Barking and Chewing!

The puppies have found their legs, their voices AND their teeth!!  :)  This is when I feel bad for the moms...seven little babies cutting teeth on her boobs, her ears, her neck, her paws - basically any little bit they can get their mouths on.

I have given them soft and hard toys, but they're not quite old enough to be able to really use those items to their best ability.

The puppies were introduced to their "Aunty Vala" and "Gramma Macey" this week.  Just tonight the puppies want to play with Vala through the x-pen - which is great as far as Vala's concerned.  Lily?  Lily's just happy the puppies are thinking about biting someone OTHER than her!  :)

Mouthy little babies!

Boy these are vocal puppies!  If they don't like something they certainly let you know it!  :) 

Growling, barking, crying, whining, howling - these guys have the full range of canine vocalizations down pat already.

Almost time to get out the spray bottle! 

Muahahahahahahaha!  /evil laughter

....almost

We don't like...

We the puppies, hereby declare...

We do not like:

• the heat
• being hungry
• being scrubbed with a warm, wet washcloth
• having our toe nails done
• being held upside down or right side up - unless it's be to cuddled.

So say we, the puppies.

It's an exodus!

It's hot here.  For us, at least.  For the three weeks of HOT weather we get every year, I've never bothered with an air conditioner.  Except for a few hours in the mid to late afternoon, open windows and fans keep the house within tolerable limits.

Well, it's mid to late afternoon and the puppies have decided that they've had enough of being hot.  As I was redcorating their puppy pen (I moved them to a different x-pen and had to put up new PINK! bumpers!), all but two of them slithered their way off their warm Pro-Fleece and onto my laminate flooring. 

 The exodus...

They're all passed out, twitching in their sleep with their (once) full bellies...almost time for Lily to come in for another feed! 

From this morning...

Apparently weaning is starting early...

...not really, but -

So I just fed Lily some ground chicken, bison and yogurt with water for lunch...she ate most of it and was sitting there nursing her babies. I turned around from the computer to check on everyone and what do I see but one of the plain brindle bitches with her head buried in the bowl lapping up the rest of Lily's lunch.

Ah! Nature at it's finest! :)

She's going bald!

LOL...I thought perhaps Lily would avoid the "balding" that many bitches go through while they're lactating, but it wasn't to be.  Almost overnight, the hair around her neck and the top of her back has gotten thin and patchy.  It's completely normal, but not very attractive. 

Oh well...it will all grow back after she stops nursing in about another month!  :)

Weeble-Wobbles...

...and we WILL fall down!

The walking/wobbling has begun.  Everybody has their bellies off the ground in an attempt to get to Lily the fastest!  Now that their eyes are open, they're starting to take stock of their world and are starting to notice things like the gate in and out of the puppy pen and where exactly IS it that momma goes when she leaves us??

My mom and I are in for it now!!  LOL