Puppy Dogs

It's been a while since our last post. Time sure does fly in the summer - so much to do, so little time. But, at least I found some time to update the blog with some new puppy/dog photos. The little weeds have grown up so fast. Sure they're still puppies (about 4 1/2 months old), but they are becoming dogs in a big hurry. We have them tied out to eat from their own bowls now - no more running between bowls to chow down. This way we get to see who's eating what, and not to mention it gets them used to being tied up.

It took a lot longer than we thought to get the puppies into their new pen, but they've been in there about 3 weeks now and are loving it! Way more space for all. The only thing that they were lacking was shade, so we solved that problem (see photo below).

Sweet shade (above)

We had a heck of a time getting the gate square enough to swing properly, but we finally did it. Thanks to the advice of my mom, we put a turnbuckle (not sure if that's the proper term) in the center attached to 2 cables. We were able to adjust the buckle to 'lift' the gate so it was square. Sweet!

Chow Time (note puppies tied to the posts, eating from their own bowls)

Rico - not ready for the picture (note floppy ear)

Rico - posing for the camera - note radar ears! (or bat dog - either one works)

Sadie (she has similar ears to Keno, nice big floppy ears)

Cash and Lucky

Cash, Lucky and Sadie

It's been a while since they've seen the camera, so it was a bit difficult taking pictures of them this time. They were all quite curious and didn't want to get to far away (hence the closeups).

It's cool to see how their personalities have developed over the past few months. Cash is confident, curious and fearless. He was the first one to be tied up without any hesitation, and the first to be brought into the house on the lead without any struggle/hesitation. Lucky on the other hand is the opposite of Cash - she was the last one to be comfortable tied up for eating and she was shaking when I brought her into the house on a lead. She's a very sensitive girl. She's doing well, it just took a bit longer for her to adjust to new things. Rico is confident, but not as confident as Cash. He's quite the 'lover' when it comes to getting cuddled (they all are, but he has the most kisses to give). I see him protecting the pen when he hears the wolves or other dogs howl - he sticks out his chest and gives a 'burf', and runs to the edge of the pen and gives another 'burf' - not really a bark, but a 'burf'. Sadie is still the smallest - sometimes the sweetest, and other times the troublemaker. Depends on the moment with her. She's small and adorable. They all love playing fetch with the tennis balls, chewing bones and love it when Keno comes in the pen for a visit.