Day 57 - My last whole day with the family

Yesterday, Chris came over and set up a photoshoot that lasted about three hours in which the concept was me and Yishai holding the puppies.

Chris sets up the background. Fury supervises.

I really wanted to get some sweet family shots with everyone (and Fury) on the couch, but his batteries in the flash ran out, so I asked Chris to use my camera to at least try. Failure, so we called it a day.

Today I am going to try to do some stacked photos (but I will admit that I am not working with them to get them trained to stand pretty - so I do not expect fabulous results. But nonetheless, I think I would like them.

And I wanted to garden today with the puppies draped all around me, but unfortunately it's raining, so I will have to find a better way to spend my last day with all six (well, five, really, but since Rippa is my .5 of a dog, I'm not so worried about her. But I do feel like I should. I spent a fair amount with them yesterday, but one should never take for granted what one has. Tomorrow the plan is for me to take the bus down to work, and for Yishai to drive down with the puppies to pick me up (I work 30 miles from SLO, so it saves time, as I get off work at 7:00 pm), and then we'll drive down to Los Angeles to spend the night with a childhood friend of his, get up super early to wake them up and get their oats out, and then Firma and Curry will fly out to their new homes.

Fury wearing one of the shirts that I'm using to make smelly for the flights for comfort.

Reid will be taking a trip with me to the Bay Area to get picked up on Thursday or so. That leaves Fie and Moto, both of whom have homes in the works, but I wouldn't, at this point, say they are for sure. I'm kind of glad both puppies will be left with me a bit longer: Moto seems to really need some one on one attention that I'll be happy to give him, and Fie is so polite that I think some socialization in a smaller litter will be good for her.

Those of you who are astutely observant will have noticed from the webcam that I broke down and got new moss. It was SO beautiful! I totally forgot that's how the old moss started out! The difference being, the puppies are a lot more effective now, so clean moss = something awesome to totally destroy! Oooooops. There is a lot of potting soil in the puppy pen each day.

I'm finding it interesting that Fury has been singling out Rippa to "play with." When they're all out, she will seek her out specifically and play "bite the head" or try to roll her all the time. I think Rippa is coming back to her original hardcore personality and Fury sees it and is trying to regulate on her. We'll see, I guess. Either way, if she wants to be part of Fury and my family, she's gonna get regulated on - it's Fury's life goal to make all dogs responsible.

After the vet visit, we wondered what all the puppies weighed (Curry came in at 6.8 lbs, Firma a 6.9 lbs). True to his bearish form, Reid, who was formerly fairly small, is now the heavyweight of the litter at an even 10 lbs. Rippa came in at 7.4 lbs, Fie at 6.9, and Moto at 8.8. I wonder what that is like in relation to other litters.

Good night sweet hearts, good night! (Rippa is missing as she's with Yishai).