Morning Blend Pups Are 3 Weeks Old Today!

First off, sorry folks - I have run out of theme related fabrics to line the whelping box! The good news is, the puppies may be "movin' on up" to a deluxe puppy pen set-up since our dear sweet Kona has learned how to escape.

The delicious "Brew Crew"!

This week has been such fun! More milestones and more mayhem! As I mentioned the pups have become much more agile. They are walking in earnest and some have even attempted a very head heavy run which always results is a tumble. The pups are pouncing, wrestling, climbing, teething, barking, howling AND... having their first "big dog" meals! Granted it is only goats milk. It is messy and goofy - but what a reward for Tioga to clean all those soaking wet faces when they are through with a meal. I was noting that this litter (different from the last of only 2) seems to be much more animated. They are so interactive with us, each other and the various toys we have introduced to their play area. We have tried new surfaces and seen funny responses. We have been outdoors, not on blankets but on the cool grass. We have had many visitors and the pups even got to attend a few baseball games and practices to the delight of my son's entire team (kids and parents) We experimented with taking off their collars because their beautiful ruffs are getting crunched but after just one day they were right back on. I was way to scared I would forget who was who! The only negative I can say is that they are quite noisy in the night if Tioga doesn't respond immediately to them. There is less and less room at the milk bar as they grow. They whine and squabble when they haven't got a spot. I am trying to weigh the benefits of just letting them figure it out (which results in 3 crabby kids who are awoken in the night by noisy pups) or going down stairs to sleep beside the box in hopes of helping Tioga manage (which results in a crabby me) Some nights are better than others, but we are surviving just fine. Tioga's constantly wagging tail makes it all worth it. She seems happy as can be. All in all, we are having a blast with these little beans.

VIENNA
"The Sweetheart"

female, id: purple
weight at birth: 15.4 oz, weight at week three: 2 lbs 15.2 ozs

Kona came tumbling in to disrupt the photo shoot. He says, "wrestling is
so much more fun than pictures!"

Vienna playing in the grass like a big dog!

JOE
"The Cool Dude"

male, id: blue
weight at birth: 16.7 ozs, weight at week three: 2 lbs 15.4 ozs

Joe sniffing the grass to see what it is all about.
He ended up liking it!

Sound asleep on Mom's head!

 KENYA
"The Playful One"

female, id: black
weight at birth: 16.4 ozs, weight at week three: 3 lbs 2.8 ozs

Kenya hunkered down, unsure about walking on this new stuff called grass!

Naptime with Mamma!

 KONA
"The Adventurer"

 male, id: red
weight at birth: 16.8 ozs, weight at week three: 3 lbs 7.6 ozs

Kona says, "I like playing outside!" MAXWELL "The Mellow Boy"   male, id: green weight at birth: 17ozs, weight at week three: 3 lbs .2 ozs Maxwell is sick of the evil stare of the frog. Soaking wet after his first attempt at lapping milk from a dish. Some is milk, and some is slobber from all the licks he got afterward! Maxwell loves his Mom. INDIA "The Princess" female, id: pink weight at birth: 14.8 ozs, weight at week three: 3 lbs .8 ozs

India loved running (wobbling) through the grass.

Getting a bath from Peaberry after our first attempts at lapping milk.

PEABERRY

"The Cuddler"
female, id: light green pattern
weight at birth: 13.6 ozs, weight at week three: 3 lbs 3.2 ozs

And this is what "milk drunk" looks like!