Yumm...erp! Poor Velvet and Peanut didn't get to have any chicken the entire time the puppies were here. It was high time for them to have some. Mmmm...when I took the chicken out of the fridge it about knocked me over with the smell. Well, that is a bit of an exageration, but it was smelling ripe. Velvet and Peanut thought it smelled divine. They also seemed to think it tasted wonderful. I hope it doesn't give them gas.

We get to leave to pick Michelle up at the airport in 15 minutes!

Wow, no puppies here. No Jillie Beans here (Jill and Bry spent the night at their dad's). It was just Velvet and Peanut the the bedroom with me. Peanut made too much noise and too much moving around. She kept burrowing under the covers and digging at the mattress. Hmmm...Michelle wasn't here...Peanut's furry little doggie bottom got to sleep upstairs with Kristin.

The puppies have slept the night through without much of a peep for the past couple of nights. They also haven't messed in the crate much. Now that they are used to it here, it is time for them to go back home. It has been nice spending time with them and getting to know each of them. I've been toying with the idea of keeping Andy and Reba here until they find homes. That really isn't practal though. There are a couple families now interested in puppies and they want to come see them. The pups all need to be in the same location for that.

Speaking of demon dogs (no, I guess we weren't speaking of demon dogs), did I tell you what Peanut Butter has been doing? I've been feeding the puppies outside in about 4 different dishes. If Peanut is out there when there is food, she will stand there and keep the puppies away. If a pup comes over to eat, Peanut will bark and snarl all evil like and chase the pup away. She sounds like she is going to rip their livers out. It is really kind of funny because she is 1/3 their size and any one of them could take her down. In order to make sure the pups don't starve, I've been trying to keep Peanut inside when the pups are eating. Jill lets Peanut out if I'm not paying attention.

Michelle went to Connecticut on business today. She won't be back until late Thursday night. Kristin is helping me with the puppies. She took pictures of them. She is wanting to be a photographer and has a good eye for taking pictures.

Speaking of pictures of the puppies. I have always used Shutterfly, a photo hosting site. Well, they have changed and we can no longer host pictures there to post other places. Now I'm using Photobucket, but can't figure out how to make the pictures smaller when I put them on the website.

Cute puppy, but the picture is too big. This is Miranda, by the way. She is the smallest in the litter, followed by Mickey.

Today all the pups had another round of deworming, shots, heartworm/flea/tick treatment, and got weighed. Oh man, I forgot to trim their nails. I miss Liuda, she always trimmed their nails on bath days and shot days. Did I ever tell you Liuda had her baby? She has a healthy boy.

Carol went home

This is Carol

Her new name is Chloe and she moved to MN.
Today I got up bright and early, let the pups out, put Carol's crate and everything in the van...and was sick. Oh man, I felt terrible and honestly didn't think I was going to be able make it. Thank goodness Michelle got up to help. I didn't wake her up, she got up all on her own to help. Wow, still not used to that. The best we could figure is I was having caffeine withdrawals. Michelle drove us to the airport. Everything went just fine. On the way back Michelle stopped and got some caffeine for me. That really helped and I felt better after that.

Two pups out, seven to go.

I'm proud to be an American

Today Michelle and Kristin took care of the puppies. I Spent the morning getting Carol's flight arranged and packing her crate and getting her all ready to go. I had to go to work at 1:00pm and worked until 2:00a.m.

It is all coming back to me

This morning I got up at 5:30, let the pups out, cleaned up the crate (it wasn't too horribly bad), did a load of laundry, had breakfast, got ready for work, got Jill up and ready, brought the pups back in and put them in the crate, and left. Michelle text a couple hours later asking how long the pups are going to be with us. Uh oh, that is not a good sign. She asked who the spokesperson of the litter is. Apparently one of the pups has been barking and whining nonstop since I brought them back inside. I came home for lunch, let the pups outside, cleaned up their area, ate a really quick lunch and brought them back in. It was raining so they weren't too excited to go out in the yard. Doesn't it figure...we spent all that time last night bathing the pups and now they are a muddy mess already. I really wanted to get some good pictures of them today looking all fluffy and adorable. After work I ran home and let them back out for just a little bit. We had to hurry and go to Chesterfield to pick up Carol. She was spayed today. It is a long way from my house now. I haven't been there for a long time, but I still have it. As soon as they handed Carol to me, I lifted her up, glanced at her belly and said "that is a Dr Baker incision". I was right. There are four vets there and I can tell all their surgery styles apart. Carol was a good girl and slept all the way home.
The pups did a little better this evening and didn't cry or whine as much.

Happy birthday Mom

Today is my mom's 78th birthday. Happy birthday Mom. I love you.

After work today, Jill, Bryony, and I went to Mom's for a visit. After that we went to Lincoln Manor and picked up 7 of the puppies. Carol spent the night at the animal hospital because she is getting spayed tomorrow. These guys are so big. They range in weight from 13-17 pounds. Actually, they are much smaller than Velvet's puppies at this age.

When we got home we took the pups right outside. It was raining a bit so they didn't want to go out from under porch. When it was time for them to go bed for the night I started to split them up and put 3 in one play pen, and 4 in another. They put up a really big fuss so I put them all in the great big crate. They fussed and cried. They really missed their human mom and doggie parents.

After work today we had to fix a place up for the puppies. Francie's and Chevy's puppies are coming here for a vacation. We set up 2 puppy playpen areas and 2 big crates. The back yard is completely fenced in, so they will be able to go out and play. We better enjoy this last night of sleep.