Videos!

I've added a video bar which is at the bottom of this page. There you can see our videos, two of which are the puppies, but sorry, they are dark.

The puppies at four weeks!

You can click on the image to see a larger view. This is Bella, Frankie, Spot, and Tank

The have grown and changed so much in their four short weeks of puppy life. They all eat solids now. They also walk and run (and chew on the tops of feet!) Grifham has been introduced to them and now plays with them daily. He's a good papa. They can also get out of the playpen, and do so at will. I find it fascinating that they also go back in when they are tired, instead of wandering around and exploring their world. They all love to be held and cuddled, and are so friendly! Anouk is doing well considering they all have teeth now and sharp little nails that I have to trim regularly.

So far so good!

Puppy Food!

Against most of the rules, the puppies have started with a tiny bit of puppy food today. It's more like oatmeal mush, but they all (but Frankie) took to it immediately, So what prompted me? Anouk is utterly exhausted and bruised. She is spending more time away, and today Tank bit me. Now, they have all been gnawing at our fingers for a couple of weeks. It's so cute! but a few minutes ago while snuggling with Tank, he bit me. You know, with teeth. Four, to be exact. No wonder she looks at me helplessly when it's time to nurse again! And when you do the math, the puppies total combined weight is more than half of Anouks total weight. I will check the others for teeth tomorrow. Tank and Bella seem to be the most advanced of the litter so far, so I won't be surprised if I find Bella has teeth too. In the meantime, it's time to slowly introduce an alternative to mama's milk so she can get a bit of a break. She never complains, it's always me!

Almost three weeks!

They have grown so much that if I hadn't seen it myself I wouldn't think it was true. I weighed the puppies yesterday and both Tank and Mini Grif are at 1.2 pounds. Bella and her twin are both at 12 ounces. Anouk is still a champion mom (That's Bella sleeping on her mom's neck) and she amazes me with her strength and complete devotion. I am astounded at the amount of food she eats, but looking at the puppies we can all see why. She still accidentally drops puppies on the ground as she exits her box. Thank goodness she is so low to the ground already that it hasn't caused a problem other than a displaced puppy now and then. The puppies move around much quicker now, can sit, and are trying to walk which is so fun to watch. They certainly have personalities beginning to emerge!

Bellas twin, we all just call him Spot :)

Baby Grif

Crawls on top of Bella's Twin