They are growing so fast. They have out grown their ribbon identifiers and have little coloured collars now. I was so excited to see my B7 with his open eyes and his teeth that one of the first things I did when he finally toddled over to me was to gently pull up his lip to see his teeth for myself!
His eyes are still quite hazy, so they look blue in the light, but if you look carefully you can see gorgeous brown irises.
I was a little disappointed when I came into the house to see B7 and he didn't run up to me and say hi. Then I remembered:
1- he's never "seen" me before
2- he's still learning to explore, so he's shy
3- his eyes aren't fully developed so he can't focus on objects more than 6" away (roughly)
4- he's still a baby dog and isn't running anywhere!
I settled on the ground outside the pen and crate set up for them and waited for the pups to come to me. They were sleepy, slow and unsteady, but cautiously curious. B7 was the last to come out of his crate and the last to say hi to me, but he was very excited once he recognized my smell. He hung around me a bit, and visited the breeder and then went off to visit my mom and grandmother who had come with me today.
The puppies were very curious, but easily startled. I noticed B7 in particular would fall over, or retreat from loud noises (apparently I thought his brother was cute, and I made a noise he disapproved of) and fast movements. The breeder said that since they cannot focus well yet, fast movements appear even stranger and more abrupt and startling to these young pups. I had to be very careful to stay calm and quiet for the rest of the visit.
I brought a list of puppy names, and only a few seemed to really stick:
-Wash
-Pippin
-Jarvis
-Gunner <- paintball name the breeder picked out (She's wonderfully clever)
I really liked the name Jasper, but one of the black males was already named Jasper- he's the big one walking around like Eeyore with the yellow collar in the video. He looks sad because it's a new collar and he thinks it's heavy :p I got him playing later and he forgot all about the collar.
watch the video below, and enjoy the cuteness. There are two light pups in this litter and 5 black. The golden one is NOT B7, she's a girl named Sadie. B7 is the almost white one. When they're side by side it's easy to tell them apart. Also, B7 and Sadie are very close. It'll be sad when they go to separate homes.
B7 Update:
-He has molars now! Kibble food next week!
-His eyes are open, and he can focus on things close to him, like a toy, but cannot focus far away (Like the person holding the toy) So puppies get really in your face to explore.
-Movement is good. Wobbly and unsteady but determined and persistent.
-Co-ordination is still poor, tripping over things a lot.
-Still silent. His brothers make a sharp "Yap" once in a while, but mostly still just grunts and squeaks.
-Starting to explore, easily spooked by fast movements and loud noises.
-The mother has started taking some personal time away from the pups. They are big and needy.
-On top of soft food, they still feed from mom. (Now the pups are so big she must stand to feed them, no more lying down.)
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