I tried the babies in the outside run at work this AM. SURPRISE!!! I locked them in with their mother and turned to go inside and guess what!!! There was one little rascal at my feet! Darn and dad gum!!! They aren't big enough yet. I watched them almost get their heads caught in the gaps. So, they are in with me today again.
They had fun at Betty and Skip's. They came home bigger and rascal-ier than ever!!! After I got home and had dragged in my gear from the handling seminar weekend, I took them outside in the side yard and we had a gay old time. George and Jean came over to see their grandkids and helped me watch for eagles. ( Beau, AKA Daddy, belongs to George and Jean.) G & J are excellent bait handlers and helped the pups know how good they are for climbing onto things and for finding things, going through the tunnels, etc. That hour wore the pups out and they slept well after that. I was frozen and had to drink plenty of tea after standing in the wind. I made everyone come in when the sun went down! Wuss that I have become. The pups didn't seem to mind it this time. They are growing up!!!
They are becoming prettier in the face, if such a thing is possible!!! Danny Boy is very masculine, not that Boyle isn't, he just isn't the buffed up type Danny Boy is. Boyle has puppy fur that is kind of fluffy, but has a nice, hard coat coming in under that. It feels good. I guess that I think that the faces look like Kat except for Danny Boy. He looks like his daddy, Beau. They do have nice heads.
Jean was commenting on their color last evening. Since George and Jean only have blues, they aren't as familiar with the nuances of the grizzle coats. These guys have white eyebrows at the moment. Funny how these little, predictable things happen and almost as if overnight. It isn't really, but feels like it.
Anyway, they are now only in a crate in the car, no longer in a bag. Those bags get HEAVY when the babes get big! When I took them out of the dog run this AM I just whistled them into the office and they kept at my feet. They are awfully good, and so happy and sweet.
Pictures coming.
Handling seminar was great. Now I have sore muscles! Back didn't like the bed at the motel. I'll take a while to straighten out!!! I CAN hold two puppies at a time. They do still fall asleep in my arms, so I guess that we are OK with each other.
Zinger and Ono did well at the handling seminar. Practice, practice, practice!!!! We'll have fun when we get in the swing of things. Right now there are a ton of boxes out on the porch for the big dogs learning nose work/sniffing. They ALL love that, and the pups only think it is for making them look for good smelly treats that I hide theirs!!! Just wait. They will be tracking fools!!!!
So much for what I know. What do you know?
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