Giggles' Puppy Adventure #2

Unfortunately, this puppy adventure didn't start out as well as last time. I thought I was a little dopey for having taken her into the vet early last time, but if I'd had my choice, I would have taken her in this time, too. She needed to have an emergency c-section, which was performed at the emergency vet clinic (big bucks). Certainly, it's well worth the money to have Giggles alive, as well as 5 of her 6 puppies, so I'm not complaining too much about the cost.

This time we have a mix of genders! They are all still tri-colors, though, even though I know the sire carries for bi-colored puppies. As much as I would have liked a red & white (or two) in the mix, the fact that the puppies are healthy and strong is far, far more important than color.

New Puppy Pictures

When I took the puppies to Joan's on Monday, Barb was there and we took pictures of the boys. Actually, I took video of the boys and extracted these pictures from the videos. From the top: T-Bone, Jack, Spot (two photos), Girly Man

Puppies on Vacation

The puppies took a little trip to IL today for their 2 week vacation. Joan Atkinson is taking care of the little punks while I go off to CA for my Team in Training event. Since they are gone, I may be able to have more time to edit some of the videos I have of them. There's more of the playtime video and we took some video at Joan's today. Of course, the puppies wouldn't hold still to be stacked for still photos, so Barb suggested taking video. Maybe I can pull a decent still from the videos. I will post the new videos when I are able to get them finished.

The Great Hayfield

Ok, so the lawn needs to be mowed... I did a little with the reel mower, but it's tough to get that to chew through the overgrown weeds.

The puppies were out today for about 3.5 hours. They're pooped now! :-)

I thought maybe I could put the litter box back into their pen and they would use it as a toilet and not a bed. No such luck... This is a photo from earlier, but the "toilet" has a similar appearance tonight.

The Great Outdoors

Tonight we took them out into the side yard. The lawn is in pretty dire need of mowing, so it was a challenge for them to move about well. I was going to take some more video, but my batteries were dying. I need to figure out where the rechargeables are and get them charged. Monday, the puppies move to Joan's house. She has generously agreed to take them when I am in San Diego for my Team in Training event.

We'll take some more pictures on Monday, when I meet Barb at Joan's. This will be the first time Barb's seen the litter. We'll see who she likes...

Puppy (Mama and Grampy) Playtime

I wanted to get the puppies across the living room last night, so I decided to let them walk. It was supposed to be like a little puppy parade. As you can see from the video, that plan didn't exactly pan out. Spot was in the other room for quite awhile after they were allowed out of "their room." Of course, at the end of the video, Marvin has to be where he believes he belongs - in the middle of things! :-) Sorry for the "Criminal Minds" audio in the background. There's much more video of the puppies, so maybe I will put more of it together and post it. Tomorrow we will try to take stills of the boys.

Finally New Pictures!

I tried to use their new-found luring skills to get them to "self-stack." Clearly, it didn't work well. :-) They were four weeks old yesterday.
Pictures from top (two shots of each): T-Bone, Jack, Spot, Girly Man