Saturday A.M. Update

Good morning! Just a quick update on George and Martha who will turn 3 weeks old tomorrow... Both pups are responding to movement and sound quite well. They watch everything that's going on around them and every day their reactions are more deliberate. They are aware of when someone approaches now and will move towards the movement they see. The cutest of all is when they interact and play with each other, they will woof and vocalize together. At this early stage it appears that George has a personality similar to his 1/2 brother, Jack which simply means nothing bothers him much, he's happy go lucky and content to let the world go on around him. Martha on the other hand in comparison is very interested in everything and has to check out all nooks, corners, crivices, cracks, crumbs you name it ! Females are very often the ones who stand out first even in a large litter and the boys tend to come along at their own speed (sounds like humans, huh?! LOL) Yesterday they were introduced to 'gruel' for the first time. After having been separated from Wish for a few hours I offered moist and mushed puppy food to them from my fingers. They eagerly lapped it up and it didn't take long for the next step when I offered it to them in a small dish. We will repeat this a few times each day in the beginning and then progress to full weaning. I am a believer in keeping mom and pups together as long as possible and will rely on Wish to help with the weaning process as the pups teeth come in. My goal is to have them eating puppy food and off of their mother's milk as soon as possible. With just two pups I have to watch the rate of their weight gain very carefully to keep them within a normal weight range. Wish is producing plenty of milk and George and Martha are plenty plump!

Yesterday afternoon I was pleasantly surprised when Steve and Jim S. stopped by on their motorcylces; they just happened to be in the neighborhood! We had a nice visit together and the dogs enjoyed the company. I also was happy to have good reports about NashDog (son of Jackdog!) and Starr and Buddy (littermates). I think Nash and Buddy will be with us on the Brittanys club Fun Day while Starr will be with her trainer in Rangely. I look forward to seeing them and especially Stephanie again, too.

There will be new pictures taken sometime this weekend and hopefully posted by Monday. Our daughter and her husband have a wedding to attend and so it is an overnight adventure for their 3 children! We're looking forward to it as plans include baking cooking with Gramie and fishing with Grampa and lots of cuddle time with the baby. Updating the blog and speaking of company, our son just popped in! Take care and God Bless..