Puppies had first vaccination

That was on the 19th.  They did well.  I ONLY allow them to get Merial DAP.  It is the best and safest vaccine for Distemper, Parvovirus and dog hepatitis, Adenovirus.  The other vaccines have adjuvants in them, chemicals that jazz up the immune system so much that many more dogs now are developing autoimmune diseases.  I try to get my puppy people to only use vets who will use Merial DAP on their babies.  We had also inserted a microchip into each one about ten days or so ago.  Now they are ready to travel.  I use the ISO microchips, that is, the ones that foreign countries honor.  They are set!

The vet found no heart murmurs or anything else bad in the babies, thank goodness.  The heaviest one, Pretty Boy Floyd, weighed a pound more than the smallest one, Tootsie Roll Pop.

Getting ready!

They were wormed once, now the process is starting over again.

We took them to the Farmers' Market today and walked around with them in bags.  We also had a family with a dog visit this AM.  The puppies were terrified of Cooper.  Bad.  This is a fear period.  I need to get them out even more.  I will start taking them downtown and walking around with them and to the bank, etc.  Harder in a TINY town.

Henry is getting over having his teeth cleaned.  Poor guy.  He had some bits of inflammation in there and is doing well now on antibiotics for a bit.  Mouths are more delicate than we give them credit.  The vet suggested something called 1-TDC.  (ONE-TDC). I'm going to try it on all of them daily.  She said it seems even better than brushing their teeth daily!!!

Henry had a good week the week before his teeth cleaning.  He was allowed to make puppies one more time.  He again was bred to Myshka.  I want a Myshka X Henry girl puppy.  Chip has stayed here so that he can go to the UK in September.  When we breed, we are actually breeding for ourselves.  I want one to keep for us!  I would have kept a girl last time Myshka and Henry mated, but I also know how hard it is to have two puppies at once.  They bond to each other and not to us and they are MUCH harder to train if there are two.  I'm too old and tired for that.

Rainy, windy day today.  The pups were out for quite some time, but it seemed to me that the deluge would soon start, so they are inside now.  Seems they needed a nap!  They are all asleep.

OK for now.  Pictures soon.

Curmudgeonly a Rat!