More fun in the backyard!

Here are two more videos of the puppies playing in the backyard this past weekend. Oh boy did they have fun - between the ivy and the sport climber and the water bowl they had plenty to keep them busy!

Hard to Believe - Babies are 7 weeks old now!

What a fun weekend we had with the puppies!  More company here to help me out, and to visit and hold the babies.  They are getting so big and sure are developing individual personalities now!  They spend all their time in the puppy pen, outside in the dog run, or in the big backyard - and occasionally racing through the house with me trying to catch them! Here are some fun shots from the weekend!

Here is the Schnauzer version of a Puppy Conga Line! They still love to snuggle.

Green girl has learned to use the water bowl as her swimming pool!

LET ME IN!!! 

If we could just figure out how to turn on the water we wouldn't need the water bowl to swim in!

Yellow boy gets a belly rub!

Puppy Fun Outside

My friend Lynne has visited and helped me with the puppies for the last two weekends.  She created this video when they were 6 weeks old!  Take a peek out how eight puppies can have fun!  Between myself, Lynne and Mama Bella we were barely able to keep track of all eight of them having a ball out in the yard!  Especially when they ran through the ivy!

Six Weeks Old!

Pups are now 6 weeks old - getting bigger and more active every day and sleeping less.  They love being outside but with the heat we have been having they can only go out mornings and in the evening for very long.  My friend Lynne came to help out this weekend and we were able to groom all 8 puppies for the first time and spend a lot of time out in the backyard exploring.  Pups had a wonderful time playing in the ivy and around the sport climber!

Bella is teaching her babies how to get in and out of the ivy. Pups love playing in it!

Whee! Yellow boy goes down the slide!  He couldn't wait to do it again!

Bella gets on to green girl for wandering off too far!

Orange boy peeks out from between all the clay pots - he loves to explore this area!

Another Big Weekend!

Puppies are now 5 weeks old!  They are now spending most of their inside time in the puppy pen only going back to the puppy condo in the dog room at night to sleep.  They LOVE the puppy pen - it is big and cool and they can see everything that is going on in the main part of the house.  PLUS, lots of great toys, pillows and bedding!  Life is grand!  They also had their first trip outside to the "big backyard" - it was so much fun.  Mama Bella kept them in line and didn't let them stray too far.  They already love their sport climber and run in and out from under it over and over, sometimes stopping to take a break.  Wonder when they will try to get up the "rock climbing wall" or the slide? 

Here is our fancy new feeding dish on loan from our good friend Sharon!  No more messy feet from walking thru the food!

Pups had such a wonderful time with Mom on their first trip outside.  She kept everyone in line!

The climber got lots of attention right away!

These pups want to become gardeners!  They wouldn't stay out of the potting area.

Whoops - there goes Bella chasing after Yellow Boy!

A quiet moment with Pink Girl!

More exciting times!

The puppies are now 4 weeks old and had another exciting weekend! They are now weighing anywhere from about 3 1/2 lb to around 4 1/2 lb.  This weekend the puppies starting eating some of their meals outside - they are learning to do their business outside as well with many of them already venturing out from the patio to the gravel in the dog run.  They have learned from Mama Bella about drinking water and enjoy playing with their toys outside along with chewing and climbing on the Mountain Laurel tree.   Another change they just love is the puppy pen has been set up in the dining area just by the door out to the dog run.  It gives them a lot of room to play or snooze - and is ideal when visitors come to see the puppies. They still go to the puppy room to sleep in the puppy condo at this time.  They now have all kinds of fun places to go and hang out. 

Our big excitement on Sunday was that they learned they could squeeze between the gate and fence post to the fence that divides the dog run and the big backyard.  Once one pup "escaped" the others weren't far behind.  Puppies were quickly retrieved after much excitement from the puppies, visitors, and Bella and Kolt (who were in the yard and didn't expect to be babysitting at that moment!).  They are now contained in the dog run and I plan to introduce them to the big backyard (as well as the sport climber) for real next weekend!

Here are some photos from the weekend!

The girls play with the big soft toys!

Here are the puppies chowing down outside for the first time.  Play time afterwards!

The puppies LOVE the puppy pen set up - tons of room even for EIGHT puppies!

Pink Girl seems constantly drawn to the Pink Pig!