A new adventure

Now that we have finished up most of the remodel, and I am making inroads on the garden attack of the Weeds of the Overwhelming Variety, it should come as no surprise that we have not had enough chaos in the house in the last few weeks. This is expected to be remedied in the near future by the addition of a puppy. We looked around and researched breeds and have decided that an English Springer Spaniel will fit our requirements nicely.

These requirements being: good family dog, will play nicely with wee humans, will be of the hunter/retriever variety, and is large enough that Nate cannot injure it if he runs into in the dark hallway and small enough so that even when it is full grown it will look like I am walking it and not vice versa.

We are lucky enough to have two breeders for English Springers just a short drive away, and so were able to find a litter that will be old enough to take home yet this summer. This weekend we went to visit the puppies at the breeder. They are about 4wks old, and do not stop moving.

The whelping box is divided into two parts, one with a heat lamp, and the other with water and mom. This ideally will give mom a break when she starts weaning them. I'm not sure how long this 'break' will last seeing as they are getting quite adept at climbing over the partition.

The puppies have just started exploring around, and are not content with their side of the box.

They also like shoelaces.

And they are just now big enough to see over the edge of mom's water bowl.

Finally one stood still long enough for me to get a good picture.

One more month until we find out who will get to come home with us. That also means one month to get the house and garden puppy-proof. Oof.