Thursday, November 1, 2007

The Great Outdoors


Miss Orange enjoying the toy Maggie brought


Me surrounded by the pups on their first trip outside


Puppies sitting in my lap

Today was the pups first time outside. It was 68 degrees and a bit cloudy, and I wanted to let them take advantage of the unusual November weather. They started out nursing and then started investigating the grass in our backyard. As you will hear in the video, we live under the flight path for planes landing at Kennedy Airport. One or two of the pups reacted to the noise of the first plane, but by the time the second one went by they were ignoring it completely. Of course, as fate would have it, the fire station alarm then went off. Amazingly, the pups were just fine with it. They were simply engrossed in all the new scents. Later they had three new visitors, Mal and Libby McGarry and their daughter Maggie, who was so good with the puppies. She gave them new toys and it is the first time they picked up toys in their mouths and shook them.

They are pretty wiped out from their outdoor excursion and their visitors. Tomorrow is another day that will have new visitors. Until then, they rest.

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