Sparta Shilohs Kyrie/Piston Litter!: 3 to 3.5 weeks group shots!

Okay I have WAY too many photos this time so I am going to do TWO pupdates! Here are all my shots of the gang together. :)

A lot has happened in puppy land this week! We have continued trimming their nails every four or five days--it's easy for them to get sharp when they have been growing so fast. The pups met our cat Panther and have listened to music and video game sounds and the vacuum cleaner (though it was not running too close to them just yet). They have started spending a little more time away from momma Kyrie, as they are getting teeth now and she does not like to let them nurse as much. ;)

The pups got their first taste of puppy mush and made a big mess of themselves (you can still see bits of food on them in the second photo, before I chased them down and gave them a "bath" with a damp towel!). This early they are eating a mixture of goat's milk and baby rice cereal with a little yogurt mixed in.

I constructed a couple of cardboard things for them to interact with--a simple box cut down to make a small bed and a tunnel! Right away there were three pups crammed into a box only big enough for one! Poor Brownie didn't have a prayer of fitting in...

...so he went to investigate the tunnel! Can you see his tail sticking out in the first shot? And his little head in the second and third. :)

The pups started paper training this week! We are putting down paper with puppy potty mats on top of it in one-third of the box. When they get better at climbing from box to box as they get larger, the whelping box becomes the "potty pen" and gets all paper. The weaning pen becomes the playpen, with beds and all sorts of toys, until they are ready to expand their horizons a little more. :)

Okay, ready for the group shots?

Look at all these dingo-faces! What a rogue's gallery. :)

The gang, gathered at the rail because they see me coming. They have already learned that humans are now just as likely to be bringing food as momma Kyrie!