Katness' day out... almost

Today the puppies are 5 weeks old and I am starting to take them one at a time into another room to let them explore on their own and play with me by themselves. Katness went first.  I took her into the living room which has been set up with equipment for playing with my dog and teaching him basics of agility. I put out a jump bump and a ladder as well as a crate and a plywood board with strips of non slip adhesive strips that I use for teaching my god to use his back legs (he has to back up it while it is leaning against the wall so that he ends up doing a hand stand) - it was flat on the floor for this exercise so that it provided a different surface for her to walk on. Began by sniffing around and exploring. Didn't hesitate to walk on anything. Climbed over the jump bump (a 4" pvc pipe cut in half lengthwise so that it doesn't roll). I didn't get any photos as I am working by myself. Wish I could have because she was amazing. Once she had investigated under the stairs (a freestanding set (you can see them in some of the early videos when I was working with Gidget) she came over to play with me. I had brought a toy to play with and after a bit of encouragement, she moved her attack from my hand to the toy and played for a bit with it.

I ended our session on that high note and took her back to the pen (where Gidget had been having a fit because one of her babies was not there). All the others were asleep so I didn't wake anyone up. Katness was still wired though and was running around trying to find something to play with. I had put things away to change out the bedding. She found the balance pod (looks like this) so I pulled it out into the middle of the pen so she had better access to it. She climbed right on, and of course, wobbled all over. I thought she might be a bit afraid but when she got off, she got right back on. Did that several times. Fantastic!! Anyone out there looking for a small agility dog? This little lady has no fear of things moving under her feet. Teeter, here she comes.

I'll take another one out when they wake up again. Right now, I'm only shooting for having them out a total of 10 minutes this week individually. Next week it'll be 10 minutes a day (hopefully)  Time is going by so fast and they are growing up so rapidly. I am sure going to miss them when they are gone.

Everyone got wormed again today. They are so good. I had put the lid to the bottle of wormer down on the floor in the pen while I was giving the wormers to them and one of the puppies came over and licked the stuff out of it. I guess it tases good.