The puppies are now 6 weeks old. Today they ate their first bowl of kibble, not ground, not softened, but plain old kibble. Jade is still trying to nurse them a few times a day, but I really don't think it's much more than a bonding process now. We've been alternating days (with cruddy weather) taking the puppies outside or letting them run free inside. Last night, we took out all ten girls at the same time. It was madness! Jade is finally at that point where she likes to play with the puppies and even though I took some photos, none of them even begin to show how cute they were playing. Jade was running circles around the furniture for fun and having all of the babies chase her. Most of them decided it was more fun to chew cow hooves and play with toys after a while. We've also been letting the pups play with Nikki and Kootnai. Moody doesn't really care for puppies, so he steers clear of them other than the occasional sniff. Nikki is one year old and she is surprisingly gentle with the puppies and has been quite behaved around them. Aunt Kootnai just rolls over and lets them walk all over her. The puppies are so adorable and so much fun at this stage. If you are fairly local and haven't visited yet, please come and help us socialize. We've had lots of visitors, but not as many as we have with our past litters. The pups are looking forward to making some new friends.