Your pups did fabulous today with their first outdoor adventure! I placed them in the habitat I posted a pic of earlier today and let them hang out, acclimating together, to the very new while I hung some laundry out to dry, released the horses from their stalls and threw a few more leaves on the burn pile. They seemed to settle right in and before long curled up in a pile for siesta as they normal would in the house. I managed to get some pretty good solo shots of each and will be working on their individual pages this evening and most likely tomorrow morning. With twelve pups it's going to take some time.
I think the photos make them look bigger than they actually are. I hear that often when people come to make their selections. Regardless, they always seem to grow into full sized Dobermans.... And they grow a lot between the time they're selected and the time they're ready to join their families.
For their weekly photo shoots I try and get a front view, somewhat of a natural stack and a fairly decent close up of their faces. Some pups are always more cooperative than others but occasionally I get a really lucky shot. I think I got a few of those this week. In general I think the litter is looking great. Irish still lagging and as I have from the beginning I'm anxious to see his transformation after a week or two of consistently fed mash. Speaking of mash, I stopped mid day to give them a late lunch. I also snapped a few pictures of them going for it as I said I would but somehow those photos mysteriously evaporated from the camera roll. No worries though... there will be many more opportunities to capture them at the trough... They're tolerating three meals daily and intake increases each day.
I think there's something about the orange collars that gives pups an edge. I recall posting something specific about agility regarding the orange collared boy a week or two back and today he surprised me by being the only pup to actually follow me around as I tried to capture his photos. The others just kind of sat where I set them and after a few minutes began to explore their immediate surroundings. Several of the photos where taken near bushes and as usual they'd venture into them making it difficult to catch a good shot. I think the cover gives them a feeling of safety. I was worried I might run out of time before it got too cold to continue so I set a few of them up in an area to avoid the bushes and discovered we have a few wanna be tree climbers already. As a group they made little to no use of the props I set up... :-) I was happy to see them explore though rather than snuggle into the fuzzy fleece blanket I provided them. Most were pretty quick to leave it despite laying on one in their enclosure. Courageous already.
Weights are posted and the second round of de-wormers administered. Afraid I'm going to have to apologize for the lack of photos today though. I've got them and will get started on their pages. Getting the shots took a little longer than I'd hoped and I didn't want to rush the pups themselves or short change them of their first adventure. I think you'll all be happy tomorrow with todays work... To be continued.
I think the photos make them look bigger than they actually are. I hear that often when people come to make their selections. Regardless, they always seem to grow into full sized Dobermans.... And they grow a lot between the time they're selected and the time they're ready to join their families.
For their weekly photo shoots I try and get a front view, somewhat of a natural stack and a fairly decent close up of their faces. Some pups are always more cooperative than others but occasionally I get a really lucky shot. I think I got a few of those this week. In general I think the litter is looking great. Irish still lagging and as I have from the beginning I'm anxious to see his transformation after a week or two of consistently fed mash. Speaking of mash, I stopped mid day to give them a late lunch. I also snapped a few pictures of them going for it as I said I would but somehow those photos mysteriously evaporated from the camera roll. No worries though... there will be many more opportunities to capture them at the trough... They're tolerating three meals daily and intake increases each day.
I think there's something about the orange collars that gives pups an edge. I recall posting something specific about agility regarding the orange collared boy a week or two back and today he surprised me by being the only pup to actually follow me around as I tried to capture his photos. The others just kind of sat where I set them and after a few minutes began to explore their immediate surroundings. Several of the photos where taken near bushes and as usual they'd venture into them making it difficult to catch a good shot. I think the cover gives them a feeling of safety. I was worried I might run out of time before it got too cold to continue so I set a few of them up in an area to avoid the bushes and discovered we have a few wanna be tree climbers already. As a group they made little to no use of the props I set up... :-) I was happy to see them explore though rather than snuggle into the fuzzy fleece blanket I provided them. Most were pretty quick to leave it despite laying on one in their enclosure. Courageous already.
Weights are posted and the second round of de-wormers administered. Afraid I'm going to have to apologize for the lack of photos today though. I've got them and will get started on their pages. Getting the shots took a little longer than I'd hoped and I didn't want to rush the pups themselves or short change them of their first adventure. I think you'll all be happy tomorrow with todays work... To be continued.
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