The puppies have become a regular fixture in our lives. They already have nicknames and everyone knows where each puppy prefers to sleep so they can be easily found and identified in the whelping box. We have noticed every subtle difference in the two.Squirrel, who is now affectionately known as Squirrely Q, is our content one. She keeps to a regular pattern of eat, sleep, mommy kisses, poop. She is a glutton and will go down the row of teats emptying the milk before falling back to sleep. A sure sign that she is Tioga's girl - both momma and baby LOVE their eats! She easily settles after anything that makes her cry or whine...hunger, tummy trouble, missing mama. Squirrel is using her first born status to claim the top tier of their little dog pile when the two are cuddling. She is bigger than Mudge by a few ounces and a slight shade darker. She likes to sleep right in the middle of the box with a blanket over her. Mostly on her belly but sometimes on her side. She is the quiet one of the pair - a stark contrast to a very vocal Mudge.
Mudge, who is now known as Mudger-Pie, is our little needy one. All in a good way, he just needs a little extra loving. He is our man-on-the-move. He was the first pup that ventured away from mom to explore the whelping box. All that moving means he doesn't like to stay still for a good long feeding or a proper bath from mom to encourage a poop. He is more of a snack, wiggle, whine, wiggle, nap, wiggle, kind of man. We have been holding him in place next to Tioga to to make sure he is getting his proper eats and baths. He has a great "voice" - hums when he eats, grunts when he wriggles across the whelping box, whines when there is an obstacle in his way (or when he wants to be back by Tioga but is just to tired to get there) and makes th
e cutest little lip smacking sounds when he sleeps. He loves sleeping on his back and having his tummy rubbed. This makes us smile because Tioga and many dogs in the GreatMountain line also love to sleep this way!We are dazzled by their little pudgy bodies scooting around on the whelping box floor. We are noticing little changes in them each day and are captivated by watching them grow.
