Weaning & General Progress!! :)

The puppies are starting to become more aware of their surroundings, steadier on their feet, and playful. Watching them, you see tails wagging, play bows, pouncing, paw touches, nibbles, and investigation of toys or new things in their pens. Hearing them, you hear little barks (different pitches depending on what they way), whimpers, or growls.

Everyone is growing like crazy, too. They are all over 2 pounds now, most in the 2.5 pound range marker :)

They spend their time mostly in our living room now, hearing the washer, dryer, dishwasher, furnace, street noises (we even got 'lucky' and had an ambulance come down the other day), snow plows!, the other dogs barking, the tv, the phones ringing, computer noises, etc. ... If someone is not home with them, though, we do place them back in their whelping box for safety and security reasons.

Everybody has had their eyes and ears open for awhile, and they know how to use them to get lots of pets and cuddles. Also, they do all have teeth and know how to use them, so the weaning process began.

During this past week, we have begun weaning the 'little' pups.

It started with goats milk + infant rice cereal:





Then a little soaked kibble was added:



The pups are all doing well and enjoy their new meals of soaked kibble!