Feb 21, 2013 | Hope's Journey
We brought Hope down and placed her in the puppy pen first thing in the morning and she stayed down with the girls until 10 o’clock tonight! Boy did she have fun! Her favorite play buddy is Kiki, hands down! The two instigate play all of the time and she has...
Feb 18, 2013 | Hope's Journey
In addition to spending more time downstairs with her sisters, today Hope got a rather lengthy play session with her parents, both lending help in teaching her proper play etiquette as well as cleaning up her messes. Hope had such a great time exploring our living...
Feb 16, 2013 | Hope's Journey
Just look at her! She is so beautiful – and a pistol to boot! This precious face now greets me every morning, tail wagging, an adorable bark, followed by several kisses. We have rearranged the whelping box to accommodate a small, washable pee-pad. Now that she...
Feb 15, 2013 | Hope's Journey
I have mentioned how Hope greets me with a bark but now she greets me as the edge of the whelping box with a bark and beg. Between her kibble/mush meals, I am still doing formula feedings. Hope walks to the edge and crawls up to the syringe tip and sucks away! She...
Feb 12, 2013 | Hope's Journey
Today, Hope got her first taste of kibble. I took some Bil-Jac Select kibble (my all time favorite puppy food) and soaked it in the homemade puppy formula. The Bill-Jac easy crumbles and soaks up liquids superbly. She gummed a kibble piece until it finally mushed up...
