On The Farm — KB's eight pups Week 12
During Week 12 the pups received their fifth vaccination shot (second 7-in-1 shot) and another worming. Their longrun was mowed and the water was changed in their swimming pool. Otherwise they slept, ate, played, ran the fenceline, and jumped on Dad a lot.
On Thursday we took our small pump and emptied the water from the puppy swimming pool. We filled the pool with clean water. We have seen four pups at one time in the pool. When a pup gets out, it shakes from head to toe and takes off running, around and around, and up and down the longrun getting other pups to chase it.
We mowed the 30-foot by 300-foot longrun with the riding lawnmower on Friday. We always mow as short as possible. Before we mowed we scooped the longrun, then we loaded the pups in the dogtrailer and parked them under a shade tree. After mowing, we sprayed RoundUp along the fenceline and around the doghouses. We did not have many weeds. The combination of short grass with no weeds prevents us from having flea and tick problems. After the RoundUp drieed we took the pups back to longrun. Boy, did they run and play in the freshly cut grass! Some just lied down and rolled in the cuttings.
On Sunday we loaded the pups in the dog trailer again and parked them under the shade tree. We put each pup in a separate hole in the dogtrailer. Mommy held each pup while Dad vaccinated them with their second 7-in-1 shot. We also wormed them and checked them for fleas and/or ticks. We then took the opportunity to pet each one separately while giving them a doggie bone. The "H" female was the most shy. Boy, some of the pups are big and heavy, especially for three-month-old pups. We are now feeding the pups a total of 13 pounds per day (approximately one part meat, one part tripe, one part milk solution, pinch of bonemeal). Plus the pups have a self feeder of dry dogfood available to them at all times.
The pups really enjoy Dad when he walks up and down the longrun or when he pets them before leaving the run. Of course Mommy is their favorite — they will always leave Dad and go to Mommy when she calls them. That is one way for Dad to get in the gate — have Mommy call them to the other end of the gate. When Dad does enter they all come running and jumping and pawing with
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