Teeth! and More!!

The pups start their fourth week with a big breakthrough, actually many of them. Yup, the pups' canine teeth made their appearance yesterday. They don't have any jaw power so no puppy scenes yet but those are coming.

I have finally gotten over the flu but Rosie Higdon still came up from VA to help for the weekend. Hopefully, spending time with the babies will be worth the work. Dreamer is showing more signs of a pending mastitis so Rosie and I are rotating hot packing every two hours. Dreamer is sure she is getting the raw end of this deal but as we tell her, it's for her own good.

The pups are interacting a lot with their environment now. Check out the videos to see them explore their world. They now have a pile of toys with them in the box and four different footings that they traverse each day. They are starting to problem solve when they get themselves in predicaments, which is often now. Their array of vocalizations is increasing daily, too. Barking, whining, howling (literal heads-back, muzzle-to-the-moon howling), grunting, purring, mewing and all out screeching. We've tried to capture many of them on the videos so turn your volume up or down as needed :-).

We have some great news from our other girls, too. Today was Ultrasound Day for Chex and Scoop. Marcy and I were holding our breath because we had bred Chex twice in the past few years and she missed both times. We weren't sure if she could ever get pregnant again but sure enough, she has six or so pups in there! Yahoo!! Good boy, Striker! I can't wait to meet these Striker x Chex babies!

Not to be outdone, Scoop is also pregnant by Goose. Looks like she has eight to nine pups in her first litter. So we are going to have an exciting March, sending Dreamer's pups home and welcoming the Heart and the Country Music litters into the world. What fun!

Hey, if anyone actually is reading this, drop a comment below. I can't tell if I'm just talking to myself or not. New photos and videos are up. Week 4 folder will be started soon!