The last two girls

Yesterday as part of our mud control we set down straw on all the paths.  Wednesday the gravel comes and we will put down cloth, outline the paths with timbers then pea gravel!  All in an effort to lessen the mud in the house. 
The pups thought that was great fun to play in!

 The Goats thought they were pretty entertaining:

Pepper looks on

Goldie

 

Boadi - with her ear flipped over her head. 

Wow - things have been hectic and I haven't posted much!  Here are a few pups with Rainey (5 months old) and Sassy (my year old Rat Terrier) photos from October 2th, right before they all started leaving for new homes:

Here are a few more (un-edited or cropped)

Congratulations to Trouble!

Trouble - the pup's half sister from Tarzan's first litter - went High in Trial yesterday at the all breed herding competition in St. Louis, a part of the American Bouvier des Flandres Club National Specialty.  She not only scored better than all the other Bouviers entered, she beat all the other breeds entered!

More trials today - we wish her luck!

Sometimes the simplest toys are the best....

Sorry for the lack of posts lately.  These guys are becoming a full time job - and I have one of those already - so my time has been scarce.  But on to the post.

Friday we went to Costco for essentials.  Normally I don't get boxes when they offer cause it is just as easy to carry everything in the reusable bags I have.  But just like children, sometimes puppies find the cheapest toys the best....

Home grows again

My friend Sunny (who is the breeder of several of my girls including Cayuse) visited this weekend and I took advantage of her.  She got to supervise the puppy's latest field trip while I expanded the pen to the outside.  Here are some photos of the excursion:

Smart little pups!

In an effort to ease housebreaking later, and to make my clean up easier, as soon as they have space I start trying to get them paper trained.  When I moved them I set up an area with newspaper.  Then came the work part - I have to clean and deodorize every area except where I want them to go as often as I can catch them.  This is a "fun" job since it involves stepping in the pen, which means lots of puppy "help", chasing the rag, climbing on me and so on.

But, I am pleased to say it already seems to be paying off.  Today they all ate then ran over to the area and made their little messes!

Next step - opening the door to the outside and moving that habit out of the house.  I didn't want to do it this past weekend because it was a bit warm here, and the house stays cool if I close it up when the outside temp exceeds the indoor.  This week the temps are supposed to be back to normal, so I will start getting that set up.

New Digs!

We moved the pups officially yesterday.   They have had a few field trips, but it was time to get them to more wide open spaces.  I almost delayed as I want to get more things set up - more crates, some toys and things to climb on, and of course the outside run.  But in the end I decided to just get them moved.  They are now in the family room, which is actually a great room that includes the kitchen.  Lots of traffic, noise and even a television!

Sassy checks out the new pen - and the pups

Moving is tiring!

Getting used to the crate already!

Half of the pups - more space makes those full group photos more difficult to get!

They are starting to escape!

 

The whelping box that is.  I have had them out - supervised - a few times and they think that is a great idea.  Now they are very loud and insistent.  The temporary boards I have added are not working  as more than a deterrent for the most determined of the group.  

Checkers making a break

So this weekend I think they will move into the family room.  

Here's a few more pictures:

Brown Boy

Blue Boy

Checkers - aka the Mouth

Puppies try food

They are growing like weeds, and Cayuse is thin and not putting on any weight at all - we can certainly see where it is going - the dynamic dozen are the ones putting on the weight!

So I decided to start introducing more food.  We did a little yesterday, and the really, really thought that was a good idea.  Didn't get a chance for photos then.  But today I did.  They make a big mess, so it isn't pretty.  I did notice some of the boys decided that they "owned" as much as they could cover their bodies with - both literally and by covering that portion of the bowl to claim it.

The Girls

Purple Girl

Pink Dot Girl

Red Girl

Gold Girl

Hot Pink Girl

Rainbow Girl

 

 

The Boys

Brown Boy

Navy Boy

Checkered Boy

Green Boy

Light Blue Boy

Dark Blue Boy