him and said don’t interfere they are getting their lessons. Joe has gotten much better now, he doesn’t panic as much. The puppies have met three of the five other dogs that run my household. First there is Wicce (Lilli/Angus) she is wonderful with puppies. They try to nurse and she does her best to accommodate them but…..no milk! Then there was my 11-year old Golden named Cagney--she just looked at them as they all rushed her, looked at me and I swear she said “you’ve got to be kidding me…..their not staying are they? You already have 5 dogs too many!” Then my biggest surprise came when I had three of the puppies out of the x-pen and my 7-month old, Coco (Jessie/Sirius) came in from outside. The look on her face was priceless…"look at all these toys…and they move and make noise too……cool!" She was so very kind and gentle with them they would follow her around the kitchen and if one strayed away too far she would hurry up and herd them back in with the rest of the group. She very gently nudged them with her nose and of course I didn’t have the video camera handy. They still have to meet Kalli (Sage/Grizz) and Remy (Foxy/Blue). The puppies are eating four times a day and just about four cups of soaked kibble, meat, yogurt and a little bit of supplement. In the past two days I’ve started adding about a half a cup of kibble that has not been soaked and they are doing really good. I know for a fact they DO know how to use their teeth! They are starting to exhibit displays of dominance over one another and it is the funniest thing to watch. I love when I hear all the growling and snarls coming from the pen. They have started to stalk and kill their toys now, they are taking this very serious but when they start to shake their kill to hard they fall over and get mad. And then one will jump on another one thinking "ha ha I’ve got you" and then tide turns and they are the ones on the bottom. And then the victor of the scuffle will turn to one of the puppies not even involved and give them a little nip as if to say, there’s more where that came from so don’t even think about messing with me. The Navy male loves his food and the food pan; we usually have to move his sleeping form from the pan so we can clean them. Then there is the Wine female she runs back and forth between the two pans just to make sure they both have the same stuff in them. The Silver male is a player and loves to be held, everyone could be playing but he wants to be picked up and cuddled, he talks a lot also. The Green and Cream males are really laid back…we call them the twins because they look so much alike. The Cream male likes to try and be the dominant one over everyone, that is until the Lilac female has had enough of him and she give him what we like to call “a tune up” other wise known as an attitude adjustment. The Mint female and Ice Blue male are buddies they like to hang out together and play. The Ice Blue male is really funny when we add new toys to the pen. He’ll circle it to the left just eyeballing it, then to the right, and then he’ll give a quick look around and then jump on it. I love that there could be four new toys put in the pen at once but they each want the toy the other one has…I find this amazing at their age.
They are making a road trip to the vets on Saturday for their 6 week checkup. I can’t believe how quickly the time has passed. I’ve enjoyed every minute of it so far, except for the smelly poop but that comes with the territory. Be back next week with another update and I hope to get new pictures up very soon. |
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WEEK 5- December 4, 2004 More pictures of the puppies and my family, featuring my brand new niece, Isabella.
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