Counting the days

Amy and Marden

The pups are growing fast. I can hardly believe that they are 6 weeks old tomorrow. They leave us on Tues and it’s about this time that I start to get sad about them going.

Every moment with them is really precious now so as well as doing all the feeding and clearing up and taking lots of photos, I’m spending as much time as possible just watching them, taking them in and remembering their individuality.

After last week when we were playing noises and I was going round the kitchen slamming drawers shut, the pups seem unfazed by any noise at all. So I turned my attention to sights and tried on a variety of different hats, wore my waterproof jacket with the hood up so you could only see my eyes, wore a fluorescent jacket. They were not bothered by any of it. they did bark at first at me in my sunglasses because they could not see my eyes and could see their reflection but now they don’t mind. I also walked round the kitchen putting an umbrella up and down and they didn’t mind that either. They really are chilled out puppies.

On Thursday this week, we had the local infant school come to visit the pups. There were at least 16 4-5 year olds in my kitchen squealing with delight and the pups didn’t seem to mind at all. Pepsi absolutely LOVED all the attention. In particular, we told the children to sit down on the floor which was Pepsi’s cue to sit on everyone’s knee so she really enjoyed that. The children loved it when she wagged her tail so hard, she was hitting two boys in the face with it! all in all, it was a big hit with both the children and Pepsi and it tired the pups out for a couple of hours!

The pups only sleep for about and hour and a half in between playing now so it’s pretty full on hard work. In between they wake up, make a mess, I clear it up, they shout a lot, I walk away and they eventually fall back to sleep. Of course at meal times, I play with them for about an hour so they are hardly attention-deprived!

For the last few days, I’ve let them outside so they are really enjoying that and it makes my life SO much easier as I don’t need to mop the floor as much! Paul has not been working this week so that has helped enormously because he’s been clearing up whilst I’ve been playing with the puppies. Mmmm…. guess who got the best job here!!!

they love being outside and the noises I’ve played in the last week have certainly helped because they never even looked up when a plane went overhead or the lawnmower next door started up, or a horse went by or cars, etc.

Here are some photos. As usual, there is a period between 3 and 5 weeks where the work was so manic that there are hardly any photos and then today I’ve taken loads in the garden. I’m making the most of the last few days with them. Poor Pepsi has now been separated from them so that her milk can dry up so she is only allowed to feed them when her milk starts to build up (max once a day and hopefully not at all by Tuesday).

If you click on any of the photos, you can see them full size.

 

Dennis the cat comes face to face with Blade

 

Ashleigh and Arthur – no trouble at all

Angus, 4 weeks old

Pepsi, looking sorry for herself with one of the pups' toys

Amy chasing Marden

Angus in full flight

Pepsi wishing she can be with the pups

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blade is often the last one to sleep so he often gets more cuddles because he squeals whilst the others are sleeping so I often mop the floor with him in one arm and the mop in the other.

Amy, the first born, is not as feisty as she was when she was born although she loves to jump up and bite my nose still. She eats her food faster than anyone else and I have to pick her up and stop her from eating everyone else’s food.

Beacon is the opposite. He’s a gentle boy who eats so slowly that he has only usually eaten half his food by the time everyone else has finished.

I have such a soft spot for him because I have to protect him from the others eating his food.

He seems completely oblivious to the chaos around him as I hover above him, fending off 6 other puppies.

He chews each mouthful slowly and looks up at me with such a sweet face that it just makes my heart melt. I am really going to miss him and the looks we exchange!

Marden is the sort of pup who can easily be overlooked because he is gentle, neither a fast or slow eater. He’s just the perfect pup! So I make sure he gets lots of cuddles as well.

Angus and Arthur (the two black ones) often fight together and are pretty full on. They also eat really quickly and always think that everyone else’s food is better than theirs!

Ashleigh is a sweet little girl who has also slowed down eating so she also has t be protected now but not as much as Beacon. She loves to try and dominate Blade (the biggest boy) but as she’s the smallest in the litter, she has no chance really.

Wow, the last 6 weeks have flown by as usual. the good news is that Gracie will come home on Tues after the pups leave so I’ll be pleased to see her.

Jude. x

 

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