Jan 182021
Jan 152021
Blue leaves this home for his forever home on Sunday. The reports from Grayson (Gray), Bailey (Green) and Pink (Pink) are very positive. The pups are adventurous and friendly. The litter box training has done wonders for their potty training.
Jan 152021
The puppies have continued to grow and change rapidly–growing up way to fast. The wrestling matches continue, all 3 pups are getting around much faster, puppy food and collars have been introduced and those little dagger sharp teeth are coming in. The puppy now have enough coat that they are in need of their first haircut–coming up this weekend.
Red girl 5 weeks old has now caught up and passed the Green girl weighing slightly more than Green–Red really likes the puppy food.
Green girl at 5 weeks, has grown a lot of coat and you can see her eye pigment has come in.
Blue girl at 5 weeks–another hairy pup. If any pup is going to get into trouble or be the first to try something, it’s Blue.
Over the last 2 weeks the pups have had several visitors and love people. We continue to introduce new things (toys, noises, visitors, etc.) to the pups. Wrestling and playing continue to be a big part of their awake time–and they rotate being on the bottom of the wrestling match–giving as good as they get. The pup’s personalities are emerging and it is so fun to watch them develop.
Jan 032021
The little girls are changing so quickly now it is hard to keep up with what they are up to. They are going to need more room to walk (totter) around and play, so it’s going to be time for me to be creative and see what I can come up with. The pups are now starting to play with toys and each other–the wrestling matches have begun and it is usually 2 on 1 with the 1 on the bottom of the pile rotating among the girls. Their eyes are open (although Red girl is a little slower to fully open–I think she need sun glasses, she doesn’t like the glare) and they are hearing. Sassy still continues to be an excellent mom, but also enjoys some time away from the pups to play ball.
Red girl squinting into the light. She is growing and gaining weight daily, her goal is to catch up with her littermates.
Green girl remains the second largest at this point, but she is only an ounce or so behind her bigger littermate–Blue.
Blue girl is just not a photogenic pup–she is getting prettier and prettier all the time and remains the largest of the girls–one of these days we will get a really nice picture of her!! Blue is also the pup that has changed the most. It is so fun to watch these pups grow (and they grow so fast!), this next week will bring even more changes and my thoughts are turning to starting them on puppy food (other than mom).
Jan 022021
It’s never easy when it’s time to part with the puppies. The up-side is that you know they will be loved and cherished. They make such a difference in people’s lives AND I get to meet and make many new friends.
Jan 012021
The puppies will soon venture out into the world to their new homes. Orange girl, Bridget will remain with me. Today was bath day and nail day.(not the way they would choose to celebrate the New Year) Karen has been helping with nails. A few of the puppies are very reluctant (to put it mildly) to have their nails cut.
By the time pictures were taken, the pups had had all the “fun” they could take. The boys look a bit grumpy. Bridget had to have a re-take after a nap.
Dec 262020
Anyone who has tried to take a picture of a puppy knows how difficult it is. Today we attempted a picture with all FIVE. The first picture will demonstrate some of our attempts. Picture #2 is not great, but at least you can see all the faces.
Dec 242020
The little girl puppies are 2 weeks old and things are beginning to change–and the changes will come faster and faster as the weeks go by. This week their eyes are more open–they are pulling themselves up on their legs and moving around more. Small toys will be introduced soon and there will be some interaction among the pups.
Red girl (above) is either sleepy or her eyes aren’t fully open, but she is steadily gaining weight–trying to catch up with her sisters.
Dec 212020
Rest and sleep time is getting shorter and shorter. Once in a while they will all snuggle together and have a nap. All five were asleep until I showed up to take a picture.
Next on the agenda was some play time. The pups tore around the kitchen island. They chase, they wrestle, they grab each other by the tail or the leg or the ear. If I open a cabinet, inside they go. Orange girl and pink girl enjoyed climbing in and out. Looking at the sweet face of Orange girl, you’d never guess she’d been up to mischief!
Dec 192020
The Sassy–Oliver girls are 10 days old and it has been a challenge getting pictures of them. First the pups don’t want to hold still and then the pictures that we did take, the files were larger than the blog could handle. Today Sue came with her phone and we were able to get picture of each pup.
Above is Red girl–she is the smallest, but she is making big gains hoping to catch up with her sisters.
This is Green girl, who also made a good size weight gain overnight. The pups are growing rapidly–Sassy is being an excellent mom.
Blue girl is the biggest of the 3 pups and this is the probably the best picture we’ve taken of her. All 3 girls were more cooperative today and hopefully that will improve over the next weeks–taking pictures of squirmy babies is not easy! Thank you Sue for the help!