Author: Dackel Princess

Today the puppies graduated to real puppy food. No more cereal, no more puppy milk. They are now on Merrick Food for puppies, and they love it! I put it on a large plate and set it down on the floor and they all come running. I stood guard, so I could keep Greta away, and encourage the little guys, but I noticed today Greta was well behaved and the pups ate like they hadn’t eaten in days!

After they ate, they slept. All pig-piled together on the bed that Mandy gave Greta for Christmas. There are three beds in that puppy room, but they all want to sleep on that one all of the time! It’s really kind of funny to see them trying to fit onto that little sofa now, as they grow bigger every day.

This afternoon I went into the kitchen to get some tea and the puppies lined up at the gate to fuss and bark and let me know that it was time to eat again. I glanced at the clock, and the time was close enough, so I got a plate of food ready and brought it in.

They are running around like crazy now too, and that is so much fun to watch. I need to get some good video of that this week, but it is tricky because when they see me they run right up to the camera and I can’t get a good shot.

I sat down with them all, late this afternoon and let them just crawl all over me. They licked and chewed and wiggled and cuddled and kissed and I thought that there just wasn’t anything better in the entire world that “puppy love”.

Can you believe it? The puppies are now six weeks old! They are eating puppy food 4 times a day, running around the puppy room and stealing hearts. If you feel bad about anything, all you need to do is go in and sit down with the puppies. They will pick up your spirits in thirty seconds or less.

I had Miss Yellow, Anita out today. She played well with her Mom and was the cutest thing. If we do keep her, we will have to think up a new name. I’m just not “in love” with the name Anita.

So for your viewing pleasure, here is a silly video of the pups playing. It’s a tad long, but I hope you will watch and enjoy it.

Some people might get jealous of those little bits of fur, but not me. After all, these babies are my grand puppies! When people come and we all sit around holding puppies or watching puppies, and ooooh and aaaah over their every move, yawn, or even when they go onto the newspaper and do their wee-wee, I feel only the pride of a granny with her grandchild. Call me silly, but the moment I saw the first puppy delivered from Greta’s womb, I was completely hooked!

Anja

Today Paul was here to visit Anja and to talk to Ed & Barbie. (Ed & Barbie are the human parents of Bernie, the father to our pups, making them grandparents to our babies!) I sat watching Paul with Anja. She settled into his lap and there was a look on her face as if she somehow knew that this was her new family. I felt so happy to see that Anja will be going to such a good home.

Barbie and Ed brought their son and his girlfriend with them and we all had fun playing pass the puppies, so that we all got to hold one or another. Arnie settled into Chris’s lap and fell asleep, while Angelika passed out in his girlfriend, Jessica’s lap.

I had Anita most of the afternoon. She is a sweetie and loves to cuddle. She gets along so well with her Mom and I am wondering if she may not be the pup that we should keep. Her coat is a bit lighter than I would have liked, but her form, her personality and her ability to get along with her Mom may add to the list of reasons of why we should keep her and not Anneliese.

Fritz is still pretending that the puppies do not exist. It’s pretty funny to watch him. He will turn his head from side to side and will not look straight at the puppy, pretending that it simply is not there. That’s my Fritz. King of Denial!

I’m trying to decide which pup to keep. This is a real problem, because they are all adorable. Of course two of them have wonderful homes already, so they are out of the running, Arnie is a boy, and so he won’t be staying either. Nothing against boys, but I really can’t have mother and son in the same house and my Greta darling, isn’t going anywhere. So, that leaves us with Anneliese (green) and Anita (yellow).

Greta as an 8 week old puppy.

Now the two candidates to become the newest Dackel Princess.

First we have Anita. Or Anni, or whatever name we finally decide for her.

Then we have Anneliese.

Anneliese looks just like Greta did as a pup. She is darker in coloring, with a wide eyed look about her. She is feisty and sweet and full of energy. Anita is lighter in color., and sweet as pie, but I need to spend some time evaluating her. She is the pup that doesn’t demand attention from you, but when you pick her up just loves on you. This could be a plus I think.

I knew that we had two awesome parents going into the breeding for these pups. Greta and Bernie are both so sweet, gentle, loving and energetic. Their temperaments were both so good, and all of that goodness has come out in the pups. Each pup is wonderful!

In he next couple of weeks I will need to look them all over and chose. Who will be the newest Dackel Princess?