Ginny Nightingale's Blog – October 2011 Archive (7)

Hi everyone who is still out there watching Lyric's pups grow. They are little tiny dogs now--playing, running and giving big sloppy kisses. These last few weeks with them are so much fun and it is so hard not to get attached! I will try, but I am sure a few tears will fall when they leave. Speaking of leaves, I am going to start this slide show with a photo I took today of fall leaves covered in snow--we got 17 inches of the white stuff today and there were some beautiful scenes. Then we…

Do you need a nice long puppy fix? I made a video tonight that shows the puppies over 9 days as they go from 3 weeks to today (just over 4 weeks) Wow--have they changed! So, for those of you who love to watch puppies, there are a full FIVE minutes of video --it's a bit fuzzy and I almost dropped the camera once, but they are so cute, you might not mind. Make sure you turn up the volume to hear Patch sing at one point--you can't miss it--he does a solo.

I also made a big mistake when i…

We made the move to the downstairs pen! I also started solid food today and didn't have to ask them twice. Usually you have to coax a little to convince them that eating food is a good thing, but these guys dove in with both feet--literally!

They were a bit unnerved by the move to the big pen after being in their closed-in whelping box, but everyone found the attached crate and are now sound asleep. This is the first time Rio and Mattie have seen the puppies--Rio was so excited! I…

Every Sunday I send the new owners a set of pictures of all 8 pups, so here are the latest. The new owners do not know yet which pup they will be getting, although they are allowed to tell the breeder which are their three favorites--they will hopefully get one of them. So, I want them to have nice clear pictures to go by. In three weeks, all of the buyers are coming to the house one family at a time to see the puppies and that will give them the best idea of whch ones they like--I am glad I…

Wow--what a difference a few days makes--the eyes are all open in Lyric's litter now and everyone is toddling around. They have started to do a little bit of playing and are finding the newspaper to do their business more often. Momma is getting pretty tired but hanging in there. She takes long breaks now and hangs out with us between feedings. She is not the most devoted mom in that she will leave them for hours at a time now, but she knows they are safe and barks outside the puppy room…

Here are all 8 of them--some are more cooperative then others but I got portraits of all 8 for the perspective owners. 

Here is the "blue" pup a.k.a. Winnie

above: "Brownie" although he looks more red every day! He is the biggest right…

Gosh, can these guys eat! They are growing so fast and changing each day. I will do a portrait of each when they reach a week old, but for now, here are a few more pictures. Lyric is already getting a bit antsy and leaving them for an hour or so now and then to come downstairs and hang out with us. It must get very lonely up there in the puppy room. 

Momma with some of her pups--she is a lot more comfortable now!…