Going to miss these babies

Well, I hadn't dare mention anything for fear of jinxing things, but this litter is the least vocal I have EVER had, they generally are put to bed between 11pm and midnight and we don't hear a peep out of them until we get up (and sometimes that's been as late as 8:45am!!!) They have been an absolute pleasure to rear, all are bold and full of fun, some more active than others, really hope Pearls new family are ready for this livewire, lol.

Nina left us on Monday to return to being the center of attention with her family, she coped so well, leaving a rural home and coming to join us in our madhouse and not only did she adapt very well, she proved to be a superb mum, though she followed in her mum and grandma's footsteps and decided that she 'didn't do puppies' once they got teeth :-)

The pups will stay with us for another week as although their mum is no longer here, they still learn many valuable lessons from their siblings at this stage and from all their grown up friends and relatives here.

I have taken another load of pics today, see link to flickr.com, but may not be able to take many next week as I will have had some minor surgery on my knee so it is likely that kneeling will be uncomfortable for a while.

The pups were all chipped today, poor Sasha (pink) and Robin (Penfold) got a rough deal as the chip gun wasn't working very well and it took 3 and 2 attempts respectively to get the chips in place :-( They did however all

travel very well, and all greeted the vet with very waggy tails.