A busy day! Lots of Good byes

Scarlet with her new best friend.

Today I said good bye to Scarlet (Bella), Toffee ('Bruno') and Taco ('Yankee').

We sent each of the puppies home with a 'puppy blankie'.  These fleece blankies are full of the smells of the litter and are provided to the puppies to give them a piece of familiar scents amongst all the unfamiliar smells of their new environment.

Toffee and Peaches enjoy their puppy 'blankies'.

I forgot to get pictures of everyone, so I will just put up my last pictures of Toffee Bruno and Taco Yankee.

Dixie seemed fine  She did run around the yard barking after everyone was gone.   I think she smelled the friends that came....and she might have been looking for the puppies that had left.  But she did not seem upset when she came back to the house.  I guess she was doing her duty to make sure no puppy was left outside. 

Be a good boy Taco!

I worried that Peaches and Tigger might feel the loss of their syblings so I brought them into the family room this evening to play with us.  I put the litter box in the middle of the room and let the puppies run around to their hearts content.  Dixie was happy to be with the party.  The puppies each ran to the litter box to tinkle once during their playtime.  I was glad to see that even though they had free reign in the kitchen and family room, they still had the good sense to find the litter box.  After that I put them to bed, and they seemed content.

I hope that Scarlet (Bella), Toffee (Bruno), and Taco (Yankee) are adjusting to their first night away from their syblings.  This will be Ginger's second night, so hopefully she too is adjusting.