Day 47 A.M. & P.M.

The internet continues to be problematic, taking almost four hours (so far!) to upload a nine-minute video to YouTube. I hope it will be worth the wait.

In the meantime…

The kongs are now interesting to some of the puppies — this is Sage with a kong stuffed with banana…

In general, I do not use dog treats with puppies. Puppies can and do have TINY pieces of healthy “human” foods — like string cheese, pasta, banana, toddler meat sticks, pieces of an omelette, Puffs, and so on. When they are older, kibble or goldfish crackers can also be used as treats — or you can make your puppy treats.

If you do decide to buy treats, look for healthy and soft and small for the puppies.

While we are on the subject of food — I will share the BalanceIt-generated recipes for the puppies privately and closer to when they go home but I wanted to let you know what you will need:

Rice, brown, long-grain, cooked
Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, roasted (or turkey breast)
Oil, canola
Nordic Naturals Omega-3 Pet Liquid
Morton Iodized Salt
Balance IT® Canine

The bully sticks I am using are not the usual ones because most of those do not pass muster. What I have are Nature Gnaws Bully Sticks 12 inch (Premium Natural Free-Range Beef Chew Treats for Dogs) and I get them from Amazon.

The puppies only get them under supervision and they have to share — this means nobody is gnawing too much on one. When the stick gets small and swallowable, I will throw it away — we do not want puppies swallowing pieces of a bully stick.

Outside time was Big Fun…

…as evidenced in THIS VIDEO, which finally uploaded.

As you watch the video, pay attention to the interaction between Daisy and the puppy at about six minutes. The puppy was pulling Daisy’s tail — hard. Watch what she does — and what she doesn’t — and remember this when anyone tries to tell you mother dogs roll their babies or scruff shake them or any other aggressive nonsense.