Not sure if I'm feeding these pups too much or what, but they are getting BIG! The pups were between 4.2 and 6.4 pounds at the 5 week mark and they are super poopers! I had two years of newspaper saved and we're almost out. Thank Goodness for Facebook, as someone I didn't know all too well from highschool answered my plea for mounds of newspaper that was no longer wanted and I'm driving over the next town this morning to make a pick up! Good people! Unlike the local news printer who never returned my call forcing me to buy $50 worth of paper already.
My newspaper woes are my only trouble, thank Goodness, and the rest of the report is all good news. The puppies are doing fantastic. As with all of our other litters, it appears that all of the puppies are very healthy. No hernias, bad bites, or other defects that I can see. They are active and playful and keep me busy. I've been spending a lot of one on one time with the puppies in our living room and they get to come out as a group about two times daily as well. It's been cold and the pups have not acclimated too well to going outside yet. It's 60 degrees today and I owe a lot of people pictures, so after my newspaper pick up and a trip to the store, I hope to come back during the warmest part of the day and get these little critters outside for a little while and take some cute pictures of them - hopefully without them huddled at my feet trying to keep warm.
Their personalities haven't changed much from last week. Little Peachy, um Nieme, is my favorite little one right now. She has the most amazing personality. Her ears have gone straight up, matched with her four pound body...she looks a lot more like a Chiuhauaua than a Chinook right now. And she's the perfect dainty little size that I can carry her around like my Paris Hilton Princess pooch. And she loves to be picked up and held, so it works out perfect. Peachy and I do the dishes and the laundry together and spend lots of quality bonding time. The others are getting too big to hold all day. :-)
We're down to one puppy, a female, that still needs placement. And a couple of owners who are still having trouble making their pick up arrangements due to the Thanksgiving weekend pick up date. Time is flying by and I'm getting a little sad that the pups are going to be leaving us soon. But, I know my owners are going to be good owners and keep in touch and send photos so that I know they are happy! Right? :-)))))
Anyway, need to run my errands. Sorry that I don't have the individual pix yet, but we intend to do a photo shoot today. My mom has been sick and not available to help me and my right hand Kim (a local owner to be) has been out of town. Kim's mom did take some good video for us on Friday though and hopefully I'll have that next week. Do check the Flickr site though, as I posted quite a few of a few of the puppies there...but not all of them. Not enough time in the day!
FLICKR Link - http://www.flickr.com/photos/75946804@N00/
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