Puppies 7 weeks - 1 down 4 to go

So the pups are sooooo ready to leave home now. Mighty Meg (Dash) left on Saturday and apparently Rich is completed besotted by her - result!

I thought I would feel sad when she left but seeing his face when he came to pick her up Did nothing but fill me with joy to know she was going to a very much loved home with Richard, Sarah and their 3 Border Collies, the bonus being she has only gone a few miles down the road so will still get to see her. Meg has gone to be a shooting partner for Rich, but also a loved family pet. I hope she is settling in well and is enjoying winding up the 'big' dogs :-)

The next pup to leave home is Ollie (Mr Big). He is off to Live with Wendy and will hopefully have a agility career beating all those collies in Medium ;-) I will be packing his bags later today.

Ravn, Shadow and Fleur are all off later this week and over the weekend. Here are pics of them at 7 weeks

Ravn

Shadow

Fleur

Joyce, Luna's Breeder came to visit the pups Saturday morning and brought Star (lu's Mum) and Twix (lu's Brother from the next litter) to meet them also. Stars reaction was OMG get me out of here!

Twix wanted to play but was not quite sure he was also very patient with them. I couldnt believe how much Like Lu he looks!!

Poor Fudge is just wondering when Its all going to end. She is in her safe place on the Sofa looking at them all playing with a bin lid... Seriously! So easy to entertain puppies lol

Spice and Luna have also been getting some playtime in for the first time in 5 months :)

Ellie thought she would like some more attention whilst all this is happening too, so decided to cut her side open at the weekend, really not sure how she did it. She is a complete wimp, so she must have done it when we werent there. She screams and cries at the slightest thing so we would have noticed :(

Poor Girl, It means she has to keep her muzzle on 24/7 too to stop her licking it. She wouldnt cope with having a buster collar, she would turn into a jibbering wreck. She would still be able to reach it with a cushion collar, so muzzle it is :(

pups 3/4 weeks

So, since the last post my life has been taken over by 5 very demanding little ones, hence no post for 3 weeks!!

I cant believe how quickly its gone, they are already 5 1/2 weeks. The first girl will be leaving home in just under 2 weeks and I still have so much I want to do with them!

I wish I could have given up work for 8 weeks to look after them and enjoy them a bit more as I feel especially in the next 2 weeks there is so much to do.

Any one that says breeding is easy, must be superman or woman!!

Im lucky in some ways, I really dont think I could do it if I worked full time, I know a lot do, and all credit to them for that! Im finding it difficult working 30 hours a week!

So an average day goes something like

(for the first 3 weeks)2 am luna needs out for a wee, cue all the puppies think its time to get up, lots of screaming for half hour then back to sleep.

5am Luna seems to need out for another wee!! all the pups definitely think its time to get up this time!

5.15am with match sticks in my eyes let all the pups out for play time clean and disinfect the pen feed the adult dogs

6.30am pups start to crash out so put back in their pen for breakfast

6.45am pups finish breakfast, pee, poo and sleep :)

7.15 walk dogs

8.15 go to work.

pups seem to sleep until I get back about 2, I can only presume they do as there is no mess in their pen!

repeat the above process finishing with walking dogs about 4pm

clean, tidy, have visitors and new owners round to see the pups. feed the pups have them out for another hour until they crash.

cook and some when around 7.30/8pm have dinner (usually my first meal of the day at the mo!)

have a glass of wine!!!

pups wake up about 10pm, quick half hour play and back in their bed 

We crash sometime around 11pm

Theres a couple more feeds in there and general things that have to be done, shopping, going to the bank, sorting out lessons,  doing training days etc etc, but youve got the picture!

Ive put together a video of the pups around 3/4 weeks.

annoyingly as the videos are all take in the evening it seems really dingy and you cant see the pups too well.