Videos –
Play, sleep = cuddles
Little Cutie
Lucy loves the puppas
one by one the puppies leave
Puppy asmr
Its oh so quiet
Having a lazy day
Cuddle up to Mumma
Bubblicious puppies
Wilma preparing the pups for the big doggoes
Wilma and Miss Orange
They have had their claws clipped too. This is now the sixth time they have been clipped….so thats 36 sets of paws I have clipped, totalling 648 claws that have been clipped on wiggling little puppas, so far!!!
The puppies are much busier now and are learning how to be dogs! This means they are playing rougher than they were. The playfights they are having now enables them to learn that biting hurts!
With the weather being so hot, we are covering the patio before putting the puppies out to protect their feet. You may not have heard of the 5 second rule – but you should check your patio, artificial grass or pavement. If you cannot place your hand comfortably on the hot surface then you MUST not be exposing your dogs (or in my case the puppies) to the hot surface. I am worried for the next few day as I have not had puppies during a heatwave before. I have spent the day organising yoghurt frozen pops for the puppies and the adult dogs, to have sporadically throughout the day (ie not vast quantities in one go) organising ways to keep them cool. I am as prepared as I can be. It is very important to not let them get hot in the first place. I dont want to have to implement protocol for heatstroke cases.
please read this article…heatstroke….noting my article refers to ice cubes… the small yoghurt pops I make are used for prevention and offered in small quantities is prevention, ice cubes for heatstroke is NOT treatment.
Some videos of the sweet chaos in the puppy room (formerly known as my tidy lounge).
Medley of Daily playtime
Been fishing, caught me a fishie!
When you look up in the video dictionary, the term “Puppy Pile”
Puppy fun with the water fountain
Bundles of mischief all over the place (this one is a bit whizzy, so might make you feel a little odd!).
Puppy wipeout,rufty tufty, boops & mumma too
What is a better game than bitey face when everyone else is asleep?
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Please be so careful with this extreme heat. So the heat can be retained in hard surfaces such as pavements and your patio slabs in the garden! So don’t let your animals walk on these surfaces which could be boiling hot and cause burns! You can hose down the garden patio to take the heat out. Be aware the heat can be retained for quite some time so do the hand test. If you cannot leave your hand on the patio for longer than 5 seconds then it is too hot. Please use your common sense!!!
We have made a shelter in the garden by putting a ‘roof’ over one corner of fencing. Using the fencing will help with air flow at the sides. The puppies are not being left in the garden in the heat of the day as even in the shelter the air can become too warm.
Things you can do to help your animals and what we have been doing for our puppies and dogs, is spraying them with water, they have the paddling pool which they can walk into safely and giving them little ice pops. The puppies have liked the yoghurt ice pops – I have chopped them into small little bite size pieces to ensure the pups are safe eating them. Make sure you leave plenty of water available. It is so important to keep your animals hydrated.
If you are concerned your animal may be suffering with heat stroke please do not dowse them in freezing cold water! place a towel on them and spray them with cool water. This towel will need to be kept cool as it absorbs the heat from the animal. The importance of doing it this way is to have even displacement of the cool water. It is very important that the towel is also kept cool by continuing to add water to it. DO NOT COOL your over heated animal with VERY COLD water as the animal will go into shock.
PLEASE do not let your animal over heat. Use cooling mats, cooling bandanas, do NOT walk in the heat of the day. Keep hydrated and if you are in any way concerned about the welfare of your pet.. PHONE YOUR VET!
Basic Health Checks – how to check hydration.
So puppy videos from the past couple of days….
Coming for kisses, ready or not
Mealtimes take less than a minute!
Puppy cruelly attacked by a blanket
Time with Wilma is time well spent
Wilma playing with her siblings
Hello is it me you are looking for?
Mr Blue thinks he can move faster than his little toe beans!
Its a pups life, play, eat, sleep, repeat
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I always have doggy ice cubes in the freezer however I have had to modify them to accommodate the puppies teeth. So I have made thinner ice cubes for them. If they are too chunky it could cause damage to their teeth. I will try the modified ice cubes later. Fingers crossed they are ok and then I can make them some more.
We have had a busy weekend of visitors so it is hard to get the diary done in addition to making sure everything else is kept up to speed.
So… the pups are just doing fabulously. They are adorable and still a balanced litter with regard their characters.
Here are a “few” videos. (ha ha… more than the last time – so another bumper crop!)
Paddling pool I am using Katherine’s sled as a first stage paddling pool. Im hoping to put them in the small paddling pool soon. They love the little duckies!!!
Where would we be without Wilma?
Rapid and Repeated Attacks! The pups are pinging me with kisses! Love this so much!
Puppy play indoors as it is so hot outside!
Cute puppa, Miss Yellow playing ball
Perfect relationship between Big Sister and Miss Purple
Referee needed for the hooligans!
]]>Tilly plays with her pups for the first time! This was a couple of days ago….Such a magical moment as Tilly has been finding it hard to spend time with them without them constantly wanting to feed, so this was a special moment as she has wanted to enjoy her pups!
It takes patience to be a good Mumma
Wilma playing with Tilly!
Tilly playing with pup (so endearing to watch this stage of Tillys relationship developing!)
The NO list has been opened!!!
Wilma and Tilly enjoying the pups
True story camera operator attacked!
Wait for it – someone needed a kiss!
and saving the best till last – flight of the bumblebees
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