The pups are doing great. Heart is looking after them well and she seems to be always feeding someone. They take turns most of the time, 3, 4 at the time and the others sleep. We have been doing the stimulation exercises with them and they are all doing GREAT! First day we put a pie plate on the blanket, put them in it and see how they react and how long does it take them to climb out. Not one puppy panicked, some did a short snooze and then all of the climbed out. We found out that they are not very found of bananas, which was a first thing other then mom and us they smelled. Mr. Black and Ms. Hot Pink positively hate bananas. The second time they went into the pie, they all knew how to get out very fast. Some liked orange, which was the next smell we introduced to stimulate their olfactory senses, most were intrigued, some liked it better than the banana. Most of their eyes have now a little visible shiny line, so their eyes will open soon. Their sense of smell is awesome! They like to cuddle and don't mind being turned upside down and ticked on their stomachs is their favorite. We are going to go with the cat's hair next, that is always a hit with puppies! Hopefully, Niky will not mind me pulling few hairs out, she leaves enough of them on the sofa!  Diane and Dan came over on Sunday and we have lots of pictures and video of each individual puppy that Dan made. They are too large to post on the web site, but we are planning to make up couple of CD for you guys to take home with your puppy so you can have it in your scrap book for your munchkin. We will not decide till the last days of week 8, who gets what puppy. We do evaluation, temperament and conformation 2 days before they are 8 weeks. You will just have to be patient and trust me to pick a right puppy for you. Love all of them for now, they are so sweet, although they still look like aliens, they will be looking more and more like Vizslas.

I promise! LOL
Week 1 - "We are 1 week old" puppy pictures:

First section is pups at 4 days old - first pie plate and smell test.

Oh, how sweet is that? Mr. Red tired from all those tests!

Miss Pink (no ribbon showing)

Only Miss Hot Pink liked the banana long enough to really sniff it!

Ms. Hot Pink enjoys belly tickle, Look at their brand new paw pads! So new and shiny. So sweet.

These are latest pictures from this Sunday (Sept 17) pie plate, orange and nail cutting.

Second time around getting out of the pie plate is a breeze!

This smells better than that last thing!

Frank got the honors of doing the nails while Diane holds them for him.

Do I look more grown up to you? See my eyes are still just slits, but they will be opening soon!

Dont like oranges! Get me out of here!

Mr. Green, what a face! So handsome.

I rather have my nails cut than smell that!

I am just so cute! No wonder they gave me HOT PINK!

This is becoming so boooring! Don't you have more challenging tasks for me?

Ok, Ok, I didn't mean that!

Miss Pink was so fast, all the pictures are blurred! LOL

Miss Purple, what a cute munchkin!