Why sleep on a comfy crate pad when you can sleep on top of a plastic storage container???  Mother, Sydney, is actually sleeping outside the gated area and keeping an eye on the pups.  From left to right:  Buzz, Blue girl, Red girl.If you don’t like sleeping on the storage box, then the next place is the little dish pan, which is very crowded with these 3 pups.  From left to right: Buzz, Red girl, and Blue girl.

Why buy toys when a garbage can, dish pan, and storage box will do!  This is Red girl on top of the garbage can–the pups climb up on top of the can, run inside–dig and wrestle and just generally have a good time!   The dish pan when placed upside down rocks a little–the pups climb all over the dish pan and are not at all frightened by the rocking motion.  Most days the grooming table is also flat on the floor for the pups to run and play on.Blue girl on a storage container with a rope chew toy.  Buzz helping me by holding the towel (that I had just used to dry Sydney) on the floor.  Whenever you try to do something and the pups are around they really like to help you–in fact, you have more help than you can actually use.  All 3 of these pups are really growing now–eating puppy food (they especially like some canned food mixed in with the kibble) and want to spend more time out playing than being contained in their x-pen area.  So much fun! So much energy–by 9:30 p.m. I’m exhausted and they’re still going.