The little biggie piggies were free in the house while I quickly cleaned their room as it had gotten too hot to leave them outside. There were the two or three little puddles for which I was prepared.
Today I discovered that at some point they managed to bite through the computer speaker wire. Ergh!
Today Princess was the bully. Don't know what got into her. Taser and Key boy continued their new affectionate ways. RaRa has the whippet stare down pat and today Princess demonstrated that she can do the whippet head lock - locking one in the chair by the sheer weight of the head and neck. They are all better at running and were positively scampering about the lawn today. They are just so much fun.
On the down side, I'm out of newspaper. I'm trying out ordinary white printing paper that is meant to be shredded. Not a very good substitute.
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It's striking how much their personalities/characteristics can change in just a few days. Taser, former tormentor of the littler ones is now as sweet as he can be to all. He is also coming over and asking for hugs. On the other hand, the Dude, once the laid back big slacker, is moving along the dimension that heads to tormentor at the extreme. Key Boy has turned into Mr Affectionate Cuddler. I think he found he really liked all those hugs he got this weekend. In contrast, he is also a bit more assertive with the others while playing. Poor Dude was omitted from the individual shots through the error of photographing Cosmo twice. In our defense, they are both blonde as am I which probably explains a lot if jokes are to be believed. Friends helped me correct this error and you can see his first go at stacking for better or worse by clicking here Time to rebuild the puppy pen. Yesterday, Mr. P and Princess were climbing out regularly. Today, it's the Dude and Princess. Time to get the taller ex-pens up. Shoot - now I won't be able to just reach over to pick them up or put something in the pen. Finally had a chance to post a few of the candids from this last weekend. We had so much fun. See the pics here The pups have been spending time in the back yard several times a day. They are so adorable as they romp about. Fortunately, we've had some visitors who have taken wonderful pictures. Watch this space for those. Except for the Dude. It was quite a week with my puter's untimely death, the older dogs going through the plate glass window (amazingly unscathed), etc. The inevitable first break out happened this morning. There were puppies wandering all over the room and I scooped them up, putting them back into the puppy pen. Then I counted...one, two.......eight. It kept coming up eight no matter hw often I counted. Where was the ninth? Not under the bed. Not behind the desk. Could it have somehow gotten out the door? A check into the living room revealed the culprit. Key Boy had found Corky's snuggle bed and was settling in. He gave the sweetest tail wag and smile when he realized he was busted. I had to put him back anyway. Yesterday the little Piggie Biggies were one month old. I reorganized the puppy pen so that they had more room. I also replaced the remnants of the whelping box with a crate. This went over very well - except that by evening it is already too small! It's said that they grow quite a lot during the fifth week and I guess these pups are right on schedule. Woot, Abby and Momo took in some lure coursing this weekend. It was a big entry of 30 open whippets. All of the girls did great though only Woot came away with a point. We'll get em next time! |
Cheryl with Corky,
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