3 weeks weights

I've been trying to get a video of the puppies in group play but this is proving more complicated than I would wish.

People with their first Lapphund puppies are always amazed when they witness the daily mad 5 minutes known as zoomies (yes, that's a technical term).  Zoomies occur when the puppy explodes into a brief period of manic activity, careering around as fast as he can go, often with tail tucked down for maximum speed, and often barking or yipping in excitement.   With Neka this involved a circuit consisting of a figure-8 of the garden followed by a tour of the living room via the sofa (or the back of the sofa, to be precise).  Repeated x 4 or 5.  All at top speed.

Puppies often have an attack of the zoomies in the evenings.  If not zoomies, then a period of restlessness that translates into naughtiness.  Hyperactivity, barking, nipping, that sort of thing.  I always warn people about it because, like everything, it is best managed with patience and the knowledge that puppyhood will not last forever.  And this evening activity is already apparent in these puppies at 3 weeks old.

You see, there was a point to all this, and I'm getting to it now.  The point is that the evenings are the time when the puppies are most active.  It is in the evenings that we get the fabulously entertaining group games.  Unfortunately the lighting in the puppy room is insufficient for good video results in the evening, so I've been grabbing my videos in the daytime where I can.

And so here are a couple of videos for your entertainment.  They are not quite up to the full group play experience of the evening time, but there is some cuteness to be had nonetheless.  The first is a brief game of bitey-face between Tito and Tuulen as they practice using their tiny new teeth.  The second is a little after-lunch game amongst tired puppies.  There is barking, howling, growling, random squawking, wagging and wrestling. 






And so to the weight update.  They are, in a word, all enormous.  Ok, that's two words.  And perhaps not enormous, per se, just super chunky.   They are pulling way ahead in the average litter weight race. 

All of which leads me to the next weight poll as they head for the 2 kg milestone.  Who will be the heaviest at the 4-week weigh-in?  You have until sometime on Tuesday, depending on what Blogger does with the time difference.  Go vote!