After a little dancing around with the people at NDLB, the puppies finally arrived. Tho they weren't entirely sure which was Samantha and which was Sabrina, we determined that we thought that Sabrina was the smaller one. She was also cowering in the pile of laundry that the NDLB woman had in her SUV. Adorable. Samantha came out like she was the more adventurous (which she's not) and, after a few minutes on-leash, they both went potty and came into the house.
Hersheys, our resident dog, was kept crated until we thought she was used to the sight of the pups. There was no aggression and they settled together quite quickly.
Sabrina has a little hack, non-productive.
Fed the pups, starting at 1 cup each, and the first feeding showed how starved these girls are. Puppies always eat like its their first and last meal. This, however, was classic starvation. Not sure where these pups came from but apparently there was no food there. They also seem excessively thirsty.
Trained the KIDS to give pups an ort of kibble each time they came when called. This will change to an ort when they potty but we want them to stay near us.
I went hashing but reports from home said that there were only a few accidents and the pups were good about pottying when outside.
First night we tried separate crates. A half hour of howling proved that this is not going to work. Came downstairs, put them together with a "pacifier" (kong with a little peanut butter and a few orts of kibble) for each of them. Silence in a half hour. They slept well til 1 a.m. when I took them out to potty.
Sabrina's cough has worsened.
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