Saturday, January 26, 2008
6 weels old,
Kobi surrounded by his new playmates
the puppies are very intrigued with this dog that makes so much noise and keeps butt slamming them
getting to know each other
Kobi and the pups, look at his paws and legs compared to the puppy's paws and legs right next to his
Samantha
What a face.
Puppies spilling out in the morning, they have really surprised me this week with wanting to go outside in the mornings as soon as there was some daylight. Now our temps when we get up in the mornings are usually around 22 degrees, so I felt it was too cold until the sun comes up and warms things a litte. But oh boy, at any given time there are several puppies in the mornings who will sit right in front of that patio door and howl and carry on to be let outside. 
There are always a few pups that won't come in at night and I have to go outside to get them, in this picture it was all the boys who gathered outside well after dark.
Leydi is watching her offspring, she started disciplining them today, for a while they weren't allowed to nurse or crawl on her, then later today she was lying under a tree and the puppies all over her and she looked quite happy with it. Leydi and the other adult dogs will help teach the puppies over the next few weeks about how to read other dogs' signals and act accordingly. Up until now the puppies could just all barge in and latch onto the milk bar, now she is teaching them to think and look first and to make sure it is okay to come closer and to act politely. Dogs that don't learn those kinds of lessons often get themselves into trouble as adults, no matter how friendly they are, I have seen young dogs racing up to other dogs wanting to play only to receive a very unfriendly reaction from the other dog who doesn't appreciate being tackled like that by a stranger. I have heard owners say "he just wants to say hello", well, that may be true, but it's the equivalent of a human walking around in the mall flinging themselves at strangers hugging and kissing them. I think most of us wouldn't appreciate that either.
the puppies are very intrigued with this dog that makes so much noise and keeps butt slamming them
getting to know each other
Kobi and the pups, look at his paws and legs compared to the puppy's paws and legs right next to his
Samantha
What a face.
Puppies spilling out in the morning, they have really surprised me this week with wanting to go outside in the mornings as soon as there was some daylight. Now our temps when we get up in the mornings are usually around 22 degrees, so I felt it was too cold until the sun comes up and warms things a litte. But oh boy, at any given time there are several puppies in the mornings who will sit right in front of that patio door and howl and carry on to be let outside. There are always a few pups that won't come in at night and I have to go outside to get them, in this picture it was all the boys who gathered outside well after dark.
Leydi is watching her offspring, she started disciplining them today, for a while they weren't allowed to nurse or crawl on her, then later today she was lying under a tree and the puppies all over her and she looked quite happy with it. Leydi and the other adult dogs will help teach the puppies over the next few weeks about how to read other dogs' signals and act accordingly. Up until now the puppies could just all barge in and latch onto the milk bar, now she is teaching them to think and look first and to make sure it is okay to come closer and to act politely. Dogs that don't learn those kinds of lessons often get themselves into trouble as adults, no matter how friendly they are, I have seen young dogs racing up to other dogs wanting to play only to receive a very unfriendly reaction from the other dog who doesn't appreciate being tackled like that by a stranger. I have heard owners say "he just wants to say hello", well, that may be true, but it's the equivalent of a human walking around in the mall flinging themselves at strangers hugging and kissing them. I think most of us wouldn't appreciate that either. From me the puppies are learning to sit for attention which they are very good about, they also don't get attention for putting their paws on the gate for attention and they are still learning to pause and wait for permission to go through a door, they are getting better with that too already.
Blossom
Priceless
Sharing a bone
Isn't he just too cute
I had made this little platform for the puppies so they could sit on it, never occured to me that they would crawl under it, but for now crawling under it is just as popular as being on top, that will change of course as they get bigger
Today was a nice warm day and a perfect opportunity to bring the tunnel out that Cheri has given me, the tunnel was a popular item with the puppies all day long
Agility puppies
Bianca
Blossom meets a chicken, this particular chicken will peck dogs that act nosey on the nose.
Puppies meeting the chickens at the fence.
They are already skilled diggers, for anybody who doesn't want their landscaping changed by their Anatolian, it is a good idea to build a dig pit.
Prince thought the tipped over lawnchair was the best spot to take an afternoon nap, he is really a smart little guy. Today I did some more clicker training with all the pups, this really took me all afternoon, because I spent about 15 minutes with each puppy and I had to take breaks because after I had worked with a few of them everybody went back to sleep. Prince really did so well, following me with the leash, this was the first time practicing leash walking, he was so attentive and focused on the learning game, it was really so enjoyable. He was a little bit too interested in the chickens at times as I had the chickens milling around as we did the training. I wanted to observe each puppy on its first face to face encounter with my chickens.
Blossom
Priceless
Sharing a bone
Isn't he just too cute I had made this little platform for the puppies so they could sit on it, never occured to me that they would crawl under it, but for now crawling under it is just as popular as being on top, that will change of course as they get bigger
Today was a nice warm day and a perfect opportunity to bring the tunnel out that Cheri has given me, the tunnel was a popular item with the puppies all day long
Agility puppies
Bianca
Blossom meets a chicken, this particular chicken will peck dogs that act nosey on the nose.
Puppies meeting the chickens at the fence.
They are already skilled diggers, for anybody who doesn't want their landscaping changed by their Anatolian, it is a good idea to build a dig pit.
Prince thought the tipped over lawnchair was the best spot to take an afternoon nap, he is really a smart little guy. Today I did some more clicker training with all the pups, this really took me all afternoon, because I spent about 15 minutes with each puppy and I had to take breaks because after I had worked with a few of them everybody went back to sleep. Prince really did so well, following me with the leash, this was the first time practicing leash walking, he was so attentive and focused on the learning game, it was really so enjoyable. He was a little bit too interested in the chickens at times as I had the chickens milling around as we did the training. I wanted to observe each puppy on its first face to face encounter with my chickens.
// posted by ZaltanaAnatolians @ 7:49 PM 
