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| Mr. Purple |
It begins innocently enough. a
puppy will crouch down in the grass, watching and waiting very patiently. Off
in the distance, he spies another puppy that has moved away from the group for a
private moment to conduct some “personal business”. At just the right moment he
darts ahead, his tiny legs pumping as quickly as they’ll carry him right up to the
moment of impact. As inappropriate as it may be, the puppies appear to have invented
their own variation of cow tipping.
Now that the group is gobbling up herculean amounts of dry food,
Maddie has pretty much retired her role as a nursing mother and repositioned it
as an occasional playmate. The puppies are weighing in the neighbourhood of
thirteen pounds, which is right where they should be for their age and litter
size.
Since weather conditions were near perfect during the week, the
puppies had an abundance of outdoor time. There is no shortage of curiousity in the group and everyone saw fit to
explore every square inch of the yard. Some were particularly enamoured with rocks, others with bark and
foliage and others with water. Either way, a good time was had by all.
The puppies have very even temperaments and are maturing both
physically and emotionally – their personalities evolving every day. When they
perceive there’s any chance to be picked up and held, each tries to out-bellow
the other to ensure they don’t get left out. Fortunately, they had several
visitors who were more than happy to oblige them. Apart from mealtime, playtime
and naptime, a puppy’s other passion is cuddle time. It just goes to show that
regardless of how complex the world around them may be, they still just yearn
for the simple life.
That’s it for now, but be sure to join us next week
for another spellbinding installment of “Puppy Tales”.
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