Prairie Springers

Week 4 and 5

Sorry for the delay in my posting on the blog. Between 6 puppies, 3 kids in basketball, and christmas preparation's we have had a pretty crazy week. We moved the puppies to the garage almost a week ago now. They needed more room to run and play. The transition has gone very well. The garage is heated, they have lots of room, and they can be as loud as they want without bothering me!

They are all eating well. We are still soaking their food, but not blending it. They are eating 2 times a day at this point. I attempted to up them to 3 times, but they were not interested. Tilley is starting to wean the pups naturally. We make sure she goes in about 3 or 4 times a day to nurse them, but she does not enjoy it. The puppies are fairly ruff with her now, so I am sure it is not a pleasant experience. The puppies experienced the great out doors for a few hours before the snow arrived this week. And most of them loved it. Hershey was the most adventurous and was trying to chase Tucker down. Now its a bit to cold to spend much time outside, so lucky we have a heated, big garage, and lots of kids to play with them.

The puppies are becoming increasingly social, and all come running when I call them. They are play fighting, chewing, running, pulling the girls hair, eating the boys toys, and being typical really cute puppies! Here's some pictures.

Puppy 1- Lark

Lark has gone from the quietest to one of my loudest. Her and Cocoa are constantly pestering each other.

Puppy 2 -BOLT

Bolt is a monkey. He loves to climb, and run. Not a super loud boy, he keeps kind of quiet. But has lots of energy to run and play.

Puppy 3- (Hershey)

Hershey is a quieter puppy. He kind of sits back and lets the others be crazy. He does play and defend himself, but is never the instigator. He LOVED being outside!

Puppy 4- MIA

Mia has been the ring leader this week. She is vocal, and busy. She lets us know exactly what is going on in her little head. She is the first to jump out of our whelping box, as of this morning. I am not super excited about that! She is so much fun to watch and play with.

Puppy 5 (cocoa)

Cocoa remains the quietest puppy, although she doesn't get pushed around. She takes an active role in play fighting. She is my curious one, and has starting riping up our puppy pads. Little turkey!