First time outside - Yipee

Make a Smilebox slideshow

And the Winner Is...

Aisling!!!.... Yes, the little girl was the first out of the whelping box. The smallest pup! Here is what she has to say. "Well, you know, girls are more mature than boys, so what did you expect." "Yes, I know I'm the smallest, but I am the smartest."

Ailchu was the first back in the whelping box. Now they are all in and out, much to mother Mitzy's dismay. The whelping box will be removed and Mitzy will only be with them in the evening as we continue to wean the pups. They love their new food, but they still like to snack with Mom.

A Brief Update

Sorry for no news in a while. We are having trouble downloading photos from the camera to the computer. I hope to get it working soon. In the meantime, the pups are growing rapidly. They are really starting to develop their personalities. They all are so very active and are really starting to bond to people. They go for their first vaccinations on Monday. Wow time sure flies. So stay tuned and think happy thoughts that our dear computer decides it will work for a change.

Places we've been, people we've seen!

This week we met some of our soon to be new families. Boy are they nice! They all held us and cuddled with us. We gave out puppy kisses and love bites with our new SHARP teeth. We can't wait to see them all again. We are really going to have a hard time picking our people because they are all so wonderful. When we get into one of our "Puppy Piles" we all talk about who we met and which family we want to live with. Well, we would take them all if we could, but we don't think they would fit in our whelping box. So for now we will just dream about our new homes and the special people we met this week.
Love to you all!
The Puppies

PS. We are 4 weeks old today...Happy One Month Birthday to us!

Look at Me!

This is Aimhirghin, at only a few days old and the pictures below are him at three weeks... Amazing!

Wish we had cake...

Hey Alicea...

We would really like to wish you a very Happy Birthday!!! We are sending you lots of puppy kisses.

Love,

The Puppies

If we were there...

Aindreas would have sang a birthday song....

Ailchu would have loved to play games... Aising would have been a little princess... Anrothan would have helped eat cake (he loves to eat)...

and, Aimhirghin would also love to play games...

Got Milk?

So the puppies tried formula for the first time this Monday. They found it to be very yummy! A little messy, but uuummm good. Before long they will be eating real puppy food. They are starting to develop their personalities. They still have a way to go before their true personalities come forth, but we are already seeing small tidbits of what is to come. And TEETH, they have teeth, soon to be sharp little teeth. They now have three new toys besides Mr. Ducky. A ball, a crackle rattle and a stuffed barbell toy. They like to climb on each other and pull the toys around. Mitzy is not tired of them yet. She is still being a wonderful, caring mother. Three weeks starts what is called the “First Fear Period” that the pups will go through. Though we are introducing them to new stimuli, we will be very careful not to do anything that will cause them pain or fear that will hold over to when they become adults. This means no vaccinations or microchips during this two week period.