8 Weeks Old

The puppies are 8 weeks old today. We've started selling them, and have sold four so far. Five to go! Puppies are fun, but they are a lot of work too. Here's some pictures we took today.

These puppies were only about the size of their heads when they were born 8 weeks ago! They sure grow fast!

Olivia loves the puppies. She says "Bop"-Her version of "Pup"

Who can resist a puppy?

Puppy Love

Puppies love to Play

Wow! This puppy is actually holding still!

Puppy Dog Tails

So much has happened in the past month, and I've been so busy I haven't been able to write it all down. But I wanted to take a moment and write about what happened over the weekend . . .

The long and short of it is that Scout had her puppies; ten to be exact. Ten Great Dane Puppies: now there's a happy thought. They're all brindle, 8 female, and 2 male.

The long story is Scout had the first one on Friday at about five in the evening. She then went two hours before having another (Wyatt and I were just about panicked!) Then came two more in about ten minutes of each other. Then she went another three and a half hours before having the fourth (We thought we were done at three). Another hour before number five came along and then I went to bed.

Wyatt came in a few times during the night as each new puppy was born, finishing off at 8. He came to bed at 7:00 a.m. convinced she was done at eight puppies. But when I got up at 9:30 (yes, I slept in!) there were nine, and by 10:00 a.m. she had her last one . . . TEN PUPPIES!! It was a pretty exciting weekend.

Guard Dogs

Today Oliva, Cowboy, Scout, and I went and worked in our garden. I shoveled gravel to make ready for the dirt. Olivia made music with the octopus on her toy, and Cowboy and Scout sniffed the ground in case there was something interesting to be found.

I had one moment when I needed to take a wheelbarrow full of gravel around the corner. Not wanting to leave Olivia unattended for even the slightest moment, I had Cowboy and Scout "gaurd" her. They sat in front of her and looked imposing to anyone who might pass by. They were very precise in their duties and didn't even move while I was gone. Good Doggies. And of course, Olivia loves it when the doggies get so close to her. She flaps her arms in excitement. So it was a win-win situation. Here are some pictures!

Olivia and Her Doggies

Dog Sitting