Puppy Blog!!

Hi everyone!  Well, the puppies are five weeks old today.  And let me tell you, they sure are acting like puppies these days!  Escaping from their room, spreading toilet paper all over the bathroom, rolling in the mud… They are keeping us busy!

 

This is a picture of Thikinha.  Her name means “little Thika” because she looks exactly like him.  She is a little ball of fire.  She’s the smallest one and the only puppy that can climb over the cardboard that keeps them in their little bathroom.  She also happens to get very jealous if any of her sisters are getting attention.

 

Here is Cocoa.  We named her that because of her chocolate color.  However, we weren’t really thinking clearly because depending on the exact pronunciation, her name actually means “poop” in Portuguese.  Oops!  Sorry Cocoa!  So, instead, we’ve been calling her Coconut.  She’s adorable.  She’s the cuddler of the group.

This is Panda, previously known as “no-name”.  We named her in honor of our friend Esther who had to leave Moz.  Panda is a little explorer.  When the babies are all sleeping in a little puppy mountain, she’s usually off by herself stomping around in the tall grass.

Here is Hampster.  She got her name because of her resemblance to a rodent when she was first born.  She’s the guard dog of the group.  She always alerts the other girls when a human arrives at their room.  The other day all of them were sleeping, but Hampster sat up in front of the group and barked and growled at the crows that were out in the yard.  They puppies have made the local crows their arch enemies.

Finally, we have Fatty.  She has been the biggest, heaviest one ever since she was born.  Poor thing.  She’s just big boned!  But she also happens to be afraid of heights and grows very nervous when she gets picked up.

As for Shindi, their mom,  poor Shindi.  She’s a good mom, but she’s just exhausted all the time!  If the puppies aren’t nursing, they’re crawling all over her wanting to play!  She never gets any rest!  And no matter how much I feed her, she’s still hungry!  As a result, she’s become quite the little thief.  When we’re not looking she sneaks into the house to see what she can scrounge.  The other day, Brian and I walked up to the village to buy groceries.  When we came back we set our bags down on the porch and went to visit the puppies.  A few minutes later while putting the groceries away inside the house, I couldn’t find the bread anywhere!  After looking and looking I realized what happened.  Outside in the dirt was the plastic bag and the remains of the loaf of bread that Shindi stole.  She’s sneaky!

 

And of course, there is Thika.  He has been really bad lately.  Barking like crazy whenever people pass by.  We have to lock him in the “cadeia” (jail), which means latching the screen door shut and keeping him in the house.  It’s sad that these little puppies have to grow up with a jail bird for a father, but to be honest, he’s a pretty bad dad anyway.  He’s scared of the puppies and actively avoids contact with them.  Something tells me someone is a little jealous!

 

Here are a few more pictures of the babies…

Well, I guess that’s pretty much it!  Hope that the school year has started off well for everyone!  We sure do miss you guys!  See you in about two months!!!

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