Well, finally made it back home after a very long trip. Hawaii was beautiful, the weather was wonderful, and we got to see some really cool places. But, I am glad to be back home with my pups. I picked up Trip and the Tripletts on our way home from the airport, and I can’t BELIEVE how big they are. AND they are little monsters! Full of energy, into EVERYTHING–they’re lucky they’re so cute! They are currently in their new home in the living room.
On the flight I had a chance to reread parts of some of my favorite books on motivation and training, trying to remember what I want to do with all of the pups, but mine in particular. I LOVE Susan Garrett’s Shaping Success, and Bobbie Anderson’s Building Blocks for Performance. Somewhere around here I have SG’s Ruff Love, which I like for all the game ideas. I’ve also watched a Karen Pryor Puppy Clicker Training DVD, and the first part of SG’s Crate Games. I think all of that will be very helpful for laying the foundation I want.
I will try to post some more new pics and hopefully a video, but my camera battery is currently dead. I did get a single height measurement on a very wiggly Crackle, who is the tallest (though they’re all very close together in size), and we got him at ~6″–they will be 6 weeks on Thursday. SO, no oversized puppies yet, but no idea whre they will end up size-wise either. Pop is just under 3#, Crackle is right at 3.5#, and Snap is a bit over 3.5#.
I’m sure the next few weeks will be busy busy busy! 🙂
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Well, I’m still in Hawaii, but the best puppy-sitter in the world has been taking care of them for me. They were 5 weeks old on Thursday–I can’t believe it! Here are some pics that Lanelle has sent to me over the past week. I can’t believe how big and active they are!
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Wow, 4 weeks old already? I don’t know when it happened! The Triplets are really starting to come into their own, and their personalities are shining through. They all love to roll around and play.
I’m about to leave town for a week, and my good friends Lanelle and Ann have agreed to watch Trip and puppies for me. So, the pups will get a whole new adventure. I’m going to miss them so much, and I know they will be very different when I get back. It will be a good experience for them, though, and I’m excited for some friends to see them in action.
I won’t have any updates for a bit because of this, but here are some new pics. 🙂 If you are reading this in a note on Facebook, I think have to go to the actual blog to see the pics, http://agilityvet.blogspot.com
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