Pupdates

Well it is that time when the blog becomes dedicated to updates on the puppies. They will be three weeks old in a couple days. They are eating some solid food now. A significant amount of the food ends up smeared all over them, which they then lick off each other. Fina enjoys cleaning them up as well. I use ground salmon for weaning pups. They all love it and it seems easily digested. I mix with some evaporated milk to make a slurry, decreasing the milk until they are on just the meat. I dislike salmon and even the smell of salmon, which is all over the puppies, the whelping box, my hands, etc. Oh well. Soon enough they'll be on to other foods.

Each morning I feed breakfast in the whelping box, then move them out for the day to "Puppapalooza". Much of the living room has been taken over by plywood on the floor, covered by newspaper and surrounded by pen panels. They've beds, a water dish, and toys. They are not much taking advantage of the space yet as their walking is still pretty clumsy. But they get around and are exposed to all the noises of the house.

Marcus, 10 months old himself, has decided that the pups are fascinating. I found him walking around the whelping box with them this morning when I'd left the door open to the room that is in. He is also prone to hopping over the barrier into puppyland, but that is more in search of the toys and food that the pups have.