It's been very busy around here with 8 lively puppies! I can't believe they are already 7 weeks old. They were wormed and weighed this morning, with the boys being close to 18 pounds, and the girls between 13 and 15 pounds. A pretty hefty crew Tuesday afternoon they go for their first vet visit, vaccines, and microchip - it'll be interesting trying to get 8 of them in there at the same time. Fortunately all the techs are very happy to help carry in puppies

Trudy is sure she still needs to help them be fed. When they are outside in their pen, she brings dog biscuits over to them...but if they don't manage to pull them in and eat them, she goes ahead and eats them herself - wouldn't want to waste food! This morning she regugitated her breakfast next to the pen for them...she is so feral sometimes it's amazing. I was able to clean that up before any of the pups tried to dig out for it, although they had just eaten and I doubt they were hungry at all. She did manage to break them all out earlier in the week - I looked outside to check on things and saw 8 puppies running around, Trudy looking quite pleased with herself, and Smiley looking very confused and a bit concerned. He loves the puppies on the other side of the fence, but I'm not certain how thrilled he was to have them nipping at his privates .

Phoebe is a great nursemaid, she runs around their pen and keeps them running from side to side and wears them out so they sleep well all afternoon.

Yesterday Alyssa came to visit and socialize with the pups. They all had a great time, and I managed to get a couple of pretty good pictures.