Two Growing Litters

 Scarlett's litter continues to grow into small dogs, and they are having a blast in the puppy run we have built for them, as well as in our fenced field where they can play with us and chase each other.  They are eating, playing, meeting new people, and having a wonderful life.  You can see from the pictures below that they are loving life.

 We also have been giving the puppies their medicines to make sure they stay healthy.  We have given them two doses of de-worming medicine, and their first immunizations.  They will have one last dose of de-worming medicine before they go home to their new families.  

 We had friends over to the house last week to enjoy the evening and to spend time together.  We had about 15 people over.  All of the ladies went down into the yard to sit with Scarlett's puppies and play with them.  The puppies loved the attention and were snuggling up with the ladies.  As it got late the puppies all decided to go to sleep on the grass as they sat with the people.  We had to wake them up to take them back their pen and to make sure they were safely settled in for the night.

Meggie's puppies have just reached a milestone.  They have opened their eyes and ears.  They are barking at each other now and crawling aroud the pen.  This weekend they will get their first dose of de-worming medicine (given at 3, 5, and 7 weeks of age).  Today I gave them their first taste of goat's milk from a bowl.  They are so much fun to watch as they discover this new treat.  They smell it in the pen, and start walking around trying to find the source of that wonderful smell.  They then step into the bowl and start licking the milk off of their paws.  As they recognize this is a great food source they learn to put their faces into the bowl and lick up the milk.  Their next lesson is how to put their mouth in the bowl without putting their noses into the bowl.  They have to learn not to inhale the milk, but how to swallow it instead.  It is quite funny to watch them figure this all out.

We will keep you up to date on the progress of the puppies.  Please check back and please let your friends know about us.

Steve