05/24/2024
Cross L’s Mr Boo X Pawesome Lil Gemma
Candy Litter Update
Happy Friday Everyone!
This will be a bit of a lengthy update, so please prepare yourselves for a little reading. 🙃
We sold our Lightbox to Catherine to use for the future litters at her house so we wouldn’t have to bring it back and forth, and bought a smaller one for here. I went to try it out on Tuesday, unfortunately the lighting was a major let down and despite everything that Calena and I had tried, photos did not turn out at all and were too dark to even attempt to “brighten” in post processing. So we are waiting for the additional alternative lighting sources to come in the mail before trying the Lightbox again (or any indoor pics). Chances are we won’t use the Lightbox until the next litter as the Candy Litter is much more active and the weather has been mostly favorable so we will be focusing more on outdoor shoots.
Was going to try doing a photoshoot on Wednesday since Tuesday was a bust, unfortunately with the rain, it set off a bad M.S. bout, so the puppies and I just hung out and cuddled while I recovered. 💕 Their cuddles and snuggles sure help! 🥰
Was still shaky yesterday morning, but fortunately was feeling better by the afternoon and it was a really nice day out, so once I had help, we set up a little pen outside & brought the puppies out two hours prior to their PM feeding schedule and hung out for a little over an hour.
Here is the link to the video:
Candy Litter @ 6 Wks Outdoors
https://youtu.be/RZTvZeIFuQw
The video shows how they are progressing in adjusting to a “new set up”. It’s taking them on an average of 5 minutes to adjust and become more like their normal selves as opposed to last week which was an average of 15 minutes to adjust to a new setting.
The phone memory ran out before I reached 20 minutes and had to switch over to the canon camera for quick photos (need to get a longer range lens before I will have the ability to use the canon camera for taking videos).
Next time I will be waiting until they have settled in before starting to record so y’all can enjoy more funny moments 💕
The photos posted are posted in the order taken, and regrettably, I had to really rush as the pesky mosquitoes were getting worse as the evening progressed. I did not want to make them suffer them while trying to figure out the best settings for outdoor pics. These photos have only been cropped, the shadows brightened, and the Clarity set to 30 in post processing. So, since it was so rushed, and since they go through very rapid changes over the next couple of weeks, I am going to work on doing more frequent photoshoots to help y’all follow along in their progress 💕 I won’t always be able to upload on the same day taken due to the importing process, but they will get posted.
I want to take a moment and thank our clients in particular for their patience during this “new camera” phase, especially with my phone no longer being reliable for photos. A cousin of mine who is a professional photographer has generously offered for me to come and visit her to go over my camera & to give me pointers so I can bring y’all the best quality photos of the precious furbabies! 🥰 I am hoping to take her up on her offer this Sunday, depending on her availability.
Back to the puppies, they are doing great with weekly baths, nail trimming / filing, brushing, and are taking to the solids very well. They have been lightly introduced to crating by eating their meals in individual puppy kennels. Their toys have been and are rotated out every couple of days to keep things fresh and to continue exposing them to various sounds, textures, and smells. They are now at that age where they’re getting longer one on one sessions to begin weaning them of their dependency on each other and be that much more prepared for their fur-ever homes. The next couple of weeks is going to be very busy for them, in all stages. 😄 Funny how every single litter Gemma’s had, the first 5 weeks are pretty slow then at 6-10 weeks they seem to progress very rapidly! Hard to believe this is her last one. Right now, Butterfinger is the heaviest, 2nd largest. Bazooka is the largest, 2nd heaviest. Jellybean is same as Ring Pop in size and is the 3rd heaviest, and Ring Pop is the lightest.
Currently, at this point the puppies’ personalities (which changes from week to week still) are as follows:
Butterfinger: Cheeky, affectionate, and really likes the toys. Likes to pose for pics.
Ring Pop: Quiet, a bit timid at times but curious, a cuddler, and playful.
Bazooka: Bold, slightly vocal, rumble and tumble kinda lil dude, very friendly
Jellybean: Favors people over siblings whenever choice is presented to her, can be timid at times but aims to please, and really likes to observe & cuddle (I think she’ll be a tv watcher when she’s older).
That’s all for now folks! Have a fantastic weekend!
Happy Tails!
Puppy Status:
Butterfinger - Black Tri Male - Open
Ring Pop - Black Tri Female - Reserved
Bazooka - Blue Merle Male - Reserved
Jellybean - Blue Merle Female - Reserved