Prison Break!

Four weeks is apparently the age that Dalmatians can crawl out of a kiddy pool! Each time we walk by the whelping box lately there is a puppy on the outside of the pen. We're going to have to have to start keeping the door locked from here on out.

In this photo Ti is trying to help give Blue a boost back into the whelping box. The four pups from Izza's litter that we still have, all love Jazz's puppies. Since they were born they lick them and want to be in the whelping box with them (Although Jazz does not approve of this at all!).

Potty breaking

Tuesday night Adrian set up the 2nd stage whelping box for the babies. We actually have two kiddy pools, one with the foam noodles glued to the inside to protect the babies from getting squished by their mom and one without the noodles, that has a section cut out. By using this second whelping box we are able to attach a wire crate with a dog litter-box to the backside, giving the puppies a place to go to the bathroom outside of their sleeping space. Within 24hrs we have witnessed every puppy using it at one time or another. They are very quick to learn this when they are young and makes housebreaking much easier when they go to their new homes. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to photograph it until tonight.

New collars (again!!)

Last night the babies received new collars, they've outgrown another set. Too bad my camera battery was dead when we put them on, they were very bright and pretty, but this morning I can see that most of them already have snags where little teeth have been chewing on them. At least we can see these collars - the last ones would hide under their puppy fuzz and we had to pick them up before we could tell who was who. They are growing so fast, these collars will only be with them for a week at the very most anyhow. :)

First Toy

Tonight the babies got to play with their first toy, a stuffed moose with a squeaker ~ although they do not have large enough mouths to squeak the squeaker. Some of the pup were very excited about their new toy while others didn't seem to pay much attention to it.

Playing pups

Just a short video of the babies playing this morning while mom was outside for her morning jog.