Thank goodness for the warming trend in weather! We've never had a litter so late to get to explore the outside world and today was the perfect day for it.
Because they're a bit older than normal (by about a week and a half), they were much braver and bolder than younger pups are outside. They REALLY enjoyed sprinting back and forth on our long back deck, and of course, sniffing EVERYTHING (the name of the game was "noses to the ground" today), and eating every leaf, stick, and pinecone they found.
Enjoy!
Grandpa Alfredo (Lyla's dad)
Rabbit and Zoot having a wrestling match on one of the raised beds.
Dingo & Patsy
Papa Baxter and Dingo
Patsy & Concorde
Concorde and his green holey roller ball.
Grandpa Alfredo, Rabbit, and Concorde
Papa Baxter and Zoot
Dingo exploring the raised beds.
Grandpa Alfredo
Zoot and Patsy
Grandma Trinity (Lyla's mom) & Concorde out in the yard with a bit of cousin Scarlet.
Concorde - mountain climbin'
Concorde doing a "Rin Tin Tin" impersonation
Not to be outdone by his son, Baxter doing his own Rin Tin Tin impersonation
Baxter & Dingo
Cousin Brie and 1/2 sister Bug
Bok Choy, Brie, Bug, and Baxter
Family Unit - Mama Brie, Baby Bug, and Daddy Baxter
Patsy!
Concorde
Daddy Baxter - showing off what Zoot & Concorde will look like when they're grown up - there's something so striking about a shiny black whippet!
Concorde
Dingo and a bit of Baxter
Zoot
Concorde and Dingo and a bit of Rabbit
1/2 Sister, Bug!
Sniffy Rabbit
Sniffy Zoot
Sniffy Dingo
Concorde, Baxter, Dingo, and a bit of Zoot
Patsy
Bug
Sniffy Patsy & Sniffy Concorde
Killer Rabbit
Concorde
Zoot
Zoot & Rabbit
Concorde and a bit of Dingo
Patsy
Out in the yard - Zoot
Rabbit
As soon as the pups venture out into the big yard, the adults go on alert, and begin to take up sentry positions to make sure the pups don't wander too far, and no predators can snatch them.
Grandma Trinity and Great-grandpa Johnson
Grandma Trinity
Here we go! Out into the yard (most pups stay on the deck the first few times they go outside, but these guys were brave and ventured out into the yard the very first time!)
Dingo
Patsy and a bit of cousin Brie
Rabbit checking out her great uncle Chewy's favorite tire toy.
Big sister, Bug, showing the pups about eating snow!
Baxter & Zoot
Zoot
Patsy
Zoot and a bit of Brie
Concorde and Brie
Daddy Baxter and Killer Rabbit
Black and White Puppies on the baby bed...
And Black and White Adults on the upper bunk! (Great-Aunt Theodora and Dots)
