Rain and Tripe and Stairs, oh my!

Wow, what an amazing week! The pups look like dogs - and act like them too! We've had some wonky weather here in CT, but so far have been able to get outside with the pups every day - and some days for over 6 hours! They truly love their outside time and being able to lounge in the sun. Today we went out despite a lingering mist from the morning, and no one was bothered by the wet grass or paws! A bunch of confident adventurous pups indeed! As they are getting too big to be carried bucket-style anymore, I decided to let them have a go at the stairs today to head out. After a little prompting up the stairs, it was Orange and Black who made it to the top first, followed by a very eager Pink and Yellow, and the rest to follow shortly. Of course once they figured that part out, they wanted to do it again and again and again... Very cute!

This week they have been eating 4 times a day, and are certainly growing well! They have had the opportunity to taste all sorts of things this week - including carrots, broccoli, corn, peas, beets, spinach, pheasant, and today - tripe! (thank you Nancy!) Everything is eaten with gusto, not a picky eater in the bunch! They've even gotten to try some of the big dogs' treats - like MilkBones al fresco yesterday!

Asher was treated to a mini-dog pile yesterady - 5 pups in all curled on his lap :)
Future agility dogs? the girls were enjoying some board time outside today!

Not to be outdone, Green promptly ran up the board and to check out his surroundings.

Nancy set up a mini-tetherball for the pups to play with - and Pink was having fun chasing the ball around!

Of course, once everyone saw the tetherball match, they had to get in on it!

Asher had fun devising all sorts of things for the pups to do with the board - here Light Blue is walking the plank (but thoroughly enjoying it - his tail was wagging like crazy!)

This week also marked weigh ins for the pups - and I couldn't believe how big they got! Some serious gains were to be had this week - a testament to some good eats :)

Check out the nearly 3 pound gains on some of these beefy pups!

Pink - 9lb 6oz Lavender - 9ob 4oz Royal - 9lb 2oz

Light Blue - 10lb 20z Yellow - 9lb Orange - 9lb 4oz

Green - 10lb Black - 10lb