Exposures to an Adult

Sorry I am so late. I had 8 dogs to groom today and pups to get out and food to feed and cleanups on aisle 6. Not literally aisle 6 unless my house has aisles. 

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Despite the insane day, I got to spend time with the pups several times today and they had 2 outdoor play sessions. One was with their mom and Spirit. We are slowly exposing them to the adults that I know will be gentle with them. 

They do not like softened kibble - at least yet. It is early and we are almost out of starter mousse so Nathan has to head to Rens tomorrow to get some. 

I bring the bag out now and the pups fast walk to the sherpa bag. It's a riot. As these are summer pups, we will be getting these 2 in the pool when they are old enough. That will be fun. 

They are doing really well upstairs at night. I am impressed. 

Videos coming soon.

5 Weeks Old

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This gal loves to snuggle with mom. They can now climb over her with ease. I will have to start putting the animal chairs out to see if they climb into those. 

I almost didn't get them out for the 2nd time today but as soon as I stopped grooming, I took them upstairs tired or not.

I laid down on the floor and almost fell asleep and the boy gnawed on my nose and I was jolted to awakeness. hahaha They are teething like crazy so they are gnawing on everything. 

They are doing really well at night without mom. They sleep for the most part. When we start in 3 play sessions in a day, the last one will be before bed so they expel energy before bedtime. This helps them sleep through the night. 

They are smart pups. Already when I take the sherpa bag close to the xpen they know it is going out time. 

I will be uploading the videos shortly.

Changing Times

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The pups were upstairs without mom. They seem to have slept most of the night. I did upload videos earlier and have to check if I have anymore. As it is my day off, Dennis will be bringing them out for their next play session but he won't take videos or photos. He will invest the time playing with them. That is okay too.

They did really well. Momma was a bit - well mom can I see the babies? She kept me up part of the night and each time I went to take a video, they were mostly sleeping. I call 1st night a success. They will start to understand the routine. They mostly slept in the crate together.

I think the 6 week visit is already planned. We also have the 8 week vet visit.

The  pups are plain fun. They climb over your legs, go through the tunnel and I am finding they truly enjoy these play sessions. 

The pups are starting to perfect their skills.

Lots of Changes

6 week visit is coming up soon. Nathan sent mail to the 2 lucky families.

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We are having a lot of changes. The pups travelled in the sherpa bag for the 1st time. They went outside in one, back inside and then upstairs and back downstairs in it. The pups are cute. They appear to embrace all the changes.

We headed upstairs today for the 1st time and they were wandering all over the place. It was great to see. I also have an activity mat that both really enjoyed. 

We have some delightful videos that I will be uploading shortly. You will see visually how well they are doing. 

Tonight they are heading upstairs in an xpen without mom all night. We shall see how that goes. Tomorrow you will see the photos and videos from that. Are they ready? I believe they are. But we shall see!

4 Weeks 4 Days: New Change

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As it was raining, we had a 1st time hall play near our entryway. Pups were walking on the floor well. The gal was mega exploring. The boy kept being social. It was a great 1st experience.

Some of the dogs was sniffing up the pups - mostly the gal. The adults were fascinated. Ooooh puppy puppies! In a couple of weeks we will start having the older dogs play with them. They had 1 play session in the hall and one outside when it stopped raining. 

Tomorrow we will be placing them upstairs. This will be yet another new experience. The goal is to always but slowly expose them to different environments. So far the pups are doing really well with it all. 

Next big step is the 6 week visit after upstairs. Lots of changes. 

Videos coming in a few.