Here is a video of the puppies playing.  They are at an adorable stage and I could watch them for hours!

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It is so important that puppies start getting training early in life.  This will help them more quickly adapt to their new family and home.  As soon as their eyes and ears are open, we move our pups out to our family room.  This allows them to get used to seeing the many comings and goings of the family.  They also experience the smells, sights and sounds of the kitchen a few yards off.  Right around 4 weeks, we start taking them for short trips outside.  This serves several purposes.  First is the new experience of the sights and sounds of being outside.  They also get to experience wind, different temperatures and different textures of grass and dirt.  Second is the introduction to our other adult dogs who will assist Honey in teaching them doggie manners.  Third is this begins their first steps in house training.   Lastly, this allows for more room to run and play.  I love to watch them trying to pounce on each other!

Here is a picture of them the first day they went out.  Honey decided to let them have their first “picnic”.

Once they come inside, they are ready to crash! 

Honey's Pups First Outing

Honey's Pups First Outing (2) Honey's Pups First Outing (1) Click Here To View Entire Gallery

Everyone here at Rose Family Collies wants to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.  It has been a little hectic with holiday preparations and so I haven’t gotten as many updates on as I would like.  We will get updated pictures on this weekend so you can see how they are growing and how we have started their training!

I am always amazed at how fast puppies change.  Since my last post their eyes and ears have opened, they have started walking and they have had their first solid food.  They have also started playing with each other and with humans whenever they can. 

We have moved them out to the family room where they will encounter more sights, sounds and smells.  We work to expose them to as many experiences as we can while they are here with us so they make as quick an adjustment as possible to their new homes!

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Honey’s puppies are 12 days old now.  Whenever Honey leaves to eat or take a break from the pups, I can always know that at least one of our 3 children will be in with them.  We have trained them how to gently pick the puppies up and hold them.  They love having them cuddle on their laps and tonight I slipped in and got a couple of shots of our two daughters with their laps full. 

Needless to say, we work very hard to make sure that our puppies will do well with families with small children.  By introducing them to small hands and voices from the very beginning, it trains them that little people are okay and are a constant source of love and activity!

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Check out more pictures of the collie puppy litter here