The pups are "gangly". They appear to be all legs, feet, noses, tails and ears. We will be moving them to a longrun in the next week or two. They are getting too big for the puppy stall. But before we move them we must do the "dirty deed", that is, we must tattoo them and file the Application for Registration of Litter with the NGA. We will describe next week how they act when they are tattooed- this is when we find out the tough ones and the screamers. We will also take note of how we select the order of pups to be tattooed.
The pups are really interacting with each other. They climb over each other. They run into each other. They still sleep with their heads and feet across each other. They bite each other. They hop and play with each other. They bark at each other. They paw at each other and wrestle each other. They are also diggers. They bury their toys. When wife scoops the shortrun, she always uncovers a toy or two. If a pup hears something and takes off running, they all jump up and take off running. If they happen to be outside and wife walks near the stall and speaks, here they come, eight pups running and crowding through the dog door, jumping in and out of the whelping box, falling in the water bucket, overturning the food bowl, jumping up on the inside gate, whining to be petted, climbing over each other, and reaching as high as they can for Mommy.
We have one black female that loves to stand in the water bucket with her two front feet. When wife changes the water bucket, here she comes. She crowds out the others and climbs in the water bucket with her two front feet. She will stand and get a drink. Then she just stands with her head in the air and tongue hanging out. The other day she took her front foot and was splashing water out of the bucket in a pawing fashion. Wife changes the water bucket about five times each day.
It is interesting to watch them bounce and run in the shortrun. Wife changes
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