Playing on the Hearth

The boys just love playing with the cat beds. Every litter I've had has loved this hearth as well. They always gravitate to it - play on it and then fall asleep on it. Q litter is no exception.

Fox Babies

There is a fox with her five babies at the end of our property. They have a lovely den under an old building. The babies come out in the morning and romp and play in the sunshine - they don't stray too far from their den. The mom comes out and suns herself on the bank and surveys around. The babies roll and tumble in the grass - just like my puppies do. Then the mom heads off to hunt. I wish I could get close enough to get some pictures but I do not want to disturb her.

Sunday Pupdate - Week 7

It's hard to believe that the tenors will be 7 weeks old tomorrow. I have not been doing much blogging lately since these pups are taking up a lot of time. Here's what has happened just this morning. I got up at 8 am and it's now 10 am. What have I done in those two hours? Fed the big dogs, fed the puppies. Cleaned up the puppy pen. Put puppies outside for a romp. Cleaned up the yard. Had a brief hot tub and watched the ducks and geese on the pond. Hear pups screaming - they don't like their pen outside. Go and bring pups into the house and let them play in the atrium. One puppy gets his head stuck in the gate - have to push him through to the otherside. I start to put the big dogs outside. Put puppy pen back together after cleaning it. Put in a load of laundry. Watch puppies tear up the atrium (note the before picture and then after the pups trash the place). Eat my own breakfast. Pups finally fall alseep. In about another hour or so - the whole thing starts all over again. In the meantime - I need to vaccum the house, mow the lawn and weed the gardens. I also hope to get individual puppy pictures today too.

6 week photos

Red

Purple

Gold

Sunday Pupdate - Week 6

It's been busy here and I haven't had time to blog. I hope to get the individual puppy pictures done tomorrow. This week was another of firsts for the pups - first time eating bones, first time meeting new people and now they are into their new digs. I have my kitchen back. Here are a couple of pictures for your enjoyment. My favourite is Red draped over the chair.

Come On Over For a Vist

Come on over and visit us. The pups would love the attention. If you happen to live close by - drop us an email or call us and arrange a visit. Or if you happen to be planning at trip through Saskatoon, come on over for a visit.

Sunday Pupdate

Red is 11 pounds. Purple is 10 pounds 8 oz Gold is 11 pounds.

Quite the day. I picked my mom up at from the airport - she is visiting from Ontario - she met her "grand puppies" today. We brought them outside again today but it was quite warm and they only wanted to dig under the deck. Everyone is doing well.

At this stage in their life they explore their surroundings with great curiosity and also put anything they can find in their mouths. They like to chew things like table and chair legs and most especially fleshy tender bits such as ears, paws and fingers and often chew them way too hard. When they bite too hard, the other sibling will cry and move away and thus play ends and this is how they learn "bite inhibition. They learn to soften their bites so that play doesn't end. We humans also will cry out when the pups bite us, so that they know that they cannot bite us either. Sparkle will give a quick growl and show a few teeth to them if they bite her too hard. I also will growl at the pups if they are biting me too hard - they quickly ease off on the pressure.

They are highly entertaining now and I am enjoying watching them tussle and play. They are getting into snarl fests with each other - vying for "top puppy" spot.