Callie Pups!New homes & Teaching Moments

[babsbag]

NOOOO. Not the pizza. She is spoiled for sure. I took Sig some broth for her food tonight and she was like "where's the beef ??"...broth on her kibble wasn't good enough.

 

[goats&moregoats]

so glad to hear Callie is doing better. The pups are just tooooooooo cute!

 

[Southern by choice]

I put up the pics for the DNA stuff on the wrong thread LOL
But they are up

http://www.backyardherds.com/threads/dna-pics-pups-2-9.30664/page-2#post-383383

 

[Southern by choice]

So, I have narrowed down my favorites. I have 5!
That is only half the litter.

3 of the pintos PT and the silver/grey
# 8,9,10,3,4 I also really like #2 Not Leo...

#8 was one of my "growler" pups I started working with at 3 weeks. He learned very quickly and of course what usually happens, happened... he is "my" boy. Now when I reach down to pet him he lays down on his side rolls on his back and wants his belly rubbed.
They all give kisses and are learning not to nibble as they kiss.

Knowing this is going to probably be our last litter it makes it especially difficult as each one is part of my heart.

The kids will bring in a pup randomly for some social time. This is good as we see whether they will explore the house. Some have learned how to get to the kitchen. LOL gotta love a LGD pup! They are also being exposed to the cat and the housedogs.

This weekend we will work with the pups for problem solving (phase 1) and also sudden "new" environment... we will see how well they adjust who will try to get back to the "familiar" place, are they stressed? are they relaxed? do they explore?
Trying to get back to their familiar place is not a negative... unless they are frantic or stressed. They will get to be around some chickens too. I can only work successfully with a few at a time... no way can I do 10 and observe all of them at once.
This is the part I LOVE!

They will be moved to their new area. They will be right along side the goats and chickens. The goats are very curious about these "new" creatures. My males in that area are Badger and Chunk (the 10 month pup)... Chunk loves them and always tries to go in their stall. Silly boy.
They will also be introduced.
No food issues, no possessiveness yet.

 

[Southern by choice]

We have been taking Callie out to the front field (convenience as well as she doesn't need to really work) with Chunk and Badger.
She is loving it!
D and Tiggs can see her from their field... they howl (well Tiggs does) for her.
She gets along great with the boys. The real test was us bringing Eliza (the other 10 month pup) in. Eliza has been in the dry lot because she has been in heat. She finished up (Thankfully UGH) and we brought her in... a few times it looked like they were gonna "go". Callie can be fully engaged but she will obey my command, but only mine, so I instructed everyone that if they "go" get out of the way... I'll be there asap but don't touch them! Well they never ended up "going" Eliza I think realized Callie is not something she would want to mess with ... yet... these dogs are smart when it comes to understanding the pecking order. From that point on Eliza kept trying to get Callie to play with her.
Callie would not play... snot!

Put her pups in another outdoor yard inside the field. They loved it! She wanted to play with her pups so bad but when we let her in with them yep... all they wanted was a teat! So that was a no go. Took a few pups into the field. They were loving it and exploring. Looking at chickens, and baby goats. They were a little scared of the baby goats.

Today we will get a few more out and about!

 

[bonbean01]

Love your dogs and pups and love the updates!!! My nephew's wife is a musher and when her 5 dogs all of a sudden start to "go" it is very scary and she goes right in there with the teeth, claws and fighting and has it all okay pretty quickly....whew....glad you didn't have to do that today !!!!

 

[Southern by choice]

Got a few pics yesterday

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Ahhhhhhhhhh - they are cuter every day!

 

[bonbean01]

 

[Sweetened]

awh gosh, i just love that nose picture!