Out and About

Flower? What Flower?

M R Ducks?

Into the thick of it...

A day at the farm

The puppies came to the farm for a weekend visit, and got into all kinds of mischief! They thought the front porch was there very own jungle gym.

Happy Mothers Day

This is how Flute Spent her Mother's Day...on higher ground! The puppies have conquered the great outdoors. And they are lovin' every minute of it. From the playground, to the tall grass, every day is another adventure for them. Each puppy is really getting it's own personality. One of the females is a wild child, with huge ears (like her mama at that age), who turns and burns at every corner. There is a male who is one big pile of mushy love. They love people, and come running, in true stampede form whenever they hear a voice.

Cute doesn't even begin to describe them.

"How do I get to you mom?"

First Feather

This is how Flute's Mother's Day ended.

Last night in the box

The puppies have filled the box; they must move outside. Sad for me because I love having them at my fingertips every minute. I will, instead, spend my puppy time outside with them for the first little while...then they will learn to follow me and in the house we will come for nightly romps in the kitchen. As you can see by the following pictures, it was a beautiful day for their big move! Flute obliged by sitting in the pool!

Puppies explored their new play yard then fall fast alseep.

Chow Time

Three weeks and another first- real food. The puppies dive in with gusto, loving every bite. Flute loves it too as she's on clean up patrol...and boy they manage to get mush everywhere then pass out in their dishes! The puppies recognize their "people" now as food ladies. Their tails wag and sometimes will give a little woof to say "Hey let's eat!"

Another toenail trim, lots of lovin, and good playtime. The puppies are now exploring the kitchen and do pretty good on the vinyl floor. Surprisingly enough, they are pretty accurate about using the paper in the box for their "business".

Bright Eyes

The puppies have opened their eyes! They are discovering each other, their box and its a whole new world! They are up on their wobbly legs and already play wrestling with their brothers and sisters. Still relying much on smell they know when mom arrives but now they can find her and follow her around the box, their voices rising in a high pitched chorus of anticipation! She is spending more time just outside of the whelping box now; she goes into clean up after them and to feed them, and only sometimes staying for a nap. In a few days they will recognize me as the climbing wall; I look forward to that!

The Walrus Stage

Look at how they are growing ! Flute obviously has plenty of milk for the milk bar. Right now pretty much all they do is eat, sleep and you know what (thank you Flute for being a good mama!). Already they have had their very tiny toenails trimmed. About Wednesday we should see some eyes opening and then the fun begins! Yesterday Flutey forgot herself and took a spin through the swamp :-) She had to have a full bath before she could crawl back in the box with her family! Silly girl. All smiles all day, that's her motto!

Big Yawn

Hug from Mom

Belly Up to the Bar