Week 4 of the "Shameless" puppies

Not only a fun week for the puppies.. Also the future puppy owners had a wonderful week. After three weeks of rest for mom Aoide and her babies, they were welcome to visit their future puppies for the first time. Who's going where hasn't been decided yet, but it was a great opportunity for the new owners to experience the puppies' developing characters. 

The puppies have started to turn into true dogs this week. They can walk around, they have discovered the toys and they 'ate' some meat and milk from a plate for the first time. We expanded the area around the whelping box. The puppies now have half of the living room to roam around and they have a lovely view on the garden.

The first steps towards becoming 'pets' have also been made: since yesterday the puppies are wearing collars during the day and we also introduced them to the crate. Also.. not unimportant to mention: Debbie is the first who has one ear up! ;)

Below you can find a selection of the pictures of this week. The entire album can be found on Flickr.

Marat with Frank, Aoide and Mirtillo - day 22

Marat with Debbie - day 22

Lena with Fiona - day 22

Milk from a plate - day 23

Puppy pile - day 23

Debbie - day 24

Fiona - day 24

Debbie - day 24

The other side of the room looks interesting too - day 24

Ian - day 24

Frank - day 24

Frank 'sun sponging' - day 25

In the crate with Aoide - day 25

Debbie - day 26

Frank - day 26

Fiona - day 26

Aoide & Debbie - day 26

Hungry Frank - day 26

Itchy collars - day 28

Debbie - day 28

Ian - day 28

Debbie and Aoide - day 28

Siegfried with Debbie - day 28

Natasja with Frank - day 28