Pups getting the hang of it
Today Annie got to show off her stuff to an interested family. She did great and I was very impressed by her easy going nature. Now if we can just figure out this Kong obsession! Really, though, she was friendly, open and happy to let them interact with her. I couldn’t have asked for more.
The puppies have really gotten the hang of eating, as the photos show. They just put their heads down and lap it up. It’s funny, but they lap for a bit and then get distracted and wander off. But if you put them back to the bowl they react like, “Say! Where’d this come from? Food! Yahoo!” and start lapping again, only to get distracted and wander off again. They have mastered the ins and outs of climbing the board that separates their bedding area and now when I enter the room it isn’t unusual to see one or two pups out wandering around, exploring the space. However, the room (more…)
Part Lab Perhaps
I was at work last night and saw a magazine all about Lab puppies and stopped and stared…the cover had a line of three puppies and I swear that the middle one looked exactly like Annie’s cream pups! So, they are likely Lab mixes! What fun. So many people want a Lab puppy, this will surely help with their adoption. Although I doubt there will be much trouble adopting them out, they are adorable.
They are really starting to show their personalities now. After feeding them they have about 30 minutes of rough-housing in them before the crash. They play fight, stalk their toys and run in little circles barking. They are getting more steady on their feet too, and are more able to actually accomplish a pounce. Before they would just think about pouncing and instead just (more…)
Puppy Play Time
Here are two videos of fun, romping, 3-week old pups – very cute!
Puppies First Solid Food
So, this morning I’m hanging out with the puppies and they seem to want to walk around so I take them all out of the bed area and put them into the puppy play room. They wander around, crying less than usual, and Annie is eating and they all walk over to her food bowl. Instead of nursing, they all crowd around her bowl and start trying to eat her dry kibble!! She was tense and growling at them but stopped when I (more…)
New teeth and play area
After wondering for a day why Annie’s teats seemed excessively full (yes, you are supposed to check them daily for obvious reasons) I realized the pup’s teeth must have come in and sure enough, all their little razor sharp teeth have erupted! No wonder she is less eager to nurse them. So last night for the first time in their lives I supplemented their diet with formula. They cried and cried. No one likes to grow up I guess. But a few caught on perfectly and lapped up the formula like they had been doing it for ages. I will introduce it again tonight and once a day for a bit. They are still unsteady on their feet so they can’t really manage eating (more…)
Pups Getting Stronger
The puppies are really starting to become little doggies now. They are playing more and more. Each time I enter the puppy room I’m greeted by at least 2 or 3 little heads looking at me. They are getting stronger too, and are able to lie with their heads up and some are even practicing sitting and walking! And they continue to interact more and more. Today I saw more play fighting. It is sort of like watching it in slow motion though as the pups still don’t have very good muscle control. One will try to bite his brother’s ear and miss, try again and make contact and then bark and fall over. Once he’s righted himself he’s forgotten what he is doing and crawls around wagging his tail and growling until he bumps into another brother and the whole thing starts all over again. Sometimes two will “fight” each other. Have you ever seen those nature shows about walruses fighting by waving their heads back and forth in front of each other? It’s kinda like that, but with fur.
