Can you believe it - SEVEN WEEKS already! (Brinkley x Diesel)

Since the weather has been rather nice, the pups are outside in their pen most of the day.  They get fed out there as well.  Several times, I let them out of their 'safe' pen and let them run around the full pup play-yard with Gabriel.  They just love it.  Gabe really tires them out and they are happy to go back into the smaller pen for a rest.  (Gabe takes a rest too.)

Here they are ready to come out and romp, wrestle and run!

I could not figure out where I wanted to take their pics this morning and tried several places and finally decided on the Playskool slide.  At least it had a flat area to try and get them to sit - not always an easy thing to do!!

They are a lovely bunch of pups and people who have visited want to 'take them all'!  I am always so happy to hear this as I know any of them will be a great addition to their home.  :+)

We made it through the first week! CLARY X HOBBS

Happily, all is going splendidly for the first week with Clary and her pups.  The pups are gaining weight each day and Clary is eating well and producing nutritious milk for her babes.

Clary is also very easy to get along with and her constant smiles make my day!  She gets out for romps around the yard and investigates our chickens, pigs and other stuff.  She enjoys lying on our deck in the sunshine with our other doodles as I drink my tea in the morning.  All is good.  :+)

  

Their little eyes and ears will begin to open the next time I share pics of them with you next Monday.

 

SIX WEEKS and counting down! BRINKLEY X DIESEL LITTER

 What a difference in temperatures!  Today, I was wearing pants and a long sleeved shirt.  Thankfully, it was cool enough for me to get most of the cut tree branches out of our pool area - almost done!!

The pups watch me go back and forth over and over as they could see me through the fence slats.  I think I kept them entertained.  :+)

Gabriel, on the other hand, gets his exercise by trying to interact with them in their small pen.  Many times he either grabs one of their toes or their nose if they put them outside the fence holes.  Sometimes I wonder who is entertaining whom?  Either way, they get their exercise!

Here are the six week pics!

MR. BRUNO is 7 1/2 lbs today!  What an armload!

MISS AMBER is 6 3/4 lbs. of happy energy.

MISS JADE'S face says it all - PLEASE get me out of this pail.  6 1/2 lbs.

Well...CHIP, who weighs 7 1/4 lbs. just wanted to duck into the pail and hide!  It took several tries

to finally get one of his face - barely! Such a big baby.

A couple of pics of the Clary x Hobbs litter.

 Here are just a couple of litter pics of this adorable group!  Individual pics will come when they are one week of age.  No visits until they are 4 weeks of age.

Five of these pups have a pattern like their mom and two of them are mostly solid with a patch of white on them.

The group.

Clary and babies.  :+)

Holy Moly - Life is keeping us hopping!

 For a number of years I have wanted to have the Locust tree in our pool area taken down - well, it happened on 6/6/21 and there is a huge mess to clean up!  We knew many of the branches would fall into the puppy pen, so all the equipment had to be removed and placed elsewhere and the small pup pen had to be taken down, etc.  It is a good thing we did because it looked like a tsunami went through it!  Our friend, who did the cutting, warned us of the mess so we knew what we were in for.  It will be cleared in a few more days.  I am anxious to get Brinkley's pups back into the small outdoor pen as they enjoy the space, sun and fresh air!

Then today, Clary began whelping around 8 am!  So, nothing got done outside but inside a new litter of darling tuxedos were born.  Pics coming at some point!

This past weekend is when my husband's poultry business began and unfortunately his 'dipping tank' fell apart so instead of helping with the branches and such, he will be reconstructing the water tank all week!  I AM thankful that whelping day was during the daytime; that Clary did a terrific job and is a good mommy and hubby and I can still manage all the drama and work a 'Homestead' entails.  God has blessed us with this life.  💓

Yes, there ARE five week pics! (Brinkley x Diesel Litter)

 So much to do in one day, I often prepare a list to keep me on track but an appt. in the morning and the afternoon kind of puts a kink in the timeline!  Anyway, it is done and here they are for you to enjoy.  :+)

They were in their small puppy pen for most of the afternoon as it was not raining here.  It did rain during the night but that just keeps the turf cool for them on these muggy days with more to come!  Tomorrow, they will remain in the puppy room with A/C running as we are having a tree cut down in their area and we will be contending with that mess for few days!

Puppies like frogs.

 Stuffed ones, that is!  Could not resist taking a pic of Brinkley's pups enjoying the soft belly of the big, green stuffed frog in their pen.  They love to snuggle into the nooks and crannies of their soft 'friend'.  :+)