Car ride for Willow's & Pandora's pups. They aren't shaking, the van is just bouncing us on the wet road. I can see my legs jiggling too.
Brandy was definitely the most alert. She did not like that loud scraping vibrating windshield wiper!! I don't blame her. That thing is annoying. I do wish we could hear her inner voice, I have a feeling she would be hilarious with attitude and expression 🤣🤣 There always seems to be one puppy that needs a little more comfort and exposure in car rides. I didn't expect it to be her, but that's ok!! That's why we start young while they're so very impressionable and we make sure they feel safe while they process it all, until it's not so scary anymore.
She wasn't trying to fall off haha she was just trying to turn her head away from the scary thing (wipers), but she just so happened to be at the edge of my lap. When she turns away, I'm afraid she wil lose her footing off the side of my leg so I reposition her. We'll make sure she gets lots of car rides in different weather so we can build that confidence up. She is a sweet baby!
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They're too cute!!! I snuck up on them 🤣
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Tootsie Roll - reserved
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Mako - reserved
Bonnie - reserved
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The puppies are learning to CHOOSE their crate, we never force them or scare them. As they get older, they learn to go farther in search of their designated toilet and hold their bladder longer to get there. Excuse the pee spots, they were napping and I wanted to show how they use their crate and then come out to potty. I gave them clean pads as soon as video ended.
They are drinking their water good and I'll introduce the water bottle stand (gifted to us by the kind and talented Mike Solary) soon! I'm a little behind on basically everything but trying to catch up.
They have two bowls of soaked (soft) food and one bowl of just plain dry Royal Canin straight out of the bag. They're starting to prefer the dry food. They are teething with those teeth pressing into their gums so I assume the hard food feels great to chew on.
They have lots of toys but I put them up at night because they 💩 💩 💩 while I'm asleep and not changing pads. Don't want any toys drug through the mine field on accident!
We're going for a rainy day car ride soon! Then a nap to recharge and then they can go in the puppy playground to explore.
Fun day !!
Lazy morning for the pint sized pups.
Zoya - reserved
Zoriana - reserved
Tatiana - reserved
Finley - reserved
Happy - reserved
Lilo girl - reserved
Lilo boy - reserved
Barrett - reserved
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Cassandra & Loki. 8 & 14 lb size difference. The AKC Shih Tzu standard is 9 to 16 lbs, so generally a little bigger (or lil more fat) than Loki and a little bigger than Cassandra is the typical Shih Tzu range. Mommas got potty break, fed babies, played a little, and they're ready to go back to bed 🤣🤣 the babies are on their own for the morning!
Idk if it's obvious but Loki is 100% playing. Cassandra is trying to reciprocate but just isn't into it at the moment. She's ready for momma snuggles. Loki has always had a really serious "play tone" 🤣 in the beginning we weren't completely sure if he was enjoying himself LOL. He really gets into character, or something hahaha. He's definitely a funny nut!!! He has been neutered but his awesomeness will be carried on through his son, Voodoo, once he starts breeding. Voodoo is the best of both worlds. Tiny snuggle man dictator Loki and tiny silly woman Phoenix! We are SO looking forward to Voodoo's puppies. They should have the most innocent precious pie hearts and the silliest happiest personalities. Made with pure love & multiple generations of OFA & Genetic health testing.
I forgot to say, that's a TINY TEDDY BEAR on the potty pad 🤣 not a turd. I swear, these dogs
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Ryn's & Cassandra's get a pen upgrade too!! They were a little fussy with the change. I thought they needed comfort so I set up shop (a pillow to lay on) to work on my phone and comfort them. Nope... they wanted FOOD!!! Fully belly sleepyheads now.
Willow's & Pandora's puppies first time in the big playground pen!! Their first time is always very anticlimactic, it won't be very entertaining for most people - except Amethysts family 🤣 She is a hoot!!!! Everyone else is kind of getting their bearings. It's a very different environments than my isolated bedroom they've been in. It's very bright with a big window, there's a fish aquarium with a sump (a tank underneath) that sounds like Niagara falls, it's much cooler (my bedroom is uncomfortably toasty), with a big fan overhead (cooling the air, whooshing the air, and making noise. The lawnmowers are right outside the window mowint and weedeating. Our big scary dog Cocoa is sounding the alarm as she saw the intruders (lawnmowers). I sanitized the pen before bringing them in, so I'm sure it smells different. Lots of colors, objects, toys, a tall bookshelf, things they've never seen before! Imagine being a baby puppy and seeing, hearing, feeling, experiencing this all for the first time. It's a lot to process!! That is why we do this though, to give them the chance to acclimate to all the new experiences AND to develop the skills needed to acclimate to all of life's future new experiences. So *this* isn't a very impressive video, but the transition from now until the time they go home, now that is impressive ♥️ These babies learn so much!! They learn to cope & they learn to enjoy new things. I'm very much looking forward to spending the next few weeks showing them "the world".
We also have two age groups here. It's really amazing how much difference a small age gap makes. In addition to individual personality differences.
Amethyst is definitely the adventurer & Tiger is the tiny quiet meek one. He marched his butt right over to that crate and whined so I would help him in. I set him in, he curled up and slept the whole time 🤣 Amethyst had FUN! She was even flying across the wobble board! Probably surprised herself hahaha.
More to come as they get br
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Lots more slurping with tonight's dinner! Apparently I made it right this time 🙄 They leave lots for the mommas to clean up, which is great because they need fuel for all that milk. They're just eating little bits of solid food but mostly nursing still. Just enough food to satiate them and boost their little baby growth spurts.
Hahah! Funny puppy!!! 🤡 Finley was NOT the easiest to take photos of, but he was definitely the most entertaining. I set him on the blanket. He immediately smashed his nose flat into the softness and started zooming around like a roomba. OK cute, but I need your FACE and i need it to pause long enough for the camera to focus 🤣🤣
Well the little babies didn't like their dinner 🤣🤣 Apparently I got them spoiled on mashing their food and making it soupy so they could slurp it up. I left it as soft pieces for them to learn to eat and they were mad little munchkins! Lots of whining, some licking, some water slurping, and even a disgusted tongue thrust by Tatiana to spit that out LOL!! Looks like I'm on food mashing duty a little longer for these sensitive babies. Who knew they'd be so opinionated already!?
Ryn's & Cassandra's kiddos were waking up from a nap so I tried to get a video real quick of them moving around. Their space is bigger than it looks, but I'm sitting in most of it 🤣 At this age they need a pretty compact space though. They cuddle together for warmth, comfort, safety, and they need designated BED/SLEEP or POTTY/TOILET distinction. They've done really well with that and they're getting more mobile so I'd like to expand their space now.
I think I'll move Willow & Pandora's to the front office room / puppy playground so they can get lots more sights, sounds, toys, and running. We can introduce crates and expand their potty skills. Time to level up!!
Then these tinies can go in the bedroom pen under the big window. Perfect transition!
They're hangry whining. They get LOADS of milk but at some point a liquid diet just isn't satisfying enough. I'm soaking more puppy food for them so I'll get a video of them chowing down in a little bit, once their food is very soft.
Only three babies left in this group: Doc, Grumpy, and Sleepy.
Doc is solid black
Grumpy is solid black-seal (just a coppery tint to his black color)
Sleepy has tan markings, dobie colored, and a white splash on his chest.
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Trimming monkey toes one wiggle puppy at a time ♥️
Willow's pups
Amethyst- (darker) lavender girl, white on chin
Ferris - (lighter) Lavender boy, white paw tips
Tootsie Roll - chocolate girl
Irish - red liver boy (he looks two shades of brown) - APPLY @ CHIMERASHIHTZU.COM
Pandora's pups
Brandy - black with tan dobie markings
Bonnie - red with black shading
Mako - Red with black mask APPLY @ CHIMERASHIHTZU.COM
Tiger - Red with black mask and white streak on forhead APPLY @ CHIMERASHIHTZU.COM
Such a playful bunch!
Willow's pups
Amethyst- (darker) lavender girl, white on chin
Ferris - (lighter) Lavender boy, white paw tips
Tootsie Roll - chocolate girl
Irish - red liver boy (he looks two shades of brown) - APPLY @ CHIMERASHIHTZU.COM
Pandora's pups
Brandy - black with tan dobie markings
Bonnie - red with black shading
Mako - Red with black mask APPLY @ CHIMERASHIHTZU.COM
Tiger - Red with black mask and white streak on forhead APPLY @ CHIMERASHIHTZU.COM
I realized I can take video with the flash on like a whole flashlight shining at them! Sweet littles all snuggled up in bed. Mommas are on my bed getting some love before I fall asleep. Happy girl is wiggling around upside down getting comfy! Finley is the middle brown/gold & Zoriana is the brown/gold on the bottom pressed into the side of my bed.
Sweet dreams puddin pies!! 😴🐾❤️
Oh this is better!! I used this weird necklace style phone holder contraption Corey suggested (she's a professional afterall 🐾📸) and it's amazing! Day light helped also.
Cassandra's litter
Zoya
Zoriana
Tatiana
Finley
Ryn's litter
Happy
Lilo
Barrett
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Cassandra & Ryn's sleepy heads. It's tricky to get them just at the right time, in between hunger pains 😫 and food coma 😴 at this age. They're either frantically looking for food or they're sacked out with full bellies. Little gluttons haha. Just little wee ones!! Not a lot to see on this video but the mommas have been wanting to see their babies ❤️ so we'll share for everyone! Hoping my back will cooperate so we can do new clear photos of everyone.
Cassandra's litter
Zoya
Zoriana
Tatiana
Finley
Ryn's litter
Happy
Lilo
Barrett
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Wrestlemania time! It's the red boys 🌶 Mako & Tiger
Tiger has his tail towards us & Mako shows us his sweet face.