Taking Advantage of Every Opportunity

I came home from running a few errands Saturday afternoon and an electric company guy was in my back yard playing with Lily and Lulu! Normally, I don't leave anyone outside while I am gone, but it was such a nice day and I was only going to be gone a short while. Lily and Lulu where mauling the poor guy. Of course, he seemed to be enjoying himself playing with them. The electrical problem was at the neighbors, but he was just making sure that all my lines where ok before they turned the power on. I think he volunteered because of the dogs. I am not sure where that crew was from, but I have seen several in the area from Georgia and Alabama. He said they made him miss his dogs. I was just glad I had not left Cinders outside because she would not have allowed him back there. He said she had been barking at him through the window and he was glad she wasn't out there.

He was a grizzled husky guy with a hard hat, uniform and some equipment on, so I thought it was an excellent opportunity for some socialization. I told him I had some pups and asked him if he wanted to see them. Of course he did! I knew he had to go back to work, so I brought out two bullys first. One was the boy ( I thought he would like him) and the other was Molly. While the 2 bullys were being loved on, I went in and got the purple and red pups. All the pups took to this big guy very well. The red pup did not want to wait her turn and was trying frantically to climb up his legs. Too bad he had to go back to work or I would have brought everyone out.

I am very happy the power is back on and the weather has improved. I let the pups run in the yard for an hour or so and I took some video. All together during the power outage I took an hours worth of video that needs to be uploaded and edited. So for those of you that got the first installations, that was about 30 min of video cut to 20 min. I still have another 30 min to go and I am already thinking about taking some more. Likely I will create another agility course this weekend. I am already thinking about it. However, I believe I have one on video that hasn't been uploaded yet.

12 days and counting w/ no electricity

The puppies are doing well. Everyone has moved to the living room and are living in the x-pen with the Dobermans near the wood stove. Everyone is getting more and more ornery. The little lavender collar girl is the explorer and she seems to be the first to always escape and roam around the house. The boy is also an escape artist. However, his method of escape is to bulldoze his way out. I have been creating puppy agility equipment for them and videoing them playing with it. Unfortunately , I can not upload the video until the electric comes back on. Everyone is so cute. They are all very chubby and wrinkly. Molly looks a bit lopsided. One of her ears is folding properly and the other is still floppy.

Puppies Everywhere!

The babies are getting big. Lulu loves to play with them. In doing so, she often collapses the side of the kiddie pool and frees everyone. I am sort of a sucker and all my floors are hardwood, so I usually let them run around for a while. They get into all sorts of things and have even had encounters with the dobe pups.

I took the available puppies over to my friends house Sunday. There they got to meet a few more Great Danes and a Pekingese. The orange collared fawn girl is very outgoing and was the first to start running around at my friend house. They are still nursing some, but Lulu is starting to dry up. They are eating moistened and canned puppy food pretty well now. Mostly they are just in to everything!

Puppies Go For a Visit

Yesterday I took all the puppies over to my friend's house to get stacked photos. The babies had lots of fun. My friends children played with the pups and they even called their neighbor over to see the little ones. Stacking and pictures went pretty well. At only 4 weeks old there is only so much we can expect from them before they get tired. I need to retake photos pf the boy and have had requests for side by side photos of the two remaining females. I will work on getting those and emailing them out to everyone.

The babies have really started to play with one another and with people. I have a new video which I sent out to several people, but it will also be available on the website shortly along with the new photos.

Puppies are starting to eat more and more real food (Purina Proplan Puppy). That is good because mom is getting tired of feeding them. Their little teeth hurt!!

Walking

The little Bulldogs have been walking around pretty well now. I have had requests for a more updated video. I will be making a video this weekend, so be sure to check the website.

weights

Burgundy (Molly) 71.6

Orange 54.3

Kitty 60.3

Green 61.7

lavender 59.2

Unsinkable Molly Brown

I am very pleased to announce that Burgundy Girl is now going to be called "Molly". She has a great home lined up in Michigan and hopefully will soon be on her way to being a Champion! I know I will enjoy watching her grow and keeping up with all her adventures. Maybe I will get to see her show some day.

I talked to my mom yesterday and she has decided to keep Ms. Kitty. Kitty is so adorable. We all love her. She is going to be a nice addition for my mother and I am sure she will enjoy life in Arkansas. It will be fun watching her grow as well and maybe I will show her someday.

New Puppy weights

The Bulldog puppies all have their eyes open and are starting to move around really well. They have moved out of the box and into the kiddie pool. Ms. Kitty has moved in with the Dobes. You can find out more about her adventures at http://masayadobermans.blogspot.com/ I will be taking their first video and updated photos this weekend.

Here are their 16 Day weights:

Burgundy 50.4 oz

Orange 37.3oz

Kitty 38.4 oz

Green Boy 43oz

Lavender 43.7

Purple 46.5oz