Quick/Spryte 18 Days old

Spark is absolutely fascinated with the puppies. She quietly sneaks into the room to watch them when Spryte is away.  She wiggles up to the whelping box wagging her tail and grinning.  She really seems to adore them.  Spark is going to love it when they are big enough for her to play with them.

Spark and Ries 

Now that the puppies eyes and ears are open it was time to add some variety to their whelping box.  Toys were added a few days ago.  The puppies checked them out immediately and began crawling all over the toys.  I will rotate the toys with different toys every few days. This adds variety and novel items to explore and experience.

  I have also started playing the sounds CD's to the puppies. These include an agility trial sounds disc and a variety disc with babies crying, dogs barking, heavy machinery and tool noises, thunder and other  important noises that puppies should be exposed to from an early age. I will play these CD's daily until the puppies leave for their new homes.

  

Pinot

And one more fun update from our whelping pen… Pinot was the first puppy to climb out of the box by himself. We found him happily exploring our bathroom this morning.  This puppy is going to be pure trouble ;)

   

Merlot checking out the new toy

Ries

Zin

Syrah

Pinot and Syrah sleeping on the pillow toy

top: Merlot, bottom: Zin

Zin

Ries