Picture Time: Basenji Puppy Visit Edition

I went to visit the puppies on Monday...they are in the landshark stage currently. Everything is met by their teeth first and nothing is sacred. Maybe I should wear one of those chainmail shark suits to visit them next time...

Elsa was sleepy... but only after she punctured a few holes in us.

Being a landshark is hard and tiring work.

Franklin cutely murdering a toy.

Like I said landsharks...

Such innocence... too bad it's all a big lie!

Picture Time: A few more of our houseguest from last weekend

I finally got around to uploading a couple of pictures I took of Oli the puppy before I took him to travel to his new home on Monday.

By Monday morning he was ready to play with Menchi

Watson he still was not too sure about...

Oh, the cute...it kills!

Hai... I am a puppy!

Picture Time: The House-guest Edition

The Curly Tails have a little overnight house-guest. I am helping transport a puppy from a rescue in Indiana to his new home here in Wisconsin.

He is staying with us tonight and I am delivering him to his new owner tomorrow afternoon. There was much excitement and confusion when he first arrived. The Curly Tails occasionally encounter a puppy or two in the dog park outings or go hiking with basenji pups, but never has one been inside their home! Menchi seems to like him, but is still a little unsure of what exactly she should do about him. Watson is curious, but must be carefully supervised since he is sometimes a bully with smaller dogs.

Oli the puppy meanwhile seems interested in the Queen of Peidom and has given her a few licks on her fluffy muzzle. He is not so sure about the basenji dude, however.

He is an absolutely terrific and sweet little guy. I got a couple of pictures of him hanging out with Sabe. My camera was not fond of the lighting, but consented at last to give me these.

He is adorable<3

A closeup of the cute!

Finally...Picture Time: Pupdate Edition.

At long last after a trip to the camera store my DSLR is once again functional and better than ever! It turns out that my lens was on it's way out. It was the lens that originally came with the camera when the husband got it for me used...and I have little doubt that it was the lens sold with the original camera kit.

So the husband was kind enough to get me a new, shiny, and much better lens :)

I promptly brought the new toy to the next visit to this year's basenji babies. We have four wee ones to socialize this year. Two red and whites (boy and girl) and two tris (also boy and girl)...Mom Sabrina planned her litter carefully ;)

They just got their names over the last couple of weeks: We have Franklin, Elsa, Irma, and Abbott.

Noms...

Elsa is having a snack...

I believe this one is Irma...

Franklin

Abbott

Shoes are the enemy!

Family dinner...

Abbott

Elsa and Franklin

Puppies like to poke around in the most awkward places...

Elsa

That shoe has no chance...

Rawr!!!

Franklin says "Goodnight all!"

The end...

Camera woes...

I went and loved on the puppies this last weekend...only to discover that my camera is having some sort of issue :( I am not sure if it is the camera itself or the lens. In order to figure it out and to possibly get it fixed I will have to take it to a camera store. This is unlikely to occur until after the holidays.


Sorry everyone...unless I locate my old point and shoot camera there will not be any pictures until then. Who knows where I put that thing when I got my DSLR camera last year >.<

First Pupdate of the season :)

So yesterday I made my first puppy visit with this year's baby basenji's at Laurel Basenjis. Mom Sabrina presented the world with four tiny bundles. Two tris and two red and whites, a boy and girl each. They are two weeks old and working on opening their little eyes.

Unfortunately my camera battery was out of juice, so Sabe got us a couple of pictures on his cell phone so I could share them here. Behold the nuggets of cuteness!

Small update...

Just a small hello from the Curly Tails to everyone out there. It has gotten cold so we have been hiding indoors, huddled under blankets and surrounded by pillows.


It is how Watson prefers to battle unfriendly weather! Even Menchi who is more resilient as far as cold goes likes the heated indoors better than the frozen outside.


Soon there will be basenji babies to share again...any day now. Watson's breeder has a young female that is expecting some bundles of joy and naughtiness. Stay tuned :)