Five weeks old....

At five weeks our babies love outside play-time in the enclosure in the courtyard. A Gymnogene that hovers over our town has been seen picking up dogs and we are taking no chances.

I love to watch the puppies run and play, and often join in the fun. 

   

The puppies are learning that there is a designated area for potty......

 Although the babies are on Hills and eating very well, my lovely Lulu still enjoys mothering them (despite the fact that they all have a few teeth now)

Three weeks old ....

We had a VERY busy weekend.  

The PM built a new wooden box for the puppies. 

I helped where I could by carrying plenty of sawdust into the house. 

Our puppies have really grown, while TD is still shrinking and is now being used as a pillow. Like the previous litter, the puppies are shedding baby hair and the PM has a full time job changing the sheets. She loves it, though. The puppies have started barking but will need a lot of guidance from me before they will sound like watchdogs. Our breed makes good watchdogs. The new People Daddy of two of our previous boys, told the PM that they are more alert than his Boer-bulls

My lovely Lulu finds it easier to sit and feed the growing puppies. 

Content after a feed and very happy in the new box. Clever PM... we love you.

I am a very proud Daddy and would like to introduce our children:

This is Bellaboo sleeping nose to cheek with TD (We named him TD because of a button on his behind that says "The Dog".  But judging by the way he seems to be shrinking, perhaps "Tiny Dog" would be a more suitable name

 

Boomer likes to snuggle close to the wall of the wooden box

He is our first-born of the litter

Below is little Binky. She might be small, but has a lot of spirit. She likes to play and the tail is always wagging. I have a sneaky feeling that she is the PM's favourite, but she assures me that she loves them all the same.  Binky is by no means a 'runt' and is very active and gaining weight at the same rate as the rest of the litter. She will probably grow up to be as petite as my lovely Lulu

A Binky-face..... how adorable 

Bogey is as handsome as his Daddy (even if I have to say so myself)

 Bonbon likes likes to snuggle with the toys.

 

Cute little heart shaped Schnauzer noses

No need to wonder why the PM is making Puppy ID collars
in various colours.

The collars don't show in the photo, and I certainly can't tell who's who? Gorgeous Schnauzer eyebrows beginning to develop.....

Two weeks old....

How time flies - it is hard to believe that our puppies are two weeks old already. They are all healthy and strong and are beginning to use their hind legs to try and stand. Soon it will be playtime. 

Although Binky has had a 200% weight gain since birth, she remains smaller than the other pups. She probably takes after her Granny Sally-Anne, who I believe is quite small. 

Poor old TD seems to be shrinking by the day.

Bellaboo must be dreaming about the teat that Boomer
bullied her away from.

Which makes me wonder:  what DO puppies dream about? 

I dream of cats and rats and geckos and frogs and playing ball with the PM or chasing my lovely Lulu around the yard - but what is there for a puppy to dream about?  Ah - Perhaps about the PM putting them on the scale? (I don't think they like that much) or perhaps the PM changing their bedding? (they don't like that at all) Bonbon is the only one so far who might be dreaming
"out of the box"   

Poor little thing landed on the cold floor because she would not let go when Lulu jumped out. Luckily the PM was home at the time and heard the plaintive cries.

 The last photo shows a pile of peaceful and very content puppies

Thanks to my lovely Lulu who is an excellent mother, they always have full tummies.