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More puppy stuff

They roared around here like little maniacs and are now sacked out so I can clean their pen.....again. They were playing in the litter for some reason this morning, scattered it everywhere! Four are now curled up with Uncle Oscar, he was right p.oed with them earlier, they thought cat molestation would be a good thing! NOT! two are sleeping in the crate which doubles as a viewing stand, they haul a bunch of stuff in there and then go to sleep. Blaze is just fine this a.m. I told the vet she would be but better safe than sorry I guess. they quite like the drip waterer now, when they are really thirsty they go to the bucket but they do not get water up their noses so much this way.



Sunny day, I am off to get water for the barn.

Cheers.

Pup visit

Angela and Nathan came over with their girls and Suni. The pups had a grand time, Blaze mostly rested and then when everyone else was tired she kicked in! There will be more photos later.

vet visit

It is amazing how the cost keeps going up but the price of vaccines stays about the same. There isn't much difference in the clefts, some just manage better than others. I think my vet really wants to do some surgeries! I dunno, they seem to get along alright, not something which has to be decided anytime soon; they would like them to weigh more although she did a 3 month old Pom. One boy has 2 testicles, one has 1 down and the other 2 are thinking about it. Other than that, hearts and lungs sound good, didn't do girl Blaze as she had a bit of a snotty nose, will take her in a few days from now.
The pups played hard before we went out and they behaved very well. No cry babies in this bunch! The little ones are now all over 3.5 pounds and the bigger boys are over 4.5. It seems so strange to have such little ones! Oh well, they are happy and active, they look more like rare and expensive MiniWhips all the time

puppies today

Well, they lost weight, I put them on dry and mostly dry food and some are not eating well but it is something they need to do. I am giving them chicken breasts with vitamins added, they seem to like that well enough. Since they are in the bigger pen they are not sleeping as well, more room so they run around and get each other up I guess. They also get a bit chilly I think because the heat is at the bed end. It is hard, on one hand they do have to get toughened up and they have to eat and drink without help and on the other hand, one wants to see them fatter. They are lively though, killing a plastic bag at this moment. I had just swept up the pen (which is in the living room) and went to get the dustpan when Baldy decided to run through it, spin back and slide through it. It was funny to watch!
It was cold enough last night that I fired up the woodstove, they really liked that, it got nice and toasty so they really didn't want to go to bed, too much fun fighting with each other and mom and sis. There are a couple who also think that if I am in sight I should be playing with htem. I feel guilty because I have to leave them when I go to work so I can be manipulated!
Patch and Baldy are in one of the crates right now with Spicy's favorite toy, one of those skinees things. I just tried to walk across the kitchen but I had 3 creatures hanging off my legs. Little and scrawny right now but pretty tough I reckon. When they trot they look like little windup toys but they run pretty fast!