a few weeks ago...

Since these little ones are starting to go off to their new homes, I thought I would post something of the whole crew!  Enjoy. 

one more..

I forgot to add this cute one yesterday.

meet olive...

Andrew and I have picked our puppy and finally decided on a name.  I admit, willingly, that I have the sweetest husband ever.  He even embroidered OLIVE on our little doggy's bag in Pink.  But let it be known that our little pup will be called "Ollie" for short!  

Here are a few pics of our little Olive yesterday.  She is full of energy but is still so lovey.  We adore her already!

I will be visiting all the little guys tomorrow again, and will be sure to get some more pics of the group before they start to go to their new homes on Sunday.  We are all a little sad, but so glad that they are going to good homes.  

Until next time,

Christina

Kari's photos...

Here are a few photos from Kari's visit last week with the puppies. A few minutes after this first photo was taken a few of them were walking around in the bowl.... what a riot they are!
Enjoy these pics! They are such little models!
-c

playdate

My friend Jenny and her daughter Candice came to visit on Friday afternoon.  We had a great time with them.  We piled them into the "puppy basket" brought them outside and sat and played with them for hours.  It is practically impossible to leave them they are so cute!

They are playing with each other tons and look at those teeth! - ferocious don't you think!



but even with all of that energy, they still love to snuggle!  And they sleep tons

Jenny was nice enough to pass these photos on to me.  Love them!

I have more Kari Herer photos to post.  I'll try to do that tonight.  

In the mean time, check out the slide show:  www.kariherer.com/pups  They are amazing of course!  

Until next time,

Christina

4 weeks old and eating solid food

Yesterday the pups turned four weeks old. Man, are they growing. We weighed them last evening and true to form, Bear(male), is by far the porker. He weighs a whopping 5.75 pounds. One of his sisters comes in second at an even 5 pounds (Yellow/Red). the others are as follows: Green -4 5/8, Red -4 7/8, Blue (male)- 4 5/8, White - 4 7/8, Pink - 4 1/2, White/Blue - 4 1/4.

Last Thursday, 06-12, I introduced them to solid food. It consisted of mixing puppy chow and water in the blender to create a gruel. I warmed it slightly and gave it to them in a small saucer. They loved it. All of them took right to it. The next day I made up a large batch and gave it to them in the large circular pan that Bonnie lent me. The sight was exactly as I had envisioned it to be. They all surrounded it and ate at will and then proceeded to wade in it. What a sight.

Today, Christina, Keri, and Nicole came over to see the pups. Keri took a million photos of them. I would guess that a few are going to show up on the Blog in the next couple of days. I have posted some from the first solid food feedings. Not nearly as nice as Keri's,but, they give you a good snapshot of the pups progress.

Addie is just about ready to break away from the duty of having to feed the pups. She acts as though it couldn't happen any too soon. She also would rather play fetch than feed pups. I would guess that not having another litter of pups is OK with her.

Three weeks old today...

These guys are getting cuter by the day. Now they are running around and playing with each other a lot. I don't think they can see really well yet as the continue to bump into things and each other. several of them have been growling at each other and have been ganging up on each other. They seem to like biting each other on the nose, which, for now isn't much of a problem. When the teeth come in I'm sure things will be different.

We have expanded the whelping box so that they have a larger area to run around. Their space is now around 36 sq. ft. They are enjoying the extra space.

James and Michaela came up to visit with them yesterday, so, we took them outside and had some fun with them. The pups love it out there.