Day Thirty-One 

I am starting to see differences in the personalities of these pups. Tundra is usually very close to me. He is the only one so far that knows if he comes to me and sits he will get either a treat or picked up. He is trying very hard to worm his way into my heart. 

They got some new toys and I set up some challenges for them. I put a barrier between them, and the food bowl and they all managed to get over the barrier to get to the food. They are little chow hounds, but I am thinking I am feeding them too much. I am going to cut back a little because over feeding causes loose stools and they have a bit of that. Poor Tiffin looks like a walking skeleton since she was sick for a couple of days. I wish she would start to wean the puppies, but she keeps asking me to let her in with them. She is a good mom, but this has not been easy on her. 

I checked all four male puppies to make sure they had both testicles. All the equipment is there even at this early age. One more thing I don't have to worry about. Here are some pictures of them just being cute.

Avalanche had a trying day. When I opened the ex-pen to let them out to play on the new toys he got barricaded into a corner. This video shows him trying to figure out how to get out of this predicament. He figured it out, but it took longer than I thought it would. I then put Tundra in the same situation, and he figured it out instantly.  

This second video shows Blizzard playing with a toy that has a pop up when you step on a button. It makes a loud bang when that happens. The bang never phased Blizzard, but it scared the bejeebers out of Avalanche. He went running for the pen. I will watch him to see if he is having a hard time with loud noises. I hadn't noticed this at all before. Also, on this video watch Shiver on the right of the video. she is searching for a couple kibbles I dropped. She has her nose to the ground searching.