The training begins...

We have been working on crate training each day, reinforcing their recalls (they all love swordfish) and teaching each pup their name. Ms Pink will be called "Spell", Ms. Purple is "Fantine", Mr. Blue is "Partner" and Ms. Yellow is "Brew". In the last few days they have been to the vet for their heart and eye checks and to Debbie Gross Saunders of Wizard of Paws for a structural evaluation. The magicians are really good traveling in the car. So far they have clocked 28 hours when you add up all of their trips.

Here are two photos taken at the puppy walk last weekend.





Other recent photos and video have been uploaded.
Enjoy!

How time flies!

I have been so busy with the puppies I have not had time to blog.
The puppies are doing really well and will be going home this weekend.
I promise to get photos and video uploaded tomorrow. They sure have grown up.

Barry Rosen came and did a photo session on Monday of the Magicians. They were really wonderful. Check out this link to see some great shots...

http://www.pbase.com/barryrosen/watkins

"Brew" formerly known as Ms. Yellow

They moved us again!

We took a road trip again but this time got to have a picnic on the way. We slept a long time and got to the best place yet! .



There are lots and lots of people and they all love us! We walk in woods and get to play in the water with the big dogs.
Our home got even bigger and we can go both inside and outside whenever we want. I like to keep things neat so go outside to do my business, Here is a picture of me with a nice lady named Blanche.



Yesterday we had lots of visitors! Some of them we are getting to know pretty well. Here is a picture of Keira Lichter out in the woods with us. She was a LOT of fun to play with!



After a long woods walk the people ate and we slept and slept and slept until dinner and then had a blast in the bottle pool. Look at the pictures when you get a chance. I know there will be lots of them in the next few days.

Food, glorious food!

Miss Yellow says... we got something called raw meat yesterday.... WOW that is good stuff! We are going to get all different kinds of protein over the next four weeks... beef, lamb, turkey, chicken, duck, rabbit, venison, tripe, salmon, buffalo, elk, ostrich and pork. If they all taste as good as the first one life is going to be GREAT!

We also got a private swimming pool. It is quite small, but we can really have some fun in it. I did get to stick my tongue in it and I got a nice drink.



We now have three pens, one by the shore of the lake, one outside the cottage and one in the cottage. So we have lots of places to play depending on wind and weather. We love both the water and the woods. We used to stay in one place when we are loose, now we make everyone keep an eye on us because we can really move!
I hear it's going to be hot tomorrow so we are going swimming again... check back for photos of that fun!

Miss Purple has something to say...

We love Keuka Lake! This place has so much to do! We have been swimming, we play in the woods, on the beach, and fall sleep almost anywhere! We even get to go to dinner with the people, but they just hold us while they drink some dark, hot, smelly stuff from a mug.

Aunt Lee and Uncle Dave came to visit again today and we got to show them how we come to "puppy, puppy, puppy" even when we are playing under the deck. Did someone mention we LOVE food! We spent most of the day outdoors today. We got to nurse, play and sleep for a while and then a whole bunch of people came to see us. They saw us from the boat and wanted to see how cute we were. We entertained them for an hour. There were big boys, and little boys and moms and dads and a girl who really loved us!

We have been getting our food one at a time. We hear a noise like a clicking sound and then get food. When we go into the little bed they make the noise and give us food :) It's really fun! We are learning lots and lots! I think they took more pictures, you'll have to check and see if there is anything else to look at.

Hope anyone in the way of the big storm stays very safe so you'll be able to come and visit when it's over.

Hey, that's wet..

It was warm enough to take the puppies to the edge of the water on Saturday. Below is Miss Yellow going into the lake toward Lee. She got covered by a wave but kept on going. You can see the next picture of her reaction in the blog photos..



Below is Mr. Blue coming across the beach after he has been in the water. He is showing how much fun they are having with their explorations each day.



We've had many adventures. We moved them into a slightly larger pen indoors. We do not want to make it too large so they can be successful with potty training. Mr. Blue went half way across the box to get to the litter box to do his business - what a good boy! We let them loose on the beach to explore and today we took them to the woods. They loved exploring and had a blast until they fell asleep in the leaves. We carried them into a nice clean pen to enjoy a quiet evening at home.

The Great Outdoors!

Today was a day filled with sunshine, new toys and grass. It was a beautiful day so the pups spent most of it outside in their pen and romping in the grass on the shore of the lake. Within the last two days they have gone from toddling around to moving with purpose. It is amazing how fast these guys can move!!!


Miss Pink on a mission!

Dart keeps a watchful eye on the pups while they are out of the pen, but they are happy to gather 'round for an afternoon meal. There are lots of new pictures and a video uploaded. Just click on the picture of Miss Yellow for the week five photos!


Dart nursing the Magicians on the shores of Keuka Lake