Puppies!

Yesterday was kind of a sad day at our house. After three weeks of craziness, the pups headed off to their new homes. Three years seems to be a good time span between litters, as it was enough time for me to forget how much work puppies are! Even though they were alot of work, I miss having them around. I don't miss all the messes they made, though.

Kona was a good doggie mama to her pups while they were really little and has been a good playmate for them since they stopped nursing. She and the boys, as we call them, have spent as much time outside playing as possible. They brought the puppy games inside once Donnie went to bed. Turns out toddlers and teething puppies don't make the best of playmates.

I thought I took more pictures but I guess D3 got rid of them since they probably weren't up to his photo standards. Turns out the one thing that's harder to photograph than a toddler are two feisty puppies! Here are the ones that survived:

Tug of War with Mama!

Ganging up on Donnie

All tuckered out!

The big one likes laying on top of the smaller one!

Before you go off thinking that we've had it easy with two cute, cuddly pups, here's a video we took of them playing tug-of-war with Kona. And yes, that is Elmo singing in the background. On Friday mornings, D4 gets to watch Sesame Street and a few other fun cartoons like Clifford! 

Things are getting back to normal here. The kitchen seems so much bigger now that the puppy kennel has been taken down. I took over our kitchen cart for sewing projects and it's not going back! Kona doesn't seem to miss her pups too much. Maybe she knows it was their time to move on or maybe she's just enjoying the peace and quiet and a little extra attention! 

I'm glad we found good homes for the pups. Both went to families that will take them hunting and hiking, which is the only way to keep a Jagd happy! One of the pups went to our friends who have two (probably very excited) little boys, who I know will have great adventures with their new dog!