This
week, we have used every opportunity to not only get them out at least once a
day to expose them to fresh air, and the cooler temps, but take them to
different parts of the house to either feed or play. We do this to not only
expose them to different surroundings, but to evaluate how the deal with the
stress of this and how they adjust to it. So far I've been really happy with
everyone.
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| Brad |
Call us wimps, but they are still a bit too young to be out in the cold, or moved to
the garage. (sadly) On Tuesday, Mary and
I noticed that they are starting to get too hot in the sun with their new woolly
coats, and were quite content to fall asleep on the cold cement on the front
porch! I have hopes to take them out in
the garage on the weekend. If it is nice the yard, however it is rather mucky
here with the rain at the moment, and they get too cold quite soon.
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| Eric |
They are starting to develop teeth buds, so I've started to
include puppy gruel (mashed up puppy
food) feeding times - Boy were they more
than ready for that!
Emma especially dove right
into the pie pan I had set up in the kitchen!
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| Caleb and Eric with Emma chowing down! |
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| Brad and Caleb pushing for food. |
Puppy food feeding is very messy, but very fun. The group has starting to play a lot more with each
other, having little growl puppy fights, chewing
on each other’s legs, and enjoying play sessions with us several times a day
and still cuddle when time to sleep.
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| Emma outside in the sunshine |
They are coming happily to the front of their whelping box
regularly when we call them. They will all bark at sounds we make (to make them
bark) so they all carry the guardian gene pretty well! Some are more willing to
bark longer or investigate new sounds than others. They are acting more like
little English Shepherds!
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| Mary & Eric |
Most are turning to human
comfort/ bonding to us now when Lily is absent.
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| Smiling Ali! (with Rachel) |
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| Eric & Alli |
They
have been exposed to carpet, hard wood floor (kitchen&Living room) &
cement. They have heard, kitchen morning noises, the sound of the vacuum, TV,
and radio, other dogs barking, cats.
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| Lily with Brad |
Some take longer to settle, some settle quickly, they all are finding the different surfaces and environments strange, but seem to accept it all in their own time.
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| Rachel investigating living room |
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| Ryan sleeping in the sun. |
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