The adventure continues

The puppies are getting more and more adventurous. And another added bonus. We have diggers! My husband is out as I write getting sand and hopefully some kind of container so that we can set up a sandbox for them to dig in. If you are reading this and are interested in adopting one of these puppies, please note that you will want to set up such a place for them. I will begin working on teaching them that there are places they can dig to their hearts' content and places that they should not dig. Boy were they filthy when they came in this afternoon. But they all had smiles on their faces. They had tons of fun:-) 

I also put a doggie bed in the pen this morning. The seem to like snuggling up in it. I'm not sure if they will transfer to sleeping in it from the whelping box. It would be great to get that thing out of the pen. Not only does it take up a lot of room but it is a real pain to change the bedding now that the puppies are so mobile. I've thought of putting them in a crate when I clean up and may try that tomorrow. 

Today everyone is over 2# each!!! What a milestone. They seem to be very different sizes, even though there is only about 7 oz difference between the smallest (Haymitch) and the biggest (Prim).

I sent a rough draft of biographies of Gidget and the puppies to my foster coordinator today. Weekends are super busy for rescues so I don't expect to have anything set to go before next week but they will all go on PetFinder soon. They aren't ready to go to homes yet but it won't be long. I will miss them terribly.

My husband also built me an enclosure for their potty area. They were using it to play in and Gidget was trying to lie down to nurse them there (although she is not nursing them very much at all anymore and mostly just stands still for a few seconds and they try to grab a snack as she passes through.). I have also switched to using the comercial pee-pee pads. I had read not to use them as it kept things smelling to nice but I have found that they seem to go in the proper place better with them. At any rate. The enclosure helps contain the paper (which they like to chew and shred all over the place). With this frame, I can weight down the edges and they seem to be using it ok. I think they are getting better although I still find a few pees and poos in the play area. I also found a small pee in the whelping box this afternoon. Not sure who did it. It's been days since I found any spots in their bed. If they continue, I may take it out of there. They seem not to sleep in there very much anymore so may not view it as bed now.