Miley meets the puppies

Miley watching the puppies in the box
while Maddie supervises

My daughter Lisa and her puppy Miley (who is Maddie's daughter from her last litter) are in from Pittsburgh for a bit to help while we whelp puppies. Miley adjusts well to living in a different house and has enjoyed playing in our big yard and in the woods behind the house.

Miley has been increasingly curious about what is going on in the garage. Up until yesterday she was allowed to play with Maddie and come and go as she pleased between the house and garage, but then the door was shut. We tried to keep her out so that she wouldn't distract Maddie or cause her any alarm that there was another dog around her babies.

Miley did however peek in the door a few times and was convinced that there was something wrong out there when she began to hear the cries of the babies. She barked at the door as if to alert us that something has happened.

Today we let her into the garage to see the puppies. Maddie watched her carefully at first but quickly relaxed and doesn't seem to mind having her in the gargae. Miley on the other hand just can't figure out what these new little puppies are. She ran around the garage and smelling everything. She would just look at the puppies, it almost looked like she was startled when they made noise and moved around. We let her smell one but that just made her more confused when it moved its head to nuzzle up to her. She is starting to get used to their noise but can't quite figure out what they are doing here if she can't play with them. I think she will enjoy the puppies much more in four or five weeks when they are a bit more playful and can chase her around the yard.


Miley turned seven months old yesterday.