PUPPY VISITORS TODAY! LOTS OF FUN........Last night everyone was microchipped

NEW EXPERIENCES -- ALL DESIGNED TO ADD TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE WIDE WORLD AND TO MAKE THEM BETTER ACCUSTOMED TO VARIOUS STRESSES.. FIRST WAS THEIR FIRST CAR TRIP TO THE CLINIC FOR THEIR HEARING TESTING; THEN THE TESTING ITSELF (QUICK AND ABSOLUTELY PAINLESS) AND TODAY.....OUTSIDE ON THE BACK DECK FOR THE FIRST TIME......

SO MUCH TO LEARN AND EXPERIENCE.....WHAT FUN IT CAN ALL BE.

the "MAINE EVENT" -- all puppies are named after towns and villages in Maine.

The boys .... top to bottom: York, Higgins, Casco, Rockport, Brunswick, Bristol, Hollis

The girls.....(top to bottom) AURORA, KITTERY, CALAIS, BETHEL

FOUR WEEKS OLD ALREADY!!! MY, TIME DOES FLY....AND YES, WE ARE HAVING FUN! PUPPIES ARE NOW IN THEIR NEW "APARTMENT" AND HAVE LOTS MORE SPACE TO PLAY AND GROW...AS YOU CAN SEE, SOON THEY WILL NEED TWO LARGE FEEDING BOWLS INSTEAD OF THE ONE...
STAYED TUNED FOR NEXT UPDATE...IT WILL BE INDIVIDUAL SHOTS OF EACH PUPPY. HAVE A MINI PUPPY PARTY PLANNED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WE WILL TAKE SHOTS OF EACH PUPPY WHILE WE HAVE LOTS OF HOLDERS.

puppies are now entertaining visitors.....so here are some shots of them and their company - as well as some individual head shots....soon we will do individual shots of each puppy and will also give them a call name to identify them....

PUPPIES ARE CONTINUING TO GROW....AND ARE EATING ALL THAT MOMMA ALICE GIVES TO THEM....DO YOU SEE THE ONE LYING DOWN IN THE PAN?????

WELL...TODAY WAS FIRST MEAL OTHER THAN MOMMA JETTA....AND THEY SAY THAT MOMMA ALICE IS A GOOD COOK! ACTUALLY, THE MEAL WAS A FORMULA OF GOATS MILK, YOGURT, EGG YOLK, BABY RICE CEREAL AND WATER ALL WARMED UP...IT IS VERY THIN GRUEL SO THEY CAN LEARN TO LAP IT INSTEAD OF SUCKLE FROM MOM. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM TO LOWER THEIR HEADS TO LAP, BUT NOT THESE GUYS! WE HAD TO KEEP THEM FROM SWIMMING IN THE DISHES....AND THEN THEY CLEANED EACH OTHER OFF...AND THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE LAST TWO PICTURES....TOOO FUNNY.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK, THEY WILL GET ONE OF THESE MEALS A DAY AND THEN IT WILL BE UPPED TO TWICE A DAY OF COURSE WITH MOMMA JETTA FILLING IN AT ALL TIMES ALSO....EVENTUALLY WE WILL BEGIN TO WEAN JETTA FROM THEM AND WILL FEED THEM THREE OR FOUR TIMES A DAY FOR A WHILE.