Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Profile Pictures

The pups are doing really well.  Fat, healthy and happy.  They have started exploring and playing a lot more over the last few days which is fun to watch, their personalities are really starting to show.  Their teeth are coming through quickly and they are capable of delivering a surprising playful puppy nip when they want to, they also love ripping up the newspaper which covers the flat floor and attacking shoelaces.

Mum is fine, patient and tolerant as ever.  We have been calling her Mommy for so long that she responds to it, so decided to call her Molly as Mommy sounds terrible, like some men call their wives Mommy, its a bit gross.  I gave Molly a bath on Sunday because she was filthy so she is nice and clean.  Just needs a good brushing now.

Thought I would add profile pictures of each pup, I need to start looking for their homes so this will be a useful reference.   As I mentioned in the last post, the names have been given by my friends' kids, a 3 year old boy and 6 & 8 year old girls.  The names are only so I can keep track of weights etc.  Feel free to rename them if you take one!  So, in no particular order, let me introduce;

Cutie Pie (Female)...

Doggo (Male)...

Munchkin (Female)....

Poochie (Female) aka The Fat One....

Scampi (Male)....

Topsy (Male) aka Naughty...

Zach (Male) aka Ratty...


You wouldnt think by looking at her sad face but 'Poochie' has potentially found a home, so has 'Doggo'.  Neither are confirmed yet... hint hint particular reader...

'Zach aka Ratty' is named so because of his grey brown fur and rat like face, he is actually one of the cutest and loves a cuddle.

'Topsy aka Naughty' is very sweet, he is the most likely to try and steal from Molly's bowl and the one who explores furthest into the garden.  He has also figured out that if he stands in the food bowl no-one can get the food under him.  Needless to say he is getting fat.


Here are some action shots:


Cutie Pie punching Ratty in the face...


Cutie Pie, Doggo and Scampi exploring the garden...

Ratty having a play with his mom... 

Munchkin delivering a nip...

Ratty having a sleep on Nicky's lap...



Regarding their potential sizes and weights etc.  At just before 4 weeks the average pup weight was 1760g, by far the heaviest was Poochie at 2.3kg.  A 4 week old German Shepherd should weigh about 3.3kg (female) and 4.2kg (male), the male German Shepherd would grow to about 35kg, so at 4 weeks they are 12% of adult weight.  Based on this reasoning these pups will be about 21kg.  Females are not usually bigger than their mom and Molly is 26kg and knee high.  Obviously we don't know who 'Dad' is but I think its safe to say he was a medium sized multi-coloured township dog.  Expect the dogs to be a bit bigger than a Collie but smaller than a Lab or Alsatian. 

Thats it for now.  Will update again soon.  Pass the word around so we can find the best possible homes for these mutts.

2 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness, the photos are just too cute! What gorgeous little babies. I think they're all too beautiful, but I love Cutie Pie - especially in her action shot!

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