the SODA PUP TOO Litter
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KKR Ayana de Samba - "Ayana"
KKR Ayana de Samba - "Ayana"
BORN: February 26, 2016
Open Happiness - 4/15/16 - 7 Weeks Old
Get your HAPPY on because the Soda Pups Too are big, bold and ready to bounce into your arms!! The sweet little monsters, I mean DARLINGS!!, have grown so much this week in sooo many ways!!
Weaning is complete and they are eating like champions. To help them get ready to adjust to a new home, they are eating only twice a day now, which is a good schedule for the rest of their lives and will hopefully fit into their new family’s schedule. A little warm water, added to their food right before you feed it, for the rest of their lives, will slow the speed of eating, decreases the choke factor, still makes them chew which is good for their teeth going in and good for everything going out!!
They have become their own little selves with personalities unique to each one of them. Now we just have to match the right puppy to the right family!!! They have become more confident in themselves and are up to something almost all the time, especially when they are in a little herd urging each other on!!
They are much more puppy-like physically too. They can run, climb, hop, skip, jump and torment each other relentlessly. Fortunately, spring has been good to us this week so we are able to take them on our “walk abouts” a couple times a day. It helps to let them run around, be crazy, and get some energy used up!!! It is also a great time for me to watch and observe how each reacts to new and different experiences. Very telling sometimes. Also very telling, is taking their last set of pictures. They are alone in my fancy photography booth (a chair covered by a blanket!), all alone with just Grandma June trying to catch them being themselves, alone with a kind of scary lion thing and a couple cans of soda!!!
On some really nice days, they get to play in the BIG puppy play pen where they share a chain link fence with all their older relatives, experience birds, trees, bugs and all other good smelling things!! They like meeting their extended family members and is the beginning of good dog socialization skills.
They were off to their final vet check this week too. All body parts get checked and recorded on their health records. They got weighed (the heaviest was Mello Yello at 14.8 lbs, the lightest was Ruby Red at 11.8 lbs) They got another dose of that yummy wormer stuff, poked with a little needle for their first puppy vaccination, and poked again with a BIG needle with the microchip in it. Big needle = BIG benefit if they are ever lost or stolen. Hearts, lungs, testicles (all the boys had the required two!), teeth all checked out great. The Soda Pups Too litter were a big hit with all who enjoy helping with them at the clinic!!!
Females:
Ruby Red – dark red wheaten, very dark mask, very little white on feet, small spot on chest, great ridge. Easy going, happy go lucky, watchful and observant, a thinker
7 Up – dark red wheaten, very dark mask, no white on feet, big spot on chest, great ridge. Gentle, quiet, lap lover, so willing to please, curious
Sierra Mist – red wheaten, dark mask, very little white on feet, wild spot on chest, great ridge. Expressive, spunky, silly, adventurous, fun
Sunkist – reddish gold wheaten, very dark mask, front white socks, small spot on chest, great ridge. Attentive, loves attention, first in line for everything
Ginger Ale – red wheaten, dark mask, white socks on front, big spot on chest, great ridge.
Silly, sassy, playful, goofy, happy
Males:
Barq’s - dark red wheaten, very dark mask, no white on feet, small spot on chest, great ridge. Confident, curious, lots of swag, likes to hug
Mello Yello – reddish gold wheaten, medium mask, very little white on feet, big spot on chest, great ridge. Laid back, big galoot, snuggly, huggable, squeeze me attitude
Pibb - dark red wheaten, very dark mask, very little white on feet, big spot on chest, great ridge. The BIG easy, happy go lucky, eager to please
Live Wire - dark red wheaten, very dark mask, white on front feet, small spot on chest, great ridge. Spunky, full of himself, go getter, action seeker
Vanilla Coke - red wheaten, dark mask, white on front feet, big spot on chest, great ridge.
Kind, gentle, sweet, don’t worry/be happy attitude
Weaning is complete and they are eating like champions. To help them get ready to adjust to a new home, they are eating only twice a day now, which is a good schedule for the rest of their lives and will hopefully fit into their new family’s schedule. A little warm water, added to their food right before you feed it, for the rest of their lives, will slow the speed of eating, decreases the choke factor, still makes them chew which is good for their teeth going in and good for everything going out!!
They have become their own little selves with personalities unique to each one of them. Now we just have to match the right puppy to the right family!!! They have become more confident in themselves and are up to something almost all the time, especially when they are in a little herd urging each other on!!
They are much more puppy-like physically too. They can run, climb, hop, skip, jump and torment each other relentlessly. Fortunately, spring has been good to us this week so we are able to take them on our “walk abouts” a couple times a day. It helps to let them run around, be crazy, and get some energy used up!!! It is also a great time for me to watch and observe how each reacts to new and different experiences. Very telling sometimes. Also very telling, is taking their last set of pictures. They are alone in my fancy photography booth (a chair covered by a blanket!), all alone with just Grandma June trying to catch them being themselves, alone with a kind of scary lion thing and a couple cans of soda!!!
On some really nice days, they get to play in the BIG puppy play pen where they share a chain link fence with all their older relatives, experience birds, trees, bugs and all other good smelling things!! They like meeting their extended family members and is the beginning of good dog socialization skills.
They were off to their final vet check this week too. All body parts get checked and recorded on their health records. They got weighed (the heaviest was Mello Yello at 14.8 lbs, the lightest was Ruby Red at 11.8 lbs) They got another dose of that yummy wormer stuff, poked with a little needle for their first puppy vaccination, and poked again with a BIG needle with the microchip in it. Big needle = BIG benefit if they are ever lost or stolen. Hearts, lungs, testicles (all the boys had the required two!), teeth all checked out great. The Soda Pups Too litter were a big hit with all who enjoy helping with them at the clinic!!!
Females:
Ruby Red – dark red wheaten, very dark mask, very little white on feet, small spot on chest, great ridge. Easy going, happy go lucky, watchful and observant, a thinker
7 Up – dark red wheaten, very dark mask, no white on feet, big spot on chest, great ridge. Gentle, quiet, lap lover, so willing to please, curious
Sierra Mist – red wheaten, dark mask, very little white on feet, wild spot on chest, great ridge. Expressive, spunky, silly, adventurous, fun
Sunkist – reddish gold wheaten, very dark mask, front white socks, small spot on chest, great ridge. Attentive, loves attention, first in line for everything
Ginger Ale – red wheaten, dark mask, white socks on front, big spot on chest, great ridge.
Silly, sassy, playful, goofy, happy
Males:
Barq’s - dark red wheaten, very dark mask, no white on feet, small spot on chest, great ridge. Confident, curious, lots of swag, likes to hug
Mello Yello – reddish gold wheaten, medium mask, very little white on feet, big spot on chest, great ridge. Laid back, big galoot, snuggly, huggable, squeeze me attitude
Pibb - dark red wheaten, very dark mask, very little white on feet, big spot on chest, great ridge. The BIG easy, happy go lucky, eager to please
Live Wire - dark red wheaten, very dark mask, white on front feet, small spot on chest, great ridge. Spunky, full of himself, go getter, action seeker
Vanilla Coke - red wheaten, dark mask, white on front feet, big spot on chest, great ridge.
Kind, gentle, sweet, don’t worry/be happy attitude
7 Weeks Old - Click to Enlarge
Barq's
Live Wire
Mello Yellos
Pibb
Vanilla Coke
Ginger Ale
Ruby Red
7 Up
Sierra Mist
Sunkist
Feel the BURN - 4/6/16 - 5.5 Weeks Old
Like the ‘pop’ of a soda can being opened, the Soda Pups Too have POPPED!!! They have really grown again this week (all weigh between 9-10 pounds), turned into puppies in every way, and are feeling the BURN of life in the fast lane!!!
They are soooo much fun now, but a little naughty as well. They are running, hopping, climbing, rockin’ and rollin”. They love to engage each other in biting, wrestling, growling and piling on!!! We have introduced toys to encourage them to chew on something else besides each other. Poor toys – they suffer so!! Ayana loves playing with her puppies, but really does not appreciate the teeth and claws of the Soda Pups Too, so her visits with they are short and sweet, and looks extremely uncomfortable!! She no longer lays down to feed them, so they hang from her to eat. Ayana’s long suffering look speaks volumes about how she feels about it. Weaning has moved ahead quickly – the pups are very good at eating their yummy puppy mush and really don’t make as big a mess as they used to. Due to their full tummies, they spend a lot less time eating with Ayana and instead just play with her. Ayana and their full sister, Safiri (formerly Sunkist) love to play with the little monsters, I mean darlings!, which thankfully tires them out!!
Speaking of yummy – another worming with the delicious yellow stuff!!! In the future, you will want to remember that the life cycle of an intestinal worm is 3-4 weeks, so worming them every month is a MUST for a puppy. Another annoying toenail trim - a monthly torture humans insist on and I strongly recommend. Bribing them with wonderful treats and making it fun and pleasurable will help in the future. You might want to consider getting them used to a dremel tool very young as well. Dremels work very well but you have to be careful how you do it. You can utube it to see examples. Despite doubling the size of their sleep and play area, the litterbox training has gone very well. They rarely go where they are not supposed to which is GREAT and keeps their bedroom much cleaner. They are even sleeping most of the night in a warm pile of puppiness!!
It is warming up some here, Yeah, winter might be over!! On one particularly beautiful warm day, we introduced the Soda Pups Too to the great outdoors – a whole new WORLD!! GRASS, cars, big dog relatives, bugs, tractors, sights and sounds galore!!! It is overwhelming the first few times they are outside so they stick pretty close to their humans. They each respond a little differently and adjust a little differently, so it is a great opportunity to watch them becoming their own unique little selves.
All of the Soda Pups Too are just sweet little darlings right now, but in the next few weeks, they will begin to develop their own unique personalities that will help us, help you, pick the right puppy for YOU and your family!! It is so much fun to watch them become their own little selves!! I have tried to describe them below - keep in mind the color variances are very subtle!
Females:
Ruby Red – dark red wheaten, very dark mask, very little white on feet, small spot on chest, great ridge
7 Up – dark red wheaten, very dark mask, no white on feet, big spot on chest, great ridge
Sierra Mist – red wheaten, dark mask, very little white on feet, spotchy spot on chest, great ridge
Sunkist – reddish gold wheaten, very dark mask, front white socks, small spot on chest, great ridge
Ginger Ale – red wheaten, dark mask, white socks on front, big spot on chest, great ridge
Males:
Barq’s - dark red wheaten, very dark mask, no white on feet, small spot on chest, great ridge
Mellow Yellow – reddish gold wheaten, medium mask, very little white on feet, big spot on chest, great ridge
Pibb - dark red wheaten, very dark mask, very little white on feet, big spot on chest, great ridge
Live Wire - dark red wheaten, very dark mask, white on front feet, small spot on chest, great ridge
Vanilla Coke - red wheaten, dark mask, white on front feet, big spot on chest, great ridge
Get ready for the ‘burn’ you will feel when you see your puppy for the first time!!
They are soooo much fun now, but a little naughty as well. They are running, hopping, climbing, rockin’ and rollin”. They love to engage each other in biting, wrestling, growling and piling on!!! We have introduced toys to encourage them to chew on something else besides each other. Poor toys – they suffer so!! Ayana loves playing with her puppies, but really does not appreciate the teeth and claws of the Soda Pups Too, so her visits with they are short and sweet, and looks extremely uncomfortable!! She no longer lays down to feed them, so they hang from her to eat. Ayana’s long suffering look speaks volumes about how she feels about it. Weaning has moved ahead quickly – the pups are very good at eating their yummy puppy mush and really don’t make as big a mess as they used to. Due to their full tummies, they spend a lot less time eating with Ayana and instead just play with her. Ayana and their full sister, Safiri (formerly Sunkist) love to play with the little monsters, I mean darlings!, which thankfully tires them out!!
Speaking of yummy – another worming with the delicious yellow stuff!!! In the future, you will want to remember that the life cycle of an intestinal worm is 3-4 weeks, so worming them every month is a MUST for a puppy. Another annoying toenail trim - a monthly torture humans insist on and I strongly recommend. Bribing them with wonderful treats and making it fun and pleasurable will help in the future. You might want to consider getting them used to a dremel tool very young as well. Dremels work very well but you have to be careful how you do it. You can utube it to see examples. Despite doubling the size of their sleep and play area, the litterbox training has gone very well. They rarely go where they are not supposed to which is GREAT and keeps their bedroom much cleaner. They are even sleeping most of the night in a warm pile of puppiness!!
It is warming up some here, Yeah, winter might be over!! On one particularly beautiful warm day, we introduced the Soda Pups Too to the great outdoors – a whole new WORLD!! GRASS, cars, big dog relatives, bugs, tractors, sights and sounds galore!!! It is overwhelming the first few times they are outside so they stick pretty close to their humans. They each respond a little differently and adjust a little differently, so it is a great opportunity to watch them becoming their own unique little selves.
All of the Soda Pups Too are just sweet little darlings right now, but in the next few weeks, they will begin to develop their own unique personalities that will help us, help you, pick the right puppy for YOU and your family!! It is so much fun to watch them become their own little selves!! I have tried to describe them below - keep in mind the color variances are very subtle!
Females:
Ruby Red – dark red wheaten, very dark mask, very little white on feet, small spot on chest, great ridge
7 Up – dark red wheaten, very dark mask, no white on feet, big spot on chest, great ridge
Sierra Mist – red wheaten, dark mask, very little white on feet, spotchy spot on chest, great ridge
Sunkist – reddish gold wheaten, very dark mask, front white socks, small spot on chest, great ridge
Ginger Ale – red wheaten, dark mask, white socks on front, big spot on chest, great ridge
Males:
Barq’s - dark red wheaten, very dark mask, no white on feet, small spot on chest, great ridge
Mellow Yellow – reddish gold wheaten, medium mask, very little white on feet, big spot on chest, great ridge
Pibb - dark red wheaten, very dark mask, very little white on feet, big spot on chest, great ridge
Live Wire - dark red wheaten, very dark mask, white on front feet, small spot on chest, great ridge
Vanilla Coke - red wheaten, dark mask, white on front feet, big spot on chest, great ridge
Get ready for the ‘burn’ you will feel when you see your puppy for the first time!!
5.5 Weeks Old - Click to Enlarge
Pibb - Male
Vanilla Coke - Male
Live Wire - Male
Mellow Yellow - Male
Barq's - Male
Ginger Ale - Female
Ruby Red - Female
7 Up - Female
Sierra Mist - Female
Sunkist - Female