New puppies!!!

Pile O' Puppies

Maddy has always wanted a Welsh Corgi. I think we need more Great Pyrs to help with the guarding (we have a predator problem that's proving difficult to overcome...more on this later).

So - as fate would have it - I've found the perfect solution!

Last night I picked up four half Corgi, half Pyrenees puppies. They are absolutely, positively adorable. And big. Really big. They're 8 weeks old and probably twice the size of our rat terrier, Spunky. (Spunky has gone to stay with Grandma Pat for a little while - I don't think she could handle the exuberance of these four pups. Even the cat is cowed, which gives me a secret little pleasure).

One thing I have discovered is that 4 big puppies = a HUGE mess.

There's one female who is short haired and relatively short legged... Julia.
There's a BIG fuzzy male, mostly white with a couple of black spots... Jack.
Another BIG fuzzy male, brown with a black face.... Gizmo
Another BIG fuzzy male, brown with just a black nose... Bear
(I'll post pictures this evening)

Craig introduced Jack to Abby today and she seemed very accepting, thankfully. Abby also seemed to fall in love with Gizmo, but she wasn't a big fan of Julia. Bear is not feeling so well and has a bit of diarrhea. So, Jack and Gizmo can head out to the goat pen soon for their basic guard training from Abby. Julia has been chosen to become the "duck duck goose" guard. On Saturday I'll build her a dog house and run out by the waterfowl pond so that she can begin to get acclimated to them. Bear will remain inside until he's feeling better, then we'll decide what his farm role will be.

After all that happens I can quit cleaning up poop and pee.... YAY!

Julia





Jack and Craig




Bear





Gizmo