It’s amazing how quickly puppies develop. When Annie arrived here, she could barely wobble walk and mostly belly crawled to her desired destinations. Now that she spends the majority of the day in with our older pups, she has learned quickly how to keep up. She has also figured out that the doggy beds in the puppy playpen are the most comfortable. And in the last 10 days, she has mastered running and climbing – Fabulous skills to be the pup that claims the comfiest spot in the...
Read MoreAnnie is sustaining herself overnight and has started to gum on puppy kibble! That’s a great sign to her progress. Weaning without a nursing mom can be a tricky one but now that Annie’s teeth have popped through, I see a lot more progress in her future. She is also learning a lot from Hemingway and Ixtapa. Annie was a singleton litter so entering her weaning stage with some adopted litter mates has been a...
Read MoreHemingway and Ixtapa turned 9 weeks old yesterday and when they came out to play with the girls in my daughter’s Girl Scout troop tonight, it was very apparent that all of our socialization has really paid off. They almost spent the entire meeting with the girl’s and couldn’t seem to get enough.
Read MoreThe first initial of “J” aside, Jillionaire was their perfect pick. I can only do so much in typing a description or explaining it over the phone. From the moment they walked in the door, Jen and Justin saw first hand what I was trying to say. Jillionaire was running to and giving kisses immediately. Our sweetie will be living in the laps of luxury, and we couldn’t be...
Read MoreAs the puppies turn eight weeks old today, there has been an interesting “changing of the guards”. Blue is smack dab in the middle of her ripest part of her heat – Hormones a plenty! Colada has been nursing these three puppies for eight straight weeks, sharp puppy teeth and all. Starting this past weekend, Colada has all but given up on allowing them to nurse while Blue actually jumps into the pen to “nurse” them. No! She doesn’t have any milk! But they still chomp down. Man, that’s gotta...
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