Smilé's Puppies (daniel and izzy)

Hello again!

As you might not have known, our Rent-a-Dog Smilé was pregnant; but she isn't anymore! 6 adorable puppies were born in our front yard

under our falling-over pine tree 3 or 4 days ago. We weren't home at the time, so we're not sure

exactly when...

4 black ones with small white belly- and paw-markings, a light blonde one, and one almost exactly

the same color as Smilé! The biggest one is a black boy, and the smallest is the white-blonde one,

a girl. We have relocated them from their dirt cave under the tree to a towel, newspaper, and 

cardboard nest on our back patio. Two chairs hold up her towel roof.

So far, they haven't begun walking, but when they do, we'll have lots to deal with! For starters, our

gate has puppy-sized holes right at puppy height so we'll need to cover those. Then, our flood

irrigation ditches are big enough for them to escape easily. On top of all that, we 

have chain-link

fences they could hop through on all four sides.

We'll see how it goes!