20 June 2009

Weeks 5-7

It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks here, I spent a week in the Land Where Communication Does Not Exist and then I got a job and Mollie lost her littermates. Squirt is growing like a little weed though.

She's had her first car ride (to the library), her first collar, her first walk on a lead (about halfway down the sidewalk, she hates it!), her first dog treat, her first vet visit, and she's now eating completely solid food and drinks out of a water dish. My little baby is growing up!




She's got this little stuffed cupcake that we call Pupcake that we got for a buck from the clearance section of Walmart of all places and she loves it. I think she likes the soft texture. She doesn't even sniff at the rubber chewer things we bought the pups and the big dogs seem to have eaten nearly all the plastic balls. But anyway, that's Pupcake and she loves him. :)





A couple of shots with Jones, some belly shots of Mollie and one of her giving a kiss. Jones plays so good with her, he's all gentle and stuff. Indy's still afraid of her and will only sniff and run away. Pansy.



She likes to sit in Krisy's doorway. Here's Indy, too.



You can almost make out her eyes here, they've started going a lighter shade of brown.



Playing with Jones.



First puppy treat



This was when we only had Maddy and Mollie and Joni brought Max out for a visit. They all took a nap together. :) Maddy went to a new home Wednesday night and it's only been Mollie since then. You can tell she's looking around for them to play with, and then she lays down and sighs. It's the saddest thing in the world. But she's got Pupcake and empty toilet rolls to play with and chew, so we try to keep her busy when she's awake.

We've got her spending nights that I don't work upstairs with me, so that's nice to finally have my own pup in my room. We cuddled.

I took the following video clips the other day, like monday or tuesday or something. There's a bit of Maddy, too.



Mollie's 7 week birthday is tomorrow :)

31 May 2009

Puppy Flier

Kinda sad to be thinking about giving the pups away on their 4th birthday, but I made a flier that will go up at the library and vets near us.

puppyflier

First time in the grass! And happy 4 week birthday!

first time in the grass

More bars in more places!

Getting nine pups to sit in a row and look at the camera is hard work.

first time in the grass

first time in the grass

first time in the grass

first time in the grass

Finally I had to go with photoshop:

Pupps in a row

And in other news, the pups are four weeks old today!

30 May 2009

Second puppy mush feeding

The second puppy mush feeding went so much better. I read somewhere to use a round plate with a lip and an upended bowl in the middle (so they can't walk or lay down in it) and this was sooo much cleaner. Of course there were hungry hungry hippo pups that put their two front feet in it and Marvin tried to hop the bowl, but it was much much much cleaner than the last time. The pups got a good scrubdown with a towel afterwards instead of a bath and that made them much happier!

second feeding

28 May 2009

First Puppy Mush

Monty didn't keep his mush down well... he woke up a few hours afterwards and yakked it all up, poor fella. Mollie did well, she had a full belly! She's been pushed around by the bigger ones in the frenzy of being fed by Sandy and so she hasn't had a chance to eat much because after all the fighting to get in she's exhausted and falls asleep. With the mush, both Mollie and Marvin both got nice rounded tummies! Yay! It was so cute, but such a mess!

We're going to feed them puppy mush about once a day for the next week or so, then gradually increase it to wean them off Sandy. She's not happy with their new teeth.

Mollie

First feeding

Mollie

First feeding
It looks gross, but it's just puppy chow and warm water after a spin in the blender.

Mollie

First feeding

Mollie

Mollie barks, and her first toys

A couple of firsts today, first puppy mush (post about this tomorrow), first toys and first good barks.

21 May 2009

Mollie's first real steps

Mollie and her littermates and their stupidly excited owner go for a romp in the pool pen!