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Maddie and Jazz’s Litter – Week Four

Miss Rose
Put yourself in Maddie’s shoes (paws) for just a moment. Imagine nine hungry little minions ravaging you for food every time you’re in their midst. Now imagine they have teeth coming in – twenty-eight of them, to be exact. Despite this, Maddie is still doing her duty as a mom, but we’re sure she’s relieved now that the puppies are getting three meals of mush a day. Now she just has to make sure they stay “topped up” in between.

Mealtime is one of the highlights of the day. This opinion is shared by the puppies for obvious reasons, but for us as well. This motley crew needs no second invitation to descend on the jumbo bowl in the shape of a ring that contains their mush. Pandemonium ensues. The group puts so much energy into devouring their food that most collapse in a heap beside the bowl immediately after eating. Miss Lilac entertained us by actually falling asleep in the bowl. And we could swear we heard snoring.

Now that we’ve added another section onto the whelping box, the puppies have room to spread out a bit. They use the original portion as their lounge where they sleep, play and cuddle with each other and their stuffed animal toy; that is when Maddie doesn’t steal it to play with it herself. The new area, which is lined with unprinted newspaper is mostly used for “relief”; a step toward potty training.

The puppies also experienced their first taste of the outdoors this week. They stumbled around on the uneven surface of the lawn like toddlers taking their first steps. The group spent their time taking in all of the new sights, smells and sounds, dwelling on a blade of grass here or a little twig there. Life is good.

That’s it for now, but be sure to join us next week for another captivating installment of “Puppy Tales”.


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