Cute Overload
The puppies are just so adorable. They pretty much all relax right into your arms when you pick them up, especially if they’ve just eaten and are in a milk coma. They sniff around with little grunty sounds and try to nurse on your chin, and you can lie them down on their backs along your arm and tickle their tummies and they lie there and flop their tiny bear paws at you. They are SO CUTE. They are also starting to sound like dogs, one howled yesterday and I swear one just barked (getting a head start!).
On a more serious note, I am liking how adaptable they seem to be, they sometimes squeak when you pick them up if you don’t scritch them a bit first so they know you’re there, I expect this will stop once their eyes are open and they can see well (for the first few days they are Mr Magoo, squinting at everything), but once they know it’s a person and not a monster, they settle right down. They will sleep on us if we hold them long enough. The bottle feeding really seems to be helping, what a great idea that is!
I have booked their CERF eye exams with Dr Burgesser at Veterinary Specialists of Rochester for September 26, they will be 7 1/2 weeks old. They will start leaving for their new homes just a few days later…