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The six puppies of the “W” litter have had their leash and bird exposure, as well as plenty of kids’ cap gun fire. They’ll get their crate exposure after they come home from the vet’s office on Friday. At the vet, they will have their exam, first shots and microchip.

Of course here is the last weekly silly YouTube video:

We decided to forego the posed shots and just use action shots this week. These were actually taken on Sunday when everyone in the household was around to help. The “X” litter will go through the same process this coming Sunday.

Female:

Wynonna

Female Wynonna on a leash walk
Female Wynonna checking out the pigeon
Female Wynonna with a dead chukar

Males:

Winston

Male Winston on a leash walk
Male Winston checking out the pigeon
Male Winston with the dead chukar

Wade

Male Wade on a leash walk
Male Wade checking out the pigeon
Male Wade with the dead chukar

Waylon

Male Waylon on a leash walk
Male Waylon checking out the pigeon
Male Waylon picking up the dead chukar

Wycliffe

Male Wycliffe on a leash walk
Male Wycliffe checking out the pigeon
Male Wycliffe with the dead chukar

Washington

Male Washington on a leash walk
Male Washington checking out the pigeon
Male Washington with the dead chukar

Now normally we use a dead quail for the dead bird exposure, but our dead bird refrigerator died (things that you have when you train dogs) a few months back, so all I had was a chukar. I use zero pressure, there is no expectation for them to pick it up. New puppy owner can get bird wings online and yank them around the yard with string like I did here if they would like. I just put them in an exercise pen and drag the dead bird around until it gets their attention.

I also like to keep the live bird caged so that they can’t put their mouth on it. We don’t want to create any bad habits by letting them chase or put their mouth on the live bird. You can let puppies chase live birds for a little bit, but I think it is better to keep them on a check cord to not create a bird busting habit.

The first puppy from this litter goes home July 31 and most leave the weekend following. It’s always a joy to raise a litter and I can’t wait to see how happy all of the new families are when they pick up their new puppies.

We’ll be back one more time with puppy photos and videos on Sunday with the “X” litter, then it will be time to post homegoing photos after that.