2 weeks old

The puppies are now 2 weeks old.  Alice is still unhappy to leave them for anything other than a short trip to the garden and seems quite happy spending all her time in the whelping box with her babies.  Today we saw Monk's eyes open from time to time but both he and Lottie still have them shut for some of the time.  Maybe they didn't like what they saw when they opened them!  Murdoch's don't appear as tightly shut as they were so we think he will be next.  He has been trying to stand up today and is almost there, no doubt the blog will have many antics to write about once he is fully mobile.  At the moment they are all sleeping most of the day, only moving to get food or find their litter mates.  I suppose in a couple of weeks time we will look back and long for these quiet days.

They seem to change almost overnight and their heads are starting to take shape.  Their ears are hanging down a bit more, no longer the little tabs they were born with, and all seem to have nice ear sets at the moment.  Jan hasn't seen them for a few days and today the two things she noticed most were how much bigger and how the colour is coming through, especially on their legs.

We have tried to avoid having people come to the house and have put a notice up on the door asking visitors not to ring the bell or knock.  Today we had a planned visit from the TV man who was supposed to call before arriving in the afternoon.  I was upstairs just out of the shower while mum was puppy watching.  The ever alert Hudson started barking - the TV man is early and hasn't called first.  Mum is trying to keep Alice calm and Hudson quiet while I grab some clothes and organise Hudson and the TV man, still dripping wet.

Today's picture shows Lottie at the bottom of the pile, Monk is feeding, Morse is curled up in the foreground and Murdoch is being himself, noisily.  He is definitely the most vocal in the litter.