Where have I been?

Hardly sitting around buffing my nails and eating bonbons ... we have puppies! They arrived almost 4 weeks ago and sorry, this is my first entry since their arrival. Yikes, my bad. In my defense, it's very time consuming to sit poolside and watch and snuggle and kiss babies, change blankies and paper a gazillion times a day, and still give ALL my undivided attention to Mama Paisley. Besides they're growing and changing so rapidly the news would be outdated before I even hit the Publish button. Okay, enough with the excuses.

Six little darlings made their very easy entry shortly after the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Naturally, this litter theme will be The Olympians. So many nice names to choose from. For now, everyone has a "handle", a nickname we can all easily identify them with. The girls, Glory, Sweety Gonzales, and everyone's favorite DollyDolly, are joined by brothers Jordie, Josh, and Zack (or Bad Zack as I affectionately call him). A very nice litter with bone, gonna have lots of coat, nice broad heads, oh and a mismark or two but what the heck. Paisley's been a wonderful, relaxed, and attentive mom but as they approach the 4 week mark, I think she's beginning to wonder what she signed up for. And after the noise they're making this morning, I'm wondering too.

They're so sweet when they're quiet and sleepy. As of this morning, they're all straining to climb the wall and bust outta there. They've had a few adentures roaming the kitchen but to this point, life has been easy. I'm sure that will all change by this weekend. I've started them on my goat's milk puppy formula and they've all taken to it like "pawfessionals". As with our other litters, these babies will be weaned onto a raw diet, though Dolly was a little impatient at age 2 weeks and helped herself to her mom's meaty lamb neck. Her eyes were barely open but her nose was working fine and she found that neck and happy sucked on it for a while.

So stay tuned ... I promise not to tear myself away from puppies long enough to blog.

Happy Trails ... Theresa