Tuesday, February 3, 2009

We are in our new homes!

We are very lucky puppies indeed! We have all been adopted and are being spoiled rotten! Thanks so much for following our story!

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Puppies Party Hard





They're always ready for a good time so we rang in the New Year with a Big Bang! The first puppy left for its new home on January 15th so it was a bittersweet last gathering. In the course of an hour they managed to shred five rolls of streamers, chew up fourteen noise makers, lose their hats and get tangled up in their costume jewelry too many times to count. They gorged on biscuits and goat milk and then one by one collapsed for much needed naps. A good time was had by all and if you ever think you're overwhelmed by life, just try keeping party hats on six Bullmastiff puppies and take their pictures. As the party neared it's end I was lying on my side wedged into a corner still trying to get the perfect shot. They spotted me and commenced to attack what they perceived to be a monster on my head, I call it my hair! I am sure their Uncle Tucker put them up to that!

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Our 99th Bath!





Yes you read correctly. The little Angels, and I use that term lightly, have just about made it to 100 baths in thirty days. When they turned four weeks old they were given their own room, lucky for their staff of five it has a concrete floor. It is very nicely decorated with two cozy boxes lined with soft warm blankets, six tiny puppy bowls and a combination of throw rugs and newspapers on the floor.





Since discovering the joy of mobility they play a game which we refer to as the Poop and Slide. Here is how it goes:

First they pork out on a couple of big bowls of puppy chow, next comes the nap which is usually two hours in duration. Hugo usually is the first to wake. He then proceeds to get everyone else up and going and they drain a huge bowl of water. Hugo then circles around until he is in the exact center of the room and...... you guessed it ...deposits a huge pile of poop. This is the cue for the rest of them to mobilize and take action. Within seconds the other five have strategically pooped in various areas of the room. Now it's time for them to pee in between all of the piles of poop. This all transpires in less than twenty seconds, I am sure they have conducted time studies and figured out that it takes about 42.7 seconds for us to smell their dirty little deeds. That gives them a full twenty seconds to run and slide and wrestle their way through six piles of puppy poop. By the time we smell what's going on it's too late. None the less we race in to access the damage. Now the real fun begins. Try catching six Bullmastiff puppies who don't want to be caught and take great joy in seeing just how much poop they can smear on you, plus you're slipping on the newspaper which is saturated with pee.

What do you do with six poopy puppies, give them a bath! So we have two people giving baths, one person towel drying and two people cleaning and putting their room back together, because they are now exhausted and need another nap. Their Uncle Tucker is very proud :)