More room to play!

This little slide was placed in the new area for exploration.

Leaves are a very valuable toy for this pup!

These two are not quite sure what to do with more running room.

Ally oop!

What is all this interesting stuff???

I am soooo brave!!

A new toy to chew!

Olive x ARI individual pics of pups at one week old.

Black Collar Boy

Pink Collar Girl

Teal Collar Girl

Red Collar Girl

Olive's hatful of beauties at one week old.

These silky smooth gorgeous babies have lots to eat, undivided attention from their mom and nothing to complain about.  Olive tends to their every whim.

Their coats are very smooth and this is typically an indicator of a wavy fleece. 


From left to right: 
Black Collar Boy 1.94 lbs.
Pink Collar Girl 2.20 lbs.
Teal Collar Girl 1.90 lbs. and
Red Collar Girl 1.82 lbs.

Can you believe we are five weeks old?

Boy have they learned so quickly to use the dogie door and LOVING the outside.  While I clean in the morning, I open the door and they all run out like a tiny hurd of buffalo.  I can finally use my vacuum and they don't mind at all (it is loud!).  Every now and again, one or more come through the dogie door just to see how I am doing.  I find it so charming.    :+)

I thought we should have a 'bit o' the green' in celebration of St. Patrick's Day month.

Green Boy at 5 wks.  7 lbs.

Blue Boy at 5 wks.  6 1/4 lbs.

Purple Girl at 5 wks.  4 3/4 lbs.

Orange Girl at 5 wks.  5 1/2 lbs.

Yellow Girl at 5 wks.  5 1/4 lbs.

 
   

 

More outdoor pics taken today!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our first venture outside!

What a GORGEOUS day!  I immediately got to work this morning bleaching the ramp and alley so that it would dry up by the early afternoon so the pups could enjoy this first visit outdoors. 

Just look at these faces when I opened the door and went outside!  From left to right you will see Viva in the back with Orange Girl, Green Boy who is looking down, Blue Boy and little Purple Girl, who is a lot braver than I gave her credit for!!  Just look at her on the ramp, showing all the big guys how to get the job done.  :+)

Green Boy and Viva

Purple, Orange and Blue

Green Boy and Yellow Girl

The Daily Routine.

I thought you might want to know what my routine is like now that Clara's pups are growing like weeds.

First of all, they have been switched to the opposite side of the puppy room so that I could arrange the other side for Olive's pups when they are ready.

It makes it a lot easier for me to NOT have them in the area that I am cleaning, so the pups are all taken out of their pen and allowed to be with their mom and run around the rest of the puppy room investigating.  I lock myself inside their pen.  :+)  It begins with me emptying their litter boxes. Next I wipe them down with Ammonia and let them dry in the sun.  I toss all the bedding along with their stuffed toys in the area they are playing in for entertainment.  Everything is swept up and the floor is washed inside their pen.  Once dried, their litter boxes are refilled; clean bedding is put in; water bowls refilled and new clean toys added.


The pups are back inside their pen and I begin my puppy 'laundry'.  Clara stands up now to nurse.  She is in the weaning stages and their snacks are brief.   It won't be long before Clara goes home to her family.  I finish up sweeping and washing the area surrounding their pen.

This is the normal procedure for each day along with preparing their food and handling them individually.