It seems like everything I touched this week did not work as planned. I went to video the puppies during Bio-sensor testing over the weekend and my video camera’s battery died half way through. I changed to my other little camera, which doesn’t have a front side view. Half the time I had the puppy out of frame. The entire attempt was a wash. I have charged the batteries on the little Sony camera and hope to get something on film tonight.
This morning I go to take photos of the puppies for there two weeks of age blog post. I set up a nice backdrop of a power blue sheet over the couch cushion. I get it positioned in front of the window for the best light. Well, I take 10 photos of little Douglas and the battery on my fancy camera dies. See a pattern here?
Hopefully within the next two days I will be fully charged and ready to get both video and photos of our little babies. Their eyes are open, they are starting to play a tiny bit and walk. They are super cute and sweet. Maybe I can get some video of them in the whelping box just hanging out.
Zelda is mellowing about the other dogs and I am guessing by weeks end I will be able to move the whelping box to the kitchen area. Flash is allowed to admire the puppies now without much protest and has returned to our room to sleep at night. Zelda really likes Flash, they get along. Flash dropped his kong into the box this morning while the kids and I were cuddling the babies. Zelda looked at him standing in the doorway and you could see her saying “Ok, that is fine, no closer please but now I keep that kong toy”. He was happy to share his toy with Zelda, and if you know Flash that simply does NOT happen. I let him sniff one of the babies and Zelda wasn’t bothered. She still doesn’t want Jazz and Mocha near the whelping box or the pups, but I wouldn’t want those two silly girls in there either at this point. Yesterday Keith and I were watching TV and holding puppies. Jazz came up to see what we were doing. I showed her the baby I was holding and she was very gentle and interested. Right then Zelda came out of the bedroom to check on the two puppies we had kidnapped. She saw Jazz near the baby and promptly walked over, laid her head over the puppy in my hands, resting her chin lightly on the puppy. She then looked Jazz right in the eye and raised her lip. Jazz glanced at me, at the puppy and Zelda, and slowly backed away. Jazz gave a little nervous smile and bounce once she was out of ‘snapping’ range saying “ok, I got it… I’m not near the baby, Zelda”. Zelda slowly lowered her lip but kept her head firmly over the puppy. It was so interesting to watch. Zelda isn’t mean, she is calm and confident that her wishes will be obeyed. She’s a real leader in that respect.
Keep your eyes peeled for photos and video over the next few days. It is sorely over due!