PUPPY BLOG
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These gorgeous puppies have officially been allocated to their forever families and we couldn’t be more pleased with how they matched up to each of their families! We’ve been working hard on crate training, whistle recall, and these pups will be more than ready to meet their families in a few days.
It’s been a week full of sunshine, lots of fresh water, and exploring the yard for these puppies. By this time next week, we will be well into temperament testing and figuring out which puppy matches best for each and every family. I can tell already it’s going to be a FUN day learning more about each of these cuties individually, how they react in new settings, with new people, and I can’t wait to get to know each on of their personalities a bit better.
Now at this time, you may be like, “But you are with them all the time! You probably know more than you think!” And while that is true, these puppies are a whole different puppy when they don’t have their siblings around or someone they know and are comfortable with. It’s through this testing series where we understand how confident they really are, how outgoing, resilient, what their motivation is for following you around, and so, so much more. It’s a really fun day and the best part is looking at all those tests and deciding which family will be their forever home. You can read all about our testing method here too!
Welcome to junior puppyhood! These guys are finally starting to show big signs about their personalities and we can honestly say they are the cutest little personalities ever.
Some highlights: Rooster prefers to sleep in the food bowl or simply walk through it for fun, Carole is our most curious girl and is a real go-getter, Maverick is a little shy, Penny may be littlest, but she has the biggest voice when she wants a cuddle and thinks you are ignoring her. Mary is our chill, go with the flow gal who is usually just watching the world around her (also best at staring contest). Phoenix is the most social (Carole coming in 2nd here), Sarah is very happy go lucky, but also pretty much down to cuddle at any point in the day. (They mostly all are down to cuddle, but Sarah just goes right for an upside-down, on her back, rub-my-belly kind of snuggle position). And then there is our sweet little Charlotte, who is a little shy and quiet, but give the sweetest little nose kisses anyone could ask for.
Now these qualities will change every single day as they get exposed to more and more new things over the coming weeks. They’ve officially adventured outdoors this week and that was a HUGE change for them. They will continue to meet a few more people here and there, explore new territory, and develop out their confidence with every week that passes.
It’s official! These pups have reached their halfway home mark! That means in just 4 weeks, we will be introducing their pups to their forever family and we can hardly way for the big day. In the meantime, these pups will be growing more and more independent over the next couple of weeks. They are nailing potty training already, love their soften kibble, and when they aren’t learning how to be a full grown pup, they can be found in a full blown puppy nap pile.
We will be taking them outside for the very first time this week and we will make sure to keep you updating with some behind the scenes footage on our Instagram! Speaking of behind the scenes footage, you can check out our litter update on Insta right over here.
Can you believe these gorgeous pups are already three weeks old?! How did that happen. Can you tell which pups had just finished eating? A few of them had to take a snack break from today’s photo shoot and came back so sleepy they couldn’t even hold up those cute little heads.
We are in love them them so much and the kids are cuddling with each individual puppy every single day, so they are getting a lot of love and experiencing new things all of the time. This week is actually a pretty big one because they will be introduced to softened kibble, fresh water, and even begin litter box training! Yup, they are that smart. A lot will be happening over the next week or two, as the pups will learn the meanings of various postures and the affect it has on their mother and littermates. They will also begin exploring what barking and other vocalizations mean and finding their voices.
It’s a real Top Gun kind of litter! Get it? We’ve named these gorgeous puppies after Top Gun characters from both movies and we’re pretty impressed we were able to find 6 girl names from a male dominated movie! These cuties have reached their two week milestone and we are soooo in love with them already.
Stella is an incredible momma and is always close by! We know the temperaments are going to be incredible in this litter because Stella and Ziggy are both such wonderful, sweet, friendly dogs and we couldn’t ask for a better duo to make a litter as beautiful as this.
Their eyes are starting to open a little more each day and they are still napping a good part of the day, between milk sessions and getting cleaned up by momma.
Are you in love with this litter as much as we are? Drop a comment below and let us know.
