Week 1

Sleeping puppies are so cute!! I love Mr. Red's square muzzle

The first week has flown by and the puppies are doing great. All are well over 1 lb with Miss Purple and Mr. Yellow leading the pack and Mr. Red close behind. Miss Black & Tan is the smallest in the litter with Miss Silver the next smallest though they are, themselves, not very small. I think it is funny that the largest in the litter are black & tan and silver and the smallest are the black & tan and silver. All the tawny pups fill the middle ranks. The pups weathered the blizzard with no problems. I still need to drag Chili out of the whelping box to potty, so she is there to keep them warm, even if the power/heat goes out. Thank goodness for fireplaces!! This week is a lot of sleeping puppy photos- they still don't do much except sleep, eat, and potty. I am looking forward to the next few weeks when their personalities start coming out. Then I will be able to match up puppies to names and stop calling them by colors.

The milk bar is already looking crowded and it is only the first week!

Puppy pile. I like how Miss Purple's head is coming out of Miss Silver's body. Very Frankenstein.

Taking turns- a snack and a nap

My favorite photos are of the pups using each other as pillows. Mr. Red is a favored pillow and here Miss Blue and Miss Silver take advantage.

Miss Blue and Mr. Red

Very comfortable

Mr. Red

Mr. Purple

Miss Blue and Mr. Green

Mr. Yellow and Miss Silver

Miss Pink

Miss Blue also has a very cute face

Kila and Jiggles check out the pups. I love Kila's eyes- they almost bugged out of her head. She was so excited. Her tail was wagging so hard, she was knocking stuff all over the room. She is not going to be allowed free time with the pups until they are a few weeks old. Kila is very sweet but huge and very clumsy. I have visions of puppies getting flung all over the place in her excitement. It will be a blast when she has pups of her own!!

While Chili is inside nursing pups, the rest of the pack was enjoying the winter weather. Here Kila tries to entice Tay, Jiggles, and Brett to place some winter baseball.

Katsuk and Brett look for squirrels

The harder it snows, the more fun they have.