Puppy Love

Mother’s Day was a nice slow paced day. Besides doing several loads of puppy laundry, we enjoyed the company of Mandy and her M. It’s just plain fun when my daughter and her fellow come up for a visit.

We cooked on the grill, sat around the table eating and talking and laughing. It was fun!

I also spent part of the day enjoying the puppies. Today’s pictures are of Birgit. I had her in my lap enjoying her and cuddling.

Oh, how special that was. The little girl, snuggled in my arms! How sweet!

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Then, out of the corner of my eye I saw something that made me laugh.
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Do you see it?

Yes, Arnie came in to check out the puppies. He wasn’t quite sure what they were, but he didn’t seem to mind them.

Have a great week everyone!

Puppy Breath

First of all, Happy Mother’s Day to all of you out there that are “Moms”! It’s our day, so kick back and enjoy it.

Saturday found us catching up on the real life chores around the house. Hubby mowed the grass, and trimmed the edges with the trimmer, while I watered our green house plants, and tidied the place, all while doing the laundry and whipping up meals.

It’s funny how four little creatures can so rock a routine. I admit to being forced to sit and stare at them. What you mean, I’m not forced to do that? Well, I like to follow the “life is too short, and we have to stop and smell the puppy breath” life motto, right now. It is so wonderful to hold those chubby little bodies in my hands and have them nuzzle me. How wonderful is that!

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Today’s Stars are Birgit!

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And Bernie!

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Also on Saturday we met the new owners for our last pup, Bernie! He will be going to a great home in Maine with two terrific people! They stopped by to hold him and take pictures. It was so much fun to see them with him.

So for all of you that doubted my ability to say good-bye to all the pups, you will be happy to know that I have found good homes for each and every one of my babies.

It’s a nice feeling.

Getting Bigger

It was a rather busy day for me today. I had errands to run, a doctor’s appointment and meals to cook. In the interim I managed to snap a few pictures of our growing puppies.

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I love this one because Baron is sticking his little tongue out. He does that a lot. Proving that he really is a chow hound!

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Can you see how much bigger Baron is than the rest of them?

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Okay, I guess this is the Baron picture day. He just seemed to be posing more than the others.

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Bernie did get in on things and he posed for this cute shot.

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Is this dog a picture ham or what?

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And lastly, we introduced Arnie to his sister’s puppies. He was amazed that she had somehow produced these little rats!

The Babies Are Growing

I noticed today that the pups are getting more active, and we also noticed that their eyes no longer appear to be completely fused shut. I would bet this means that by the weekend we will have some beautiful eyes opening up to the world.

Their ears have grown and their noses too, and they are starting to resemble their dackel ancestors.

They eat in a manner that can only be described as wild. At least Baron does. He is the largest and he really chows down!


I also took their pictures individually and tagged them, so you would know their little faces and their names.

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Now aren’t those just the cutest faces?

Have a great day everyone, and a wonderful Mother’s Day Weekend!!!

The Joy!

Wednesday I spent quite a bit of time with Anneliese and the puppies. It was so much fun to climb into the whelping box and hold the puppies, while I patted Anneliese. She was so cute. I think she is very proud of her litter, and she certainly should be.

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They are happy, healthy, squirming little babies, with fat bellies!

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While holding them, they tried to nurse my hand and they would snuggle against me.

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Hubby came in with me and we took turns taking pictures.

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Just look at this face!

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In just a few more days their little eyes will open. I can hardly wait!

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In other news, I planted my cucumber and squash seeds today, re-potted my tomato, eggplant and brussel sprout plants, and got the green house cleaned up and organized.

Also a little note to my cousin. I love you, sweetie and I’m wishing you all kinds of good luck!

Nursing Babies

Time is slipping by so fast and the puppies are growing. They have all doubled their weight and have the cutest fat bellies! It makes me so happy.

Anneliese is starting to spend just a little time away from them. She will ask to come sit with us, then come out for a few minutes before wanting to go back. I think she misses us.

Ah yes, life is good.

Sleep?

Monday was a nice low key day. I sure needed it. You see since the puppies were born, Anneliese has been getting me up early, or in the night and I haven’t gotten a lot of sleep. This morning was no exception. At 5:15 she woke me up with sweet kisses and snuggles.

Well, I love the girl. She is my baby, but I also need my beauty rest! So today I took the bed out of the puppy room, and replaced it with a recliner. This gives me a place to sit and recline during the day with Anneliese, and then at night I will sleep in my own bed.

We also left the puppies for 1-1/2 hours to go out to eat for Hubby’s birthday. All was fine when we returned, but I still worried the entire time.

Now that we are past Hubby’s birthday, it is back to being on a strict Weight Watchers diet. It’s not that I have gained a lot (some), but I need to get myself back on track.

The rest of the week is easy with only a visit to the fountain of youth for my hair. Aside from that, I am home with all my babies! Just where I want to be!

Spring!

It was a lovely day here in New Hampshire on Saturday. The sun was bright, the skies were deep blue, and all around, life seemed to be settling back to normal.

Anneliese is more relaxed. She lounges with the pups, she hops out of the whelping box and cuddles with me or with Emily and no longer gets terrified if people come into the house. In fact she is the picture of a great doggy mommy!

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Her pups are also doing well. Big Boy Blue now has a name! His new owners wrote to tell me he will be called Baron! I love it! It really fits him!

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I felt bad that Blue was the only one with a name, so since Yellow is still not assigned I decided to name him. I wanted to name him after Anneliese’s father, Bernie. So Yellow’s proper name will be Bernd (a good German name) and we will call him Bernie, just like his grandpa!

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Emily spent a lot of time with the pups today, as her vacation is now over and she had to go home and start getting ready to go back to school on Monday.

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We tossed a few T-bone steaks on the grill when her Dad was here to get her, and we watched the Kentucky Derby Horse Race. A nice start to the summer cookout season.

The cherry blossoms are out in our yard. It’s starting to look truly beautiful here. Soon the apple trees will blossom and then the peach, pears and plum trees.

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Ah. Spring! Renewal. New life!

Isn’t It Wonderful?

The days are slipping by and tomorrow the pups will be a week old! Can you believe it? They are growing and changing every day and Anneliese has become one of the best mother doggies that I have ever seen! The entire miracle of birth still awes me and I am glad. In this cynical world, at least there are things that can fill us with all the wonder and innocence of a child!