Puppy news and names

paw upSo, they are barking like crazy right now!  My son LOVES playing with this group and I must say that I’m really enjoying them as well.  As long as they don’t infect my home and family with ringworm, this will be easy sneezy!  Really, I had no idea how much work I was doing when I fostered entire litters with their mama.  Three puppies are so easy to handle, they make a small mess – especially these dogs, they are tiny compared to what I’m used to, and they don’t completely overwhelm you with snapping mouths when you sit down.  Really, this is fine.   I could do this all year round!  Except, puppy poop does smell rather stinky.  Don’t like that so much.

Ryan and I are arguing over names.  I like the names for the leads in the TV show I Carly:  Freddy, Sam, and Carly.  The names are cute and fit their personalities well.  Ryan wants names like “Anealduln” (for real, he’s been after me for an entire year to name a puppy that – his own made up name), Crusty, Wet Head, Crazy, Bitey, Barky, Ice Cream, Miss Puppy, Ruffy, Missy, Cutie … sigh.  He was the one to name past puppies “Chocolate Cookie Wrinkly Face, and Madame Puffykins.

pups chowIt is clear that these puppies miss their mama terribly.  When they saw my adult dogs they started crying frantically and trying to get through the baby gate we have set up.  It was really sad for me to see because I really like how nature works – how when I raise the litters, by the time they all leave they are done with their mamas and really don’t react much to her.  It tells me that this group was separated from their mama far too early.  For whatever reason, she wasn’t part of their lives for as long as they needed her.  I am hoping that they are clear of ringworm and that I can bring my own dogs in to help them remember that side of themselves.  For now, they are learning how to play with kids, how to come when called, and how to keep away from the mop.