Girls just wanna have fun

Some more puppy pictures for your delectation!




























We've had our supper and three puppies have crashed after a lengthy play time. One little person is still up and about and currently in the tunnel. That's Itsy Bitsy. She is a bundle of energy and fun. They all are in fact but she is just amazing.

The puppies have had a busy day and I've managed to have individual play time with each one both in a group environment and getting one puppy out at a time. We've also had group play sessions mainly with my bright pink crocs! The puppies ate all their lunch and just about all their supper. Soon after they've finished eating I'm running round after them with my kitchen roll trying to catch the poo's before they hit the floor. I have about a 50% success rate!

The puppies had some time with Poppy in the kitchen this afternoon and were fascinated by this large person who came into the kitchen. As I expected Poppy was an angel with them and just lay there while they walked round and over her.

Unfortunately I have been unable to take them outside at all. Today has been absolutely awful with rain coming sideways at the house and strong winds. Not at all pleasant. When I took Zeki, Pops and Zen outside after their dinner Zeki just stood under the picnic table and refused to come out until I said she could come back inside!

Now the puppies are about to go back into their play pen for a snooze and then I'll have them out one at a time for evening cuddles and more individual play. We'll have one more group play time before they have final cuddles before bed. Oh and I mustn't forget to groom them before they finally go to bed.

One more thing they've had in their education today. They have listened to some classical music - ha ha!

Then I think I can go to bed with my book. I so admire Bernadette as I haven't done anything like she normally does and I'm exhausted.

At this point I'd like to say a huge thank you to Leah for standing in for me this evening to help Andy with a training evening at Dartford Dog Club. Thank you Leah and I promise to go easy on you at training tomorrow evening ...... as long as you promise not to make me run too much on Thursday evening!

Puppy sitting

It's a few days since I updated the blog. The new year has been really busy so far. I am updating this from my lap top sitting watching four beautiful little puppies sleeping. I am currently at Bernadette & Dennis's puppy sitting for one day and one night. Bernadette has returned to the US for a few days, sadly because her aunt passed away, and Dennis has just left for a business trip to Japan.

I have brought Zeki and Poppy with me. Sadly Naughty Niamh had to stay at home because she is a little bit of a handful in new situations and we didn't want to risk the puppies in any way. Zeki loves the puppies and is very good with them and I know that Poppy will be good with them so it's an opportunity for the puppies to have their first encounter with a large dog.

The puppies have been in the kitchen and on the go since 10.30 am and have had their second meal of the day. Two puppies were wide awake for the whole session: Chubsy Wubsy and Itsy Bistsy. So I took the opportunity to have individual play sessions with each of them. We had some good tugging going on with both of them. At the next play session I will be sure to spend individual time with Pork Chop and Cutey Pie. They were less active during the play session but I expect that will change next time. They have just come out of the kitchen and gone back into their puppy pen and at 11.45 am everyone is fast asleep.

Zeki and Poppy are curled up asleep on Pax's sofa. I'm hoping to teach Zeki the skate board trick shortly. I've brought her tub of sausage and clicker. Right now it's blowing a gale and pouring with rain so it's highly unlikely the puppies will get outside while I'm here as the forecast is pretty bad for the whole day. It's much milder than of late but really wet and miserable.

Here are some pictures of the puppies, I hope to get some "awake" pictures later! How funny as I'm sitting typing little Pork Chop whilst fast asleep slid down the ramp of the whelping box and landed in a heap on the floor. She woke up and look very indignant and crawled back up the ramp and snuggled up with her sisters.