The puppies are six weeks old today. Where has the time gone? They were ready for breakfast this morning and moving to 4 meals has concentrated their thoughts on eating a little more effectively. They are going to have to be completely cleaned out at least twice a day now. It has got past the stage where a partial clear out later in the day is enough. It has also reached the point where tabloid newspapers are fairly useless in the battle against the rearrangement of the pen and the only hope is to go through the piles in search of broadsheets to make up the bottom layer of newspapers.
We heard yesterday that Annie (another Entlebucher friend) is pregnant. Apparently on the scan they could see at least 3 which would take our numbers up to 50 – an amazing milestone compared to the 10 of us there were just 6 years ago. There are more litters planned for later in the year so it is possible we could get to 60 before the year finishes.
Bearing in mind that the puppies will start to leave in a week and a half, it is probably time for you to start being weaned off having updates three times a day. You’ll still get all the important details and photos and I’ll still do you a video, but I will start combining the Pupdate in the second post of the day but post it later. So you will get this overnight report and general update as usual, first thing in the morning (depending where you live and what time you get up) and then another update with the video, weigh in and Pupdate around 4pm GMT. I know that will be hard for you to adjust to, but if you think how much change the puppies are taking on board then you will just have to be brave and deal with it.
My Mistress knew for certain that she has spent too long thinking about dogs recently. She looked at someone and through her head went ‘those eyes are too light for breeding’. Of course as soon as she realised what she thought she found it hilarious and had a difficult job stopping herself convulsing with laughter in the middle of a serious conversation. I said she should get out more, but her defence was that it was getting out that seemed to be causing the problem!
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