I get up at 6.00 in the morning and go downstairs. The puppies all come tumbling out of their box, yawning, and in some cases barking, as if to say "who goes there". Then, of course, they do what puppies do best, and leave several deposits on the newspaper. Meanwhile I let the big girls outside.
I warm their milk, and mash up their biscuits, sometimes I put a small amount of meat into their biscuits and put that in the pen with them, and it is heads down, bum up. Next I feed the big dogs. Then when the pups have finished I let them out of their pen and they run around, especially around my feet (which I have bare for two reasons: 1, because I would hate to stand on one of them and hurt them, and 2, because they dribble milk and slobber all over any footwear I had on anyway). And they like to explore the kitchen, chew the table legs, pull on the curtains, gather around doorways when the family comes through, and generally wreak havoc around the place. It is such fun. Nothing is safe, and I am constantly picking someone up and putting them on the newspaper for their deposits. I don't always catch them so I have a good supply of toilet paper on hand. Then, after about 45 minutes they hop back into their box for a sleep. I shut them in their pen - it is important to keep them in a safe environment so that they can't harm themselves when you are not with them. Leave them with plenty of toys, a drink of milk, a drink of water, and some biscuits, that always gets them through.
Then we go through the whole routine again at lunchtime. When I get home at lunchtime I usually move them into the conservatory, good to have a change of scenery. Of course, if it is too hot I won't move them through there, they just have another play in the kitchen.
And after work, we take the pups out and have them on the deck with us while we catch up on the day. I always have a bed or two for them to hop into when they are tired, somewhere for them to retreat to and be warm in the sun.
Then back to the kitchen where they get under my feet while I cook dinner, into their pen for their own dinner, and out again for a major play in the evening.
This is our typical day, it keeps me busy, and we get hours of entertainment watching them. Wonderful wee darlings.
I warm their milk, and mash up their biscuits, sometimes I put a small amount of meat into their biscuits and put that in the pen with them, and it is heads down, bum up. Next I feed the big dogs. Then when the pups have finished I let them out of their pen and they run around, especially around my feet (which I have bare for two reasons: 1, because I would hate to stand on one of them and hurt them, and 2, because they dribble milk and slobber all over any footwear I had on anyway). And they like to explore the kitchen, chew the table legs, pull on the curtains, gather around doorways when the family comes through, and generally wreak havoc around the place. It is such fun. Nothing is safe, and I am constantly picking someone up and putting them on the newspaper for their deposits. I don't always catch them so I have a good supply of toilet paper on hand. Then, after about 45 minutes they hop back into their box for a sleep. I shut them in their pen - it is important to keep them in a safe environment so that they can't harm themselves when you are not with them. Leave them with plenty of toys, a drink of milk, a drink of water, and some biscuits, that always gets them through.
Then we go through the whole routine again at lunchtime. When I get home at lunchtime I usually move them into the conservatory, good to have a change of scenery. Of course, if it is too hot I won't move them through there, they just have another play in the kitchen.
And after work, we take the pups out and have them on the deck with us while we catch up on the day. I always have a bed or two for them to hop into when they are tired, somewhere for them to retreat to and be warm in the sun.
Then back to the kitchen where they get under my feet while I cook dinner, into their pen for their own dinner, and out again for a major play in the evening.
This is our typical day, it keeps me busy, and we get hours of entertainment watching them. Wonderful wee darlings.