Tuesday

Alice is continuing to eat well and drink plenty of goats milk. The pups are content and it's only Morse who gets a bit frustrated at finding a teat to his liking. He only likes the back two and we are trying to make sure he gets first go at those so they aren't empty by the time he gets on one. Alice is happy to spend a bit more time away from them and we don't have to put them in the other box any more as she is much better at getting back in with them - we herd them together under the pig rails and she gets in and lies down and waits for them. She counts them all and know how many she has and is much more relaxed about them being further away from her in the whelping box. Good job really as Murdoch likes to crawl around and get in the corners.  Alice went for a paddle in the stream in the garden today which was nice for her and washed off her legs. The pups like to lie across her back legs when she is lying down, which would explain that early trait of behaviour for when they grow up and sleep across human legs in bed!!!