8 weeks old - time to start saying goodbye

Rocky (Blue) & Max (Red)

Billy (Green) & Paddy (Aqua)

Murphy (Orange) & Ruby (Pink)

Tamsin (Yellow) & Elsa (Lilac)

Flo (Purple)

Boogie (Pale Green) & Rio (Burgundy)

All Eleven for the last time ...

... today's the day when the puppies start to go to their new families. Paddy (Aqua), Tamsin (Yellow) and Flo (Purple) are the first to go.
These will be the last group shots unless we can get everyone back for a birthday party.

Mum & Dad Together Again

Yogi has come to join Molly for the weekend and they go for a walk on Bodmin Moor up to Alex Tor, a bright, sunny but windy day.

7 weeks old today

The pup's characters are really shining this week. Mischief is their favourite pastime, including shredding newspaper and wine boxes, regardless what is on them! They are very responsive and take up an enormous amount of time. With lovely weather, they have been outside playing a lot of the day and Molly is now playing and chastising them...wonderful to see. She won't let them feed off her now though some do try to get a sneaky suckle.

6 weeks minus 1 day

The order of pups remains the same from left to right. The time is passing so quickly and I am now coming to terms with completing my role in their lives, confident that they will all be happy in new homes. It is now easy to identify each of them without looking at their collars. Their personalities are all different and one is to remain with us. We are calling her Elsa. She is very feisty but has many of Molly's gentle characteristics. We will be weaning them off Molly completely in the next week. Their teeth have made Molly reluctant to let them stay on for long!

In the sunshine

 
At last the weather has improved and the puppies can get some sunshine.

Easter Parade at 5 weeks old

Five weeks old and the dominant feature this week is the noise. Everything from cooing dove like noises to full blown seagulls and a few have mastered a bark. They are taking to solid food well but hate the worming solution. This is a 3 day event so 33 doses to be administered. They are playing and tumbling throughout the day and sometimes have to be pushed apart as each tries to show dominance. Not a single timid one in the litter. Molly only feeds them once now but it is done in 2 batches so each has a good fill. Half have rice pudding at that meal then we rotate 4 hours later.