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They’re finally here!

Just look at those precious little faces!

This is Diesel:

And this is Dolly:

They had a very long day yesterday, but they were good the entire trip. When we got home they ate, drank, and went potty, and then we introduced them to their crate.

They LOVE their crate. We put the same blanket inside it that they layed on during the trip. Bernie and I wore old shirts the day before we picked up the pups, and then we put the shirts in the crate with them for the trip home, in the hopes they would become more familiar with our scents on the trip. We’ve done this with our previous dogs, and it seemed to help. We added those to their crate in the house and they specifically slept on them last night.

Dolly likes to pile on top of poor Diesel and use him as a chew toy.

He doesn’t seem to mind too much. She’s nearly twice his size at this point. They are just so darn cute together. They are exactly two months old today, so they are still very much babies.

All along I’ve worried about how the puppies would react to the chickens, and specifically how they would react to Duke. Well, it’s not the puppies I should have worried about. Duke has tried to attack them twice today, and when we picked them up as he approached the last time, he ended up flogging me. You can imagine just how well that went over with me. I handed Bernie the puppy I was holding, and then snatched Duke up and carried him around quite a while. He was still upset when I put him down, so I ended up turning him on his back and carrying like that for a bit. He calmed right down, and managed to behave the rest of the day. I guess we’re all just going to have to work this out so everyone can live in harmony.

The puppies had us up several times last night. Dolly’s whine sounds much like a fire whistle. It is loud, piercing, and doesn’t stop until she gets the attention she thinks she deserves. She woke us up with that whine a few times last night. Talk about a rude awakening! But the good news is that they both pottied right away when we took them outside. So far we’ve only had two “accidents” in the house.

We are just tickled to death with Diesel and Dolly. They are such sweet natured little puppies and just as cute as they can be. And what’s a homestead without a couple of dogs to keep an eye on things for you? Elvis and Priscilla have peeked in on them a few times, but they’re still a little annoyed with us for going against their wishes and bringing the puppies home in the first place.

Puppies are a lot of work. They really are worth it, though. I did let them know they are much cuter during the day than they are at 2AM. MUCH cuter.

Bee Free,
Penny

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