08-31-13 7 Weeks Old Today!

This is going too fast!  It seems like it was just the other day - maybe 3 weeks ago - when these puppies arrived!  I cannot believe we don't have much more time with these kids!

7:00 Stayed in bed late to see what would happen.

_________________________________________________________________________________We were up and moving around.  We couldn't get Mom's attention, so we started playing with our rooster.  A cluck here - a cluck there!  Finally, some results!  She came to see us.  We really weren't hungry.  We just needed some love!  Unfortunately, we didn't get the love first.  She went immediately to cleanup duty!!  Can you believe it?  She forgot to turn on the washer last night.  Now, we are waiting for our extra carpet to be washed and dried.  I guess it is a good thing she added the extra pen for us to play.  We are having a great time.  She threw in some paper from the other side - to recycle - we are having a great time stomping through it and tearing it up.  We love to hear it rattle!!

It seems we are going to be watching a ton of football around here.  Dad watched some game about Raiders and Mustangs last night.  It is only 8:00AM and he is watching something about some Tigers now!  Now, we hear a lot of talk about some Longhorns!  What are all these things?  We are just ignoring it because we are actually into wrestling - not watching - but doing!

We know Momma Belles is a fan of golf!  She tells us that she watches that with Dad all the time!  Mom says we will listen to some more Kim Komando so we can be Tech savvy also.  She wants all of us to know a little bit about the computer, so we don't eat the electrical cords.  She says our parents should place plastic around any cords, so we don't get electrocuted.  She especially wants Zoya to know about computers, so she can help her new Dad Grant with coding!

Mom was on her new computer last night watching Windows 8 tutorials.  She has to catch up on it since she only had Windows XP.  Then, she is trying to learn the Mac also!  She wanted to splice a video for you, but maybe in the next week!  She has been trying to get familiar with iMovie also.  As Mom says, "Everything seems to be a process these days!  - including us!

Mom says she is going to be outside working this morning on the destruction Momma Belles and Uncle Chase have caused to her new miniature crepe myrtles.  She had placed landscape fabric around them, but it didn't keep them from digging after the moles.  They just torn up the fabric with their teeth like they do roots on plants!  Of course, Mom says one Cairn doesn't get in as much trouble as two Cairns, etc.  She tells us about two is the right number of Cairns in a household - especially if you want to have a garden.  She does say it is easier for my relatives to dig in the flower beds here because they live on beach sand on this side of Tyler.  She says Tazz and Chase didn't do as much digging in Georgia clay soil!
                                                                      ---  The Five
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08-30-13

6:57 - 7:27AM - Puppy pen cleaned up in 30 minutes today!  New method!

9:15AM - They needed spray baths again!

10:30AM - Having a love session in front of the BIG TV to get them use to it.

Little Joe - He loves to cuddle and chews on his treat while watching TV.  He did look up and pay attention to it for awhile, then went back to chewing.  He loves attention and to be loved.  One of our celebrities!

Hello Dolly - She squirms at this point.  So, I'm holding her close.  She has done this since the first days, and it can be broken.  She likes to investigate!  She wants to know what is going on in her surroundings.  She doesn't pay any attention to TV.  She doesn't really want anything to do with her chew stick, but loves to pay attention to my face and loves me talking to her.  When I hold her around her pen, she is climbing up to my face.  She gave me a wet kiss in my ear the other day!  She is very funny!  I started calling her Hello Dolly because she was always coming up to the pen and begging me to pick her up!  She wants to be with me whenever I'm around!  Our second celebrity!  She is going to be a very lively and fun puppy!

Little Joe and Hello Dolly could be twins.  Their head shape and body size are very similar.  It is hard for me to tell them apart looking down on them in the pen.  Dolly should stay pretty dark.  Joe has some lighter colors mixed into his dark look.

Zoey - She liked to stay on my chest, then my lap chewing her stick. When she got tired, I put her in my lap to chew.  Then, she wanted back up on my chest near my face for kisses!  She doesn't try and chew on my hands.  She was liking my wrist some.  She is very lovable!

Maggie - When I found her, she was sleeping in her food bowl and didn't really fit!  So, she was actually in 1-1/2 food bowls!  She likes to chew on her stick, but only holds her interest for a short time.  She does like to try and chew my hands, wrist, and went for my nose!  She seems to have a short attention span.  She started on my chest and walked herself down to my lap.  She has to be watched because she came very close to the edge and could have fallen off the sofa.

Zoey and Maggie could have been twins.  Each puppy came from their own sacks.  They have the same face shape and body shape (larger puppies).  They have similar temperaments only.  Maggie seems to have a bit of a temper when she doesn't get attention immediately which can be broken.

Sweetpea -  She is last again due to her calm personality.  Her eyes beg me to pick her up each time I go back to the pen.  When I have puppies making too much noise when they apart from the others, I put her with them.  She would make a great second Cairn or for someone who wants more of a cat.  She acts very delicate.  She is very loving and didn't try and wonder with me.  Just wanted to cuddle.  She finally went to sleep on my shoulder after I laid down on the sofa.  She seems to ignore the TV, but craves a companion.  She doesn't have any separate anxiety from the pack or a person.

6:50PM Caught Sweetpea sitting in the dry water bowl!  What is up with these puppies?  Actually, it runs in the genes!  Thank goodness there are two water bowls!

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Mom says, we are the best litter of puppies she has had in the mornings.  Dad gets up at 5AM, and we don't make a peep!  We started getting a little restless about 6:57AM because Mom put us to bed so early last night (9:30PM), so she could get some sleep!

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08-29-13

We found one play toy to share today!  Video to follow!

08-28-13

By 6:15AM, we accomplished these items:

1. all poop was out of the pen from overnight
2.  they had eaten
3.  the puppies were enjoying their turkey broth (free of salt or additives) popsicles


By 7:45AM, pooped had been cleaned up three (3) times!  I had 8 samples of poop instead of 5 to take to the doc to run a test.  All 9 doggy dishes are in the dishwasher and now I just need to get in the shower and go to the vet's office.  Since it is Wednesday, he is only in for 1/2 day!

Vet called to say the test results came out negative for any type of worms!  I don't think anyone has ever had any worms with my puppies - not a surprise!  It does seem the heartworm preventative Belles was on about a year or two ago as a puppy killed every worm.  They have since taken it off the market.  The heart worm preventatives now don't cover preventing as many worms.  Therefore, they have to be tested for certain varities of worms from time to time.

Debra and I ran them around the kitchen island last night!  I would post the video, but our video photographer didn't keep the camera on the puppies all the time.  I might be able to be edited later!

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Yesterday, we decided to tackle our potty pad while Mom was out.  We had tiny bits of cotton flying everywhere!  When Mom returned home, it was a huge mess and she removed all potty pads!  No fun!  Now, we are working on grabbing the potty pads underneath our papers and carpet from the outside.  We are able to get our paws outside the fence and pull the pads toward us.  Then, Mom goes and weights everything down.  She is threatening to bring in bricks to put around the pens to hold everything down!  Sometimes, we just pull up the carpet and try to destroy the pads.  So, she put paper on top of them, then the carpet.  She says, it is all about layering!  Well, we will come up with other ways to have fun.  We will not be defeated by a human because we know we are much smarter than a human!
                                                                                            -- The Five
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08-24-13 More Videos


Granny CoCo socializing the kids!





Zoey!








08-27-13 Video

Cleaning up after the kids didn't end until 1PM.  I moved them out to the kitchen from the utility room and set them up in three (3) pens.  Then, I realized it wouldn't work because they follow me everywhere.  While in the pens, they would end up in their poop every time I went to the outside door.  Therefore, I had to start over again.

Then, I was going to collect poop from everyone to take to the Vet for a test.  Can you believe it?  They have pooped non-stop since their 3rd week of life.  This afternoon after lunch, I could only collect two (2) poops out of five (5).  Three let me down.  I got dressed to go to the vet and had the dogs put up in the master bathroom.  And we all waited.  Nothing more happened.  Guess we will try again tomorrow.

I thought I might get some results if I could get them out to exercise.  Well, we ran around and around the island.  Nothing.  Nothing at all.  They just went back to sleep when I put them back into their pen.
They are still sleeping at 5:35PM.

Time to go make dinner!

Maggie has a new way of letting me know the puppies are out of water.  She just climbs into the dish and goes to sleep!

Have to watch your hands now when you go down to pick up a puppy.  Maggie has the jaws and will latch onto you!

When running around the island, they were trying to get my toes and ankles!  The teeth are in!





08-25-13 Video 3