Hudson and Faith Litter – Week Five

Our first adventure outside!

“Boys Will Be Boys”

It was all fun and games during the week when the group was introduced to the great outdoors. Since they were a little young at the time, they made a beeline to mom to enjoy one of her famous milkshakes. On their second outing, there was little hesitation as the puppies scurried off in all directions as though they’d done this a hundred times before. Both Faith and Paige were there to chaperone, but also to add to the excitement by playing with the members of her mini pack. She would frequently tempt them with an offering from the milk bar and dash off with several of them in pursuit. She also demonstrated how to roll in the grass, but beyond that the little ones just improvised. They ran, they wrestled, they rolled around and somewhere along the line managed to find some twigs that apparently needed reshaping. A good time was had by all followed by the requisite naptime.

The dynamic in the whelping box is also evolving. This is the beginning of the most influential socialization period for the puppies. They’re learning to communicate with each other and with us by wagging their tails. With the increased control over their facial muscles, they are making expressions and are beginning to reveal their personalities and communicate their opinions. They spend longer periods of time awake and they use it to engage in some manner of play with their siblings whether head butting or wrestling, awake or asleep. They’re also craving a lot of attention and affection and fortunately that’s something that’s not hard to provide.

This group will likely go on record as one of the messiest eaters ever. They seem to have established a fraternity mess hall environment at dinner time and look like they’ve been in a food fight akin to the movie “Animal House”. They are boys, after all. Fear not though, they’ll all grow out of it by the time they’re ready to go to their forever homes.

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