What a fun week this has been!  
Puppies are fully coming into their personalities and enjoy time with us so much!  They are wagging their tails and starting to come when we use the "puppy" call.  Teeth are mostly in so the introduction of soft food has gone really well.  We start slow and this week will continue to add a feeding every few days until we are feeding them 3 times daily by the end of the week.  Uecker is doing very well and starting to feed less with all the sharp teeth coming at her.  She is an amazing mama that has passed on such love, gentleness, easy going nature,  and dedication to her puppies.  Her personality as well as Wrigley's have truly produced wonderful results in this group of puppies that we are already noticing.  They love snuggling and have a fun playful side.  They seem very confident and are doing so well as we work on startle response with loud noises as well and being introduced to new people daily.  This week we will continue to perform ENS time.  We will start to give Uecker longer breaks from her of up to several hours to help in the weaning process.  Puppies will have time aways from siblings to explore and learn how to be separate from one another.  We will introduce them to crates with open doors to help them become familiar with what a crate looks and feels like.  New objects will be introduced several times each day to help in the learning process.  We will also work daily with using the word "puppy" to call them.  They will also be introduced to some of our other mamas to learn that they can trust other dogs.  
So many fun this ahead for this week!  
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The Girls
Black girl: 3 lbs 13 oz
Yellow Girl: 3 lbs 8 oz
Fuchsia Girl: 4 lbs 4 oz
Purple Girl: 3 lbs 10 oz
Red Girl: 3 obs 7 oz
Green Girl: 3 lbs 10 oz
Orange Girl: 3 lbs 10 oz
White Girl: 4 lbs 13 oz
Pink Girl: 2 obs 13 oz
The Boys

​Brown Boy: 3 lbs 11 oz
Lime Green Boy: 3 lbs 2 oz
Light Blue Boy: 3 lbs 6 oz
Grey Boy: 3 lbs 10 oz
Dark Blue Boy: 2 lbs 12 oz
(Somehow I missed taking individual pictures of blue, but he is so cute he stood out in his group photos)
Puppies are becoming so interactive and fun! They have more times of being awake and are starting to play with each other. They got new collars to accommodate their speedy growth. Puppies were dewormed last weeks and will be dewormed again every other week until they go home and are then old enough to take once monthly prevention. Puppies can now see and hear more clearly so work to introduce them to new objects and sounds daily while not pushing them too quickly. We will introduce new toys daily for them to explore. We will also work on startle response by make loud noises while also playing a sound track that introduces them to new sounds that get them familiar to sounds like sirens, fireworks, doorbells, babies crying, vehicle noise and much more. We will continue to have new people over to help them become familiar with many different voices, sizes, and to provide new interactions with humans for each puppy. Puppies have started moving away from the group to go potty on the potty areas which is always a very exciting time for us! We will start to take puppies out for a few minutes at a time from their siblings to explore without their buddies. While this week is a full one we love all the fun interactions. We also look forward to starting them on soft food at the end of the week and the weaning process slowly begins. So many fun things happening in their world!

​The Boys
Grey Boy: 2 lbs 7 oz
Light Blue Boy: 2 lb 8 oz
Dark Blue Boy: 2 lb 3 oz
Brown Boy: 2 lb 13 oz
Lime Green Boy: 2 lb 3 oz
Purple Girl: 2 lb 14 oz
Orange Girl: 2 lb 13 oz
Red Girl: 2 lb 7 oz
White Girl: 3 lb 3 oz
Pink Girl: 2 lb 4 oz
Yellow Girl: 2 lb 8 oz
Black Girl: 2 lb 8 oz
Green Girl: 2 lb 13 oz