Head shots +

 As our time with the pups draws to a close, it seemed some up to date "head" photos were in order. It takes two of us to slow them down enough to take head shots.  Here they are..in order of birth.

Bryce - not the largest any longer (just closer when taking the picture). I love the unique coloring he has. Charlotte says he is a dark grizzle.  I think he is a "blue wanna-be".
 Think we need to change his name to "Chewy". Wow is he chewing these days.  Human fingers are a favorite. Skip's fingers are especially delicious!

Tiberius - definitely the largest right now.  Loves to eat. No problems chomping on wet chow. Nicknamed "tubby Tye"! What a sweet guy he is.

Bravo Junior - close to Tiberius in size.  Has become a very confident and happy boy.  Also very cuddly. (maybe like his Dad?)

Chai - very dainty but knows how to rule her brothers! Where Bryce chews on human fingers, Chai chews on her brothers. 

Zinger does a great deal of monitoring now from the "outside".
Thinking it might be the teeth?!!  Plus the pups are getting other food as well as Mom's.  They do enjoy the comfort of Mom's milk however.

Yes...another "sleeping" photo. Shows how big they are getting as they are over flowing their bed! Definitely getting bigger!

5 weeks old today

I cannot believe it has been five weeks since these pups were born.  The weeks have flown.  It is looking like the pups will go to Charlotte no later than Friday...perhaps sooner.   We shall miss them.

It is so easy to spend hours in a day watching the pups.  They are cute even when they sleep and much easier to take pictures of!  Sometimes the pups appear to be dreaming with jerks, growls, and last week one howled!  Here are some shots of sleeping pups.

Bryce

Tiberius - I think?

Chai and Junior

Video of the pup play at 5 weeks old - on You Tube

Exploring new things

The pups are 4 weeks old.  They need more than their pup pen provides.  Today I created a floor pen with more interesting things to explore and recorded their first visit to the new play environment.  This video catches the first real toy play I have seen.  And of course, as soon as I stopped recording, several walked over the teeter board!  Tunnels are not really new but space is so limited in the pup pen, that they have not really used them except to crawl in to sleep.  When they go off to Charlotte's house, in a little over a week, they should be ready for the new and exciting challenges she provides all her pups.  

Hmmmm...grass!

It is a delightful afternoon...time for the pups to experience grass!  Zinger's first reaction to this plan was to protect...and feed.  

Once that was done, the pups began to explore.  It is much easier to get photos in the grass.  Hope you enjoy.  It is sometimes hard to tell in photos who is who.  I think they are labeled correctly.

 (Distortions in color is the influence of the sun.)

Tiberius

Tye is a big boy!

Bryce

Junior

Chai

Chai, again

Watching puppies is definitely mesmerizing!

It is hard to get anything else done.

Cuter and cuter...

The pups will be 4 weeks old on Sunday!  Already!  

We have had a number of visitors lately, including children. I appreciate my friends who take the time to come by and socialize the pups.  Zinger and Bonny do not see children often, so I was delighted to see how well they have interacted when the visitors were "short" people. The adult dogs were not too sure about our three year old visitor on his first visit.  However, the second time, all was fine.  Watching the puppies eat proved most interesting and educational for him. These two young ladies were super careful and gentle with the babies.

Here are some good photos of the pups sharing Mom's meals.  Notice that they are now standing on all four feet!

Tiberius

Junior - I think.

Zinger enjoys these chew toys.  In fact, she runs around outside much of the time with a toy in her mouth, trying to get Bonny to chase her.  She dropped one off in the puppy pen when she fed the puppies.  Chai is checking it out!  Yup, the teeth "buds" are there.  Teeth should be coming in soon.

Poor Zinger!

Chai

Sampling Mom's Food

Tonight the pups were still feeding when I had Zinger's dinner ready.  I took it over and put in the pen as I often do.  She'll eat while the pups nurse.  Things were going smoothly until, Chai decided Mom's food looked pretty good.  She moved over and began lapping it up.  Then the boys joined her.  I let it happen until Zinger began to growl at them. Zinger is not yet ready to share her dinner! 

Here is Chai after joining Mom for dinner.

No problem that she had soft dog food/yogurt all over her head!  The boys got busy and cleaned her up. (Sorry this is not on video. It was fun to watch!)

Once Chai was mostly clean, she began working on her brothers.

After all that...time for a nap!

Growing and Changing!

Here's a few videos I put on YouTube to show you how the pups are growing and changing. We now talk about "when they were little"! (It was 2 weeks and 2 days ago that they were born.)

Amazing how the pups are blind one day.  The next day, the eyes open and immediately their limbs seem to strengthen, their squeaks become mini "barks", they even seem to "play"...they become little border terriers!

Watch these little ones find what is really important to them!

AND

Bravo Junior now has also opened his eyes.  

Tiberius - eyes also open

Yesterday, the pups got to go on their first "long" field trip.  My sister and her husband were headed to the airport after a week long visit.  We decided it was a good day for an adventure.  The little guys are pros at travel.  They squeal a bit and then go to sleep. Except for some clean-up times and some feeding. Zinger rode in a separate crate with Bonny. It was an easy trip.

When we were home again and all the pups were being loved a bit (by us humans) before going into their puppy den, I noticed that Tiberius had his eyes open as well.  Junior will be the last...maybe today.  It was hard to get a photo of Tiberius as he was squirming so!  Here's a head shot and an eye shot - in different photos!

Zinger is spending more time away from the pups.  It is interesting to watch the process.  Though ever alert to their needs, she is spending more time outside, entering into some of her "before puppy" behaviors with Bonny.  Zinger initiated a short play session with Bonny last night, the first in many weeks.  They are curling up together again in crates, beds, etc.  Here they are in their bunk bed...sharing the bottom bunk.  

Eyes Open - 13 days old!

It has been a busy few days.  My sister and her husband are visiting from Indiana and are doing much to help socialize these pups.  Between us, there is one pup per adult so we spend a little time holding and petting them each evening.  Field trips continue, though the pups sleep their way through most of the excursions out. The focus for these little guys (and their mother) has been on getting (and giving) mother's milk to grow!  Their efforts are paying off.  All pups are well over a pound now.  They have become sturdy little BT pups.

The first born, Bryce, and the last born, Chai, have their eyes open today!  See?!!!

Chai

Bryce

The other two pups will open their eyes soon. I will be certain to take a picture to celebrate the occasion when it happens.

Here's a picture of all four doing what they do best after a good nursing session: