Miss Marple arrived today as we have had an incident at Marchstone House.  Please do not be alarmed.  The puppies are safe and well 🙂

Having collated some evidence of the “alleged” incident of smothering puppies with kisses and also blowing raspberries.  You will see below, some photos proving the occurrence.

The photos of the remaining puppies were just to graphic too show as they quite literally had been kissed beyond belief!

Miss Marple has concluded the puppies have been victim to a crime of being smothered with love.  Almost going as far to suggest they have been loved too much.  The yellow puppies have all been affected, however the black puppies have also had kisses showered on them, but it is harder to see!  It can be seen Miss Pink had also fallen foul to the perpetrator.

Exhibit A – Lipstick used by the perpetrator?

Suspects – The usual rogues gallery from left to right – Charlie, Archie, Uncle Stanley, Granny Molly, Mummy Maggie and Uncle Melvin.  When questioned they all denied any knowledge of seeing the puppies at the time of the incident.  With Stanley even attempting to suggest he had never heard of the puppies before.  (Naughty Stanley).

Having given consideration to the circumstances it had been assumed that the Prime Suspect was Uncle Melvin but upon further investigation, it was discovered that someone else had been overlooked.  Aunty Bunty has been staying at Marchstone House and had maintained no interest in the puppies, however it would seem this is no longer the case.

Case Closed.

My little bundles of pups are enjoying life, having fun in the garden.  They are yet to meet that rabbits, despite the rabbits having the run of the garden.

Today was worming day – so I end up with a pink hand as always – the puppy wormer suspension is a bright pink, the puppies don’t like the stuff so consequently it does get everywhere and stains my hand in the process.  It is all part of the worming schedule to be wormed 3wks, 5wks, 7wks, 11wks, then monthly.

As part of the worming regime, as a precaution, I also wormed Maggie today, to ensure that the worms do not get passed through Maggie’s milk.  Maggie is always wormed just before she gets mated.

Poor Maggie is very skinny.  It is the worst I have seen her.  I am doing the best I can for her, with five meals a day of puppy kibble, scrambled egg, cheese and a variety of supplements.  Maggie will start regaining weight once she stops feeding the puppies but she is still very keen to continue feeding them at the moment.  Usually as part of my Whelping Kit, I have three tubes of nutri-plus gel, this time around I had four.  I used all four so ordered more in, Maggie is now on her fifth tube of nutri-plus gel.  I do believe it helps as it reduces the impact of food on her stomach but still gives her the nutrition she needs.

Apologies – I am unable to change the setting on these photos!  (please tilt your head to the left to view!)

Mr Blue

Miss Pink

Mr Purple

Mr Red

Miss Lilac

Miss Yellow

Brotherly/Sisterly Love!

 awwwww these two do seem to be inseparable! bless them…. though in contrast to the photo above…. there does also seem to be a classic bit of “bonding” going on in this photo…

Todays fun and games – in video clips

“Puppies” learning a recall

Puppies playing, ooh look here comes mum

Puppy playtime

Puppies in the garden

The puppies photo gallery has been updated.

In other news….. I have had to make a phonecall to “Miss Marple” more on this tomorrow.

Time with the puppies goes very quickly – they are developing so fast and we are trying to enjoy them as much as possible.  Puppy playtime is the time we see the puppies at their best.  They are learning how to play and run, when they run their bodies cannot always keep up with the speed of their legs, which is really comical.

Puppy’s in the pot

Where did Mummy go?

Feeding time at the bar

Mum hides from the pups

Miss Yellow does a “bum tuck” hoollie

A few photos from the day… Im rather pleased with Mr Purple’s photo and Miss Lilac.  There is something about both photos that is rather special.

photos will be added to the gallery

Another busy day with the pups, they have had lots of free time in the garden.  They are becoming very confident.  Exploring the garden and running about.  I love watching them trying to run but they can’t quite cope with the speed of their legs!  They are complete bundles of fun.

The pups have had fun charging about in the living room too.  Here they are playing on the bean bag!

Mr Blue 

Mr Blue with Maggie! Family photo Mr Red
Mr Purple Miss Lilac (Pink) Miss Yellow Miss Pink

Another video of the day…Puppy time in the garden

Maggie is still feeding the puppies, they have milk about four times a day.  Maggie generally is happy to leave them but does keep a close eye on them.  So with this is mind, Melvin appears to be taking advantage of her breaks.

Today Melvin came along to check the puppies, which is something he does every day (and also throughout the day) but this time he jumped in.  He soon jumped back out again when they were trying to suckle from him.

Melvin is smitten though…. so he went back in again!  He takes care of “his” charges by cleaning them and generally checking them over.  He can’t wait until he can play with them.

Mr Purple decides the bowl needs moving!

Puppies in the pot

I have added photos to the gallery!

The puppies have had their first experience of playing in the lounge, which has been so lovely. They are amusing as they explore the room. They already do the Labrador “bum tuck” it is so funny.

Photo of our pup – Tilly!

Here are a couple of videos – sorry some are poor quality!

Andrew Puppies

Free time in the lounge

Bundles of mischief

Uncle Melvin checks in

Puppy play in the garden

I have updated the puppy gallery

With the lovely weather we have been having, it has enabled us to spend time with the puppies exploring the garden.  So initially they have the pen which is small enough for them to adapt to this new idea of a big wide world.  Then having got used to the size of the pen we could see they were quite keen to see a little more of the garden.  Here is a video of their time in the garden today.  Pups in the pen outside, cutie pups in the pen, pups exploring the big wide world, pups outside in the garden

Melvin has enjoyed seeing his Nieces and Nephews today, I cannot wait to see him when he can play with them properly! Here is a video of Uncle Melvin  so sweet of him.  I love this little video clip.  Melvin is such an amazing dog.

My first group photo – not totally great – I will try this again tomorrow!!

I have uploaded the photo gallery.

A couple of other video clips from today:

Puppy playtime

Miss Pink playing bitey face (this is how all pups play – not just Miss Pink!)

Weaning the puppies is something I thoroughly enjoy doing and it usually starts off with me giving them the Royal Canin Starter Mousse, which is very creamy in texture, then I move on to the starter kibble – which I give to them soaked, I put the soaked kibble in a blender and make it into a nice porridgy consistency.  Once on the “porridge” for a short period of time, I then stop blending the kibble.  I then start to reduce the softness of the kibble so they are able to have kibble without it being soaked.

All was going well until yesterday when one of the puppies decided they didn’t like the soaked kibble, at all – so in my wisdom I decided to go back to giving him the mousse.  However….. this didn’t really go to plan either.  So today I was armed with kibble in all different textures and consistencies, turns out the puppy was more than ready for his soaked kibble but preferred it to be simply soaked and not put through the blender!

Lovely to have a positive breakthrough with the weaning programme!  Just shows that every litter is different and the need to be flexible and think out of the box is always necessary.

The puppies are being super, Im thoroughly enjoying watching them playing.  The toilet training is also going well with them seemingly understanding the need to do their wee’s outside as soon we put them out there.

Mr Purple whispers to his Mum “Mummy….am I your favourite?” 

Hello there!!!

Puppies playing bitey face

Photos have been added to the gallery

The puppies are four weeks old today and doing fabulously.

They are growing and developing very quickly.  Today we have had to clip their claws again!  The toilet training is coming on really well – I must stress this is more about our commitment to getting them outside regularly as at this point of their training it is about opportunity. Creating good habits from the early stages can only contribute to them understanding where the wees and poos go!

Mr Blue

Miss Yellow

Miss Pink

Miss Lilac (Miss Pink)

Mr Purple

Mr Red

Photos have been added to the gallery.

Here are some videos

Puppy Thuggery

Puppies in the garden (take one)

Puppies in the garden (take two)

The puppies are doing really well with their weaning.  They are now on three meals a day.  I am combining their tinned Royal Canin with soaked kibble (also Royal Canin).  This is then put into the blender and made into a nice porridge.  They are managing a thicker consistency than the tinned (which is very smooth!).  I do hope to be giving the puppies four meals a day from today onwards.

Melvin likes to pop in and check his puppies as much as possible.

We are now achieving a proper routine with the puppies and the toilet training.  It is more  about us getting into the swing of getting them out regularly and now that the weather is on our side it is helping hugely.  We are getting quite a few of the puppies having a poo outside and a vast majority of weed are also outside.  Still very very early days – but good habits will be being formed from such an early age so we can only hope we are on to good things!

Uncle Melvin inspecting the babies!

two scheming puppies – what are they up to ?!!

I have updated the puppy gallery and also added a gallery of the photos from the Marchstone Reunion.  You will see this gallery also includes some videos from the day.

Here are some videos of the littluns:- (7)

Puppy Play Antics

Puppy Play Antics Take Two

Puppy Play Antics Take Three

Puppy Boxing (play)

Puppies just after their breakfast

Puppy play mainly featuring a slightly excitable Miss Pink (black girl)

From inside the pot

I have also written an article on my thoughts on vaccinations.