Monday, April 11, 2005

Romp & Ready

Spring weather brings to sights, sounds, and smells for the little guys. The warm weather of the last few days allowed us to let the pups explore the backyard. Tentative and somewhat reluctant to test the great outdoors on their own, we nudged them across the door's threshhold, only to realize that their first action on a new surface was to pee...

Dry leaves, flower stalks, and even dirt were met with curiosity and quickly turned into instruments of play. Freed from the confines of the whelping box, there was a tendency to try out the running legs. One pup, "Stratton", enjoyed bowling over an unsuspecting mate--anyone within range. All part of the exploration of pack play and personality development. These guys still have limited energy. After about 10 minutes they one-by-one drift to a corner of the steps, a pile of leaves, or under our seated legs to lull back to nap.

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