Conformation photos

The pups had their initial conformation evaluation...not all the puppies cooperated!

Raksha

Nathoo
Sahi
Kotick

Hathi

Darzee

Bagheera

Akeela

Week 5

The pups started using their Weana Feeda system this week. It is supposed to help prevent food guarding as pups get their own bowls and don't need to compete for food. I like it because it helps me make sure each pup is getting a full share.
Mmmmmm...the pups love meal time!

Raksha, Darzee, and Nathoo decide to invade the toybox...after they have dragged all the toys out

Raksha shows off her prize

Chili and the pups, moments before she regurgitates some food for the puppies. It is interesting how much instinct dogs retain from their days in the wild

Chili plays with the puppies

Cornelia takes over babysitting duty. She LOVES the puppies and rarely is away from them for more than a moment

Raksha sees a tasty bug and Darzee starts his career as a digger

Hathi follows a good smell

Nathoo leads Akela on a trek around the side of the house

play time

more play- I love Nathoo's expression of puppyhood ( to the left, in the middle)

Cornelia and Hathi play while Kotick chews a bone

Wrestling

Poor Katsuk- she is a good mom and does not want to tell them NO

Nathoo thinks the pinecones will make good toys

Bagheera and Sahi snooze together

Kotick is a good self entertainer- a trait that I appreciate in a puppy

Hathi falls asleep while chewing a bone

The puppies enjoy visitors. One of the things I like about placing puppies locally is a built in pool of puppy socializers! Here a family, who owns a pup from my first Moonsong litter, comes by to play with the current litter

fun times

Sahi enjoys a rest

4 weeks

Faethe gives Katsuk a break- she is very tolerant
Kotick tries to grab a slurp

Luckily Faethe is almost finished with her AKC CH because she will be missing half her ears pretty soon!

The pups explore their new daytime pen.

Raksha taunts her brothers.

Raksha in the middle of play again- she is a wild girl

We are running out of room at the milkbar! I like Hathi's sideways sneak.

Now Nathoo comes in from the top

Kila is now allowed some close, supervised play time with the puppies

The pups love new playmates

The first meal went very well. Unfortunately, I did not get a lot of fun pictures of messy pups. They were too good and went right to eating.

Darzee and Raksha clean off faces

Hathi is the first one in- no wonder he is 1lb heavier than the nearest pup!

Yumm!! Mom's foot is a good substitute for a toy

Jiggles checks out the pups

Cornelia is the one that babysits the pups the most

Chili joins in on the fun

Darzee tries out the TV tray

Akela- 4 weeks

Akela- he is a nice middle of the road pup in temperament

Sahi- 4 weeks

Sahi is also a just plain nice pup

Raksha found the first aid kit and decides to check it out. She unzipped it in seconds- smart girl!

Raksha plays with her new sheep

Raksha may be a spitfire but she is also a big cuddler and always is the first pup to me when called

Raksha looking like an angel- she doesn't fool me!

Nathoo - 4 weeks (Akela is snoozing in the background- looking very cute)

Nathoo plays with Faethe. He and Darzee are the first to do everything and the first into everything. He is very bold

Nathoo recharges for more action

He is zonked

Darzee tries to resist falling asleep-he is the most playful pup and runs around shaking every toy and zooms around every space.

Darzee needs to make sure nothing is going on before he takes a nap

There goes Darzee

This is the closest I could get to a shot of him standing still

Hathi(tawny) tries to hamstring Bagheera

Hathi snoozes. He is my laziest pup and my largest pup. When he does play, he wades right in like the elephant he is named after. Luckily he is good natured

Bagheera finds a comfy corner

Bagheera checks out the tv- he is a very sweet pup and almost never gets into mischief

Kotick- 4 weeks- he is a watch before doing type pup and is very smart. He will watch the other pups try to scramble around a gate and will then go right around it. He is my most cuddly pup and loves people.

Kotick snoozes

More nap time- he just looks so sweet