July 17 - Rogues Gallery

Wednesday, July 17 - the Puppies will be 7 weeks old tomorrow

I'm posting a picture of each puppy with the name we've given it and its' weight today. All the names are coffee or hot beverage themed in keeping with our family tradition of dog names (Mom is Cocoa and Dad is Chai). I apologize for the quality of a couple of these pics. These current weights are not as exact because my food scale only weighs up to 3.5 kgs so most of them were weighed on the electronic bathroom scale which weighs in 1/10 of a pound increments. (I've included weight in pounds too for old people like me who still don't have a great sense of how much a kg actually weights):

THE ROGUES GALLERY

Hightest - Male
4.81 Kgs (10.6 pounds)

                                                                                                                                   

Guillermo - Male
3.63 Kgs (8 pounds)
* a Guillermo is a Spanish drink consisting of two shots of espresso with a twist of lime

                                                                                                                              

Latte - Female
4.81 Kgs (10.6 pounds)

                                                                                                                                                 

Frappe - Female

3.27 Kgs (7.2 pounds)

                                                                                                                                                   

Cafe au Lait - Female

3.18 Kgs (7.0 pounds)

                                                                                                                                                        

Pingo* - Male

2.9 Kgs (6.4 pounds)

* A pingo is a strong Italian Latte made with 1 shot of espresso and 2 shots of steamed milk

                                                                                                                                                          

Kona - Female

2.63 Kgs (5.8 pounds)

                                                                                                                                                           

Coffee - Female

2.38 Kgs (5.25 pounds)

                                                                                                                                                          

Demitasse* - Female

1.73 Kgs (3.75 pounds)

* I am not for sale because I am very small so I'm going to stay with Mom and Dad.

Thursday July 11 - 6 weeks old

Thursday July 11 - 6 weeks old

They're six weeks old today -- seems hard to believe.

Here are some current pictures.

Don't you just love a queen size bed.

I don't know what this is, but it's sure fun to chew on.

What an eclectic collection of ornaments.

Quick, while Mom and Dad aren't looking

let's help ourselves to the good stuff!

 

 

Bigger every day

Saturday July 6 -- Bigger every day

Some new pics to share. As you can see they continue to grow; their little individual personalities are becoming more and more obvious too.

The pack feeds!



I love the hammock under this table; very comfortable.

Say UNCLE!

 

BFF. This puppy loves a warm lap.

 

Several of the puppies like to hide under this chair; I nearly had a panic attack the first time I counted and was short a couple of puppies -- it took me a while to find them.

 

 



Canada Day -- Still growing strong

CANADA DAY -- Still growing strong

It's Canada day -- the puppies were one month old yesterday. They continue to grow and become more active, curious and outgoing. We're feeding them twice a day now; a mixture of puppy formula, goat milk and crushed dry puppy food. They love it and it seems to be having the desired effect; Cocoa is nursing less (her nipples are pretty red and sore with little cuts from their claws so I'm glad they are leaving her alone a bit more).

Some pics are below.

The gang is all here.

Two of nine.

The remaining seven.

I'm ready for that tummy rub you promised me.

I love the little soul patch and patch of weight on her chest.

Where did everybody go?

I smell food -- do you smell food?

This dog food tastes funny!

And the latest table of weights. I've included a hot beverage name for each of them. If you don't know what a pingo or a guillermo are just ask.

	A working name		30-May	1-Jul	increase from birth
1	Demitasse	F: very dark	225	1180	424%
3	Decaf	F: lighter brown	255	1400	449%
2	Kona	F: lighter brown	260	1560	500%
4	Café au Lait	F: medium brown	268	1910	613%
8	Pingo	M: Medium brown	271	1660	513%
9	Frappe	F: Dark brown with white spot on chin	271	1920	608%
6			272
7	Latte	F: lighter brown	285	2075	628%
10	Guillermo	M: Dark brown	290	1914	560%
5	Hightest	M: Dark brown	300	2220	640%

June 26, Wednesday -- Fertilizer and Flexibility

As you can see from these pics the fertilizer we used on our lawn this year was wicked good stuff. There's funny brown mushrooms everywhere! They're soaking up the rays like crazy and growing like weeds! Today was their first journey into the great beyond and I think they enjoyed it; they are certainly sleeping soundly now back in their puppy enclosure.

Cocoa inspecting the brood

  

Soaking up some rays

A good cuddle in the grass works wonders

Chai was a little surprised by the size of the brood once it was all spread out.

Napping or exploring; it's all good!

Cocoa is proving why she's such a good Mom too! She's very flexible; you can see here that she's discovered that nursing standing up offers optimum access to everything important.

I've got my eye on you Mom; don't you dare move.

June 24, Monday -- The next step

Over the weekend we tried introducing some solid food to all the puppies by mixing crushed dry puppy food with goat milk; to say the results were a hit would be a dramatic understatement. We fed it to them again today and will, for the next few days, give them solids like this once a day while we figure out how we're going to make water available in a way that won't be constantly spilled. If you've any ideas please post a comment! Because they all continue to nurse several times a day we have a few days to get it figured out.

As you can see from this video they are certainly more mobile than they have been; bigger too! I thought it was funny that as soon as I went to start taping the puppies Mom and Dad had to get into the scene.

June 21, Friday -- Emergency and Emergence

I couldn't go to work today because downtown is shutoff from the flood that began last night; they are saying this may be the worst flood in Calgary's history. Gordon couldn't get to the crossroads market either; it had to be closed because of the flooding in Inglewood and on many of the roads that people access it via.

While I was at home I was delighted to discover that the puppies are opening their eyes; some more than others but we were beginning to panic. Apparently there was no need.

As you can see in this picture the puppies are beginning to look around (see the one in the back) and also clean one another a big (front puppy licking middle puppy). They are also becoming a bit more independent and forming smaller groups with one another at times instead of all being together. However, as you can see here, they still like to be together when they sleep.

this picture is a little dark because it's evening and we are trying to avoid using the flash when we're dealing with 9 sets of newly opened, sensitive, eyes :-)