Day 70 — Continuing Traditional Gardening

Our backyard planter boxes arrived when our first pack was getting elderly. We were able to grow some flowers and tomatoes without fighting over them with the canines. However, in 2008 SeQueL arrived, and the planters quickly became a favorite playtime destination.

Aurora has continued the puppy tradition of wallowing, digging, and generally enjoying the now-falling-apart planters.

Aurora looking at the camera from the back of the planter

Day 70 — Morning Play in the Planter

Aurora has also decided that the planter box is also a litter box, at least the center part of it is. Very confusing to us humans, but the whole box is being enjoyed by this puppy.

Meanwhile, she continues another Ozdachs puppy tradition: nibbling on the roots of the agapantha. All of our puppies have decided the exposed agapantha roots are the best for flavor and texture!

Aurora chewing on agapantha roots in the backyard.

Day 70 — Agapantha Roots Cure Everything, right?

Today was pretty low key. Play, church (for me), play, and then dinner.

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Day 69 — Five Pounds of Adorableness

Aurora being weighed in a baking pan on top of a scale

Day 69 — A Weighty Matter

It’s been a few days since we last reported on the puppy’s weight. We actually weighted her on the the 29th (4 pounds, 15 ounces), but didn’t want to get anyone excited about an upcoming milestone. We skipped the scales yesterday.

Today she weighed in at an even 5 pounds! That’s only 1/2 ounce the last two days, but we are not worried. Not only is our measuring impercise (because the item on the scale bounces around a lot!), but it’s clear that she’s happy and healthy. We are fortunate.

And, yes. We weigh her when she’s on a towel inside a roasting pan on top of the food scale.

Even though it was the weekend, we didn’t have any visitors today. So, Aurora had to keep busy chewing out her grandmother. Fun!

Aurora on her back snapping at grandmother during play

Day 69 — Talking Back to Grandmother

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Day 68 — Breaking Down Barriers

Our little girl acquired new skills today.  Ones that show great development, but ones which mean more vigilance is needed by the humans!

This morning she got up the first step on the stairs!  Good girl!!

Then later when I was at the gym and had locked her into the kitchen, she appeared at Geoff’s bedside. She figured out how to push open the gate in the kitchen so she could escape into the bedroom.

Oh boy!

The clearest photo of the day, though, doesn’t show Aurora’s new skills. If anything, I think we should have a caption contest to describe what she and Apex are doing!

Aurora on top of Apex's back in the back yard

Day 68 — Photo Made for a Captain Contest

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Day 67 — Sharing is Caring!

Jury duty ended for me yesterday. I never got called into the box to affirm that I could leave common sense behind and judge the facts just on what the court told us was the law! I could have done it, of course, but I am glad that I don’t have two more weeks during the holiday of showing up to court and then doing work when I got home!

For Aurora, the end of jury duty means more play time… and more photos. I can be a bit pickier on what I publish, I guess.

Today’s play was centered on the small tennis ball. It’s a favorite of Apex who played with Aurora and it in the morning.

During the night play session we were surprised that Zenith decided to play ball. Really play ball!

Apex has always been our play machine. Zenith, on the other hand, has pretty much adopted the activity level of our first litter’s princess, Audit. Zenith occasionally will do a couple puppy laps, but we could not remember the last time — before the advent of Aurora — that Zenith put a ball into her mouth.

Tonight, though, the battle was fierce! Zenith and Aurora marched each other around the kitchen floor with mutual death grips on the lime-green fuzz.

Day 67 -- Mother and Daughter "Share" a Ball

Day 67 — Mother and Daughter “Share” a Ball.
Worth seeing close up — click to do it!

Like all good family play sessions, there was no winner and loser. But, a lot of happy growling and running.

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Day 66 — Aurora on Snake Patrol

We have been able to convince Aurora that Mr. Snake is deserving of her teeth at least as much as our fingers, canine ears, and the baseboard are. She gets very focused.

Aurora chewing on the green snake

Day 66 — Taming a Snake

Often, out of the frame of most of these photos, there is Apex. Apex will pull, chew, and play tug-of-war with Aurora. But, butch Apex will not steal the toy and has to be constantly reassured that it’s okay for her to play with what the puppy is interested in. Apex is truly the Omega Bitch!

Aurora chewing deep into the snake toy

Day 66 — Teaching Mr Snake Who is Boss

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