2 weeks old tomorrow

Every day we see incredible changes in the pups. George currently is more active and outgoing than Martha, but she is no timid little thing either. Despite the fact that there is more than enough to go around, she does like to nudge him off whatever nipple he is nursing from! Too funny... She's very cuddly to my hand, and he's very responsive to my touch, almost like a wind up toy - (be forewarned!). When I took these pictures in the video, they were at the end of a fairly active period - which by the way at this age do not last very long! I tried everything I could to get them moving a little bit more LOL! Tonight when I checked the pups, they are even up more on their little legs, using their muscles and are very strong. Their little eye slits are becoming more pronounced but I don't expect they will open for a a few more days. In this coming week we'll see a lot more stability as they use their little 'sea legs' more and more. (This blog has to be short, John has been gone all day up to Brownfield with some guys from the Brittany and Bird Dog Club working on the grounds there. I just went out and opened the gate for him to drive through with his tractor - which he got stuck up there but that's another story. Good thing I have a nice dinner waiting for him, he's going to be dirty, exhausted, and maybe a bit grumpy - ya think?! LOL! ) The dogs are now getting a couple of 2 hour runs a day now that the weather has broke and we're spending more time with them working in the field on birds. What a difference! Let's see... there are some shows coming up but I think we're going to focus on field trials more, so maybe Pippin will be spending some time with our gundog trainer. John works with him at times so this may work out. Uh oh! I hear the truck coming in!!! God Bless, John and Ann and ATB