Quick/Spryte puppies are 24 days old

More fun pics and videos from today

L-R: Merlot, Pinot, Syrah, Ries

Zin

Pinot

Merlot

Ries

Syrah

Ries

Pinot

Merlot

Zin

Syrah

Syrah, Ries, Pinot

Okanagan puppies are 22 days old

Zin

Pinot

Syrah

Ries

Merlot

L-R: Zin, Syrah, Ries

Syrah, Pinot

Zin, Syrah

Merlot

Ries, Pinot

Zin

The puppies moved into their large pen in the kitchen tonight. Now they have triple the amount of space to run around in and explore, and they will be exposed to all the sites and sounds of family life.

Quick/Spryte puppies are 20 days old

top-bottom: Merlot, Pinot, Ries, Syrah, Zin

    Merlot discovered the little grey fabric ball today. He picked it up in his mouth and carried it around. He even tried giving it the death shake and managed to fling it up into the air instead. He then clumsily pounced on it and carried it around some more.  

All the puppies are playing with the toys and their siblings more often.  They chew on each other grabbing tails, feet, noses and anything else within reach. They bark and growl and will even pounce on an unsuspecting sibling. Slowly their movements are becoming more coordinated and purposeful.

 Merlot

Merlot with his ball

Zin, Syrah, Pinot

Merlot & Ries

Syrah 

Pinot

Zin

Syrah

Ries

Pinot sniffing my socks

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