Dachshund diaries day 28: 4 weeks old and visitors

We've been so busy in the last few days! The puppies are growing well and still sleeping and feeding with mum for most of it but have taken to the weaning meals as well ....
Above they are having breakfast and not from a finger or a spoon oooh no they've graduated to independent eating from a saucer and later on even a bowl!

Mum still steps in regularly and is greeted with wagging fat little tails and they feed before she's even climberd completely in: hanging below her while she walks in further and settles to lie down....

They like their weetabix made with Welpi a special dried bitches milk powder that is very close to real '' doggie-milk'', my daughter loves the puppy picture on the packaging....

They also have trips out of the whelping box when we change the newspapers in their box, this happens lots of times a day : before and after meals, before and after naps, and as soon as they have clean dry paper they wee again anyway so we stay present to repeat the process.

It's just like a baby with a clean nappy- remember that? They always do it as soon as a clean one is on too....

This is the pups on a temporary trip in mum's bigger basket, but Lucy is investigating the escape route... They also sometimes just settle and go back to sleep...wherever they are!

Today- 28th- they are 4 weeks old so as a treat I ried them with scrambled eggs with butter and puppy milk: and boy! They LOVED it- 2 eggs all gone in no time! Jack and Lucy at the top with a bowl and Tom with his own saucer...

A third meal was brought and finished before I could take a picture!

Then I had to ''lol'' or have a laugh when Jack had a ''private moment''- my daughter said I should not take ''that'' picture but then it's sooo funny : can he get his legs any wider apart????

And it's a number 1, his whole tummy needed a wash then as the boys get themselves completely soaked, at least Lucy only wets her bottom..... For a short spell after that it was playtime: mainly biting and chasing each other , Jack has teeth now too and Lucy likes to try them out on your fingers....

She's also a proud housekeeper and has been rearranging the fleece blanket: now.... this will look better over here, see? She has taken control of the blanket and pulled it with her teeth to the other side of the box.

Instinct took over for :as she took hold she shook her head as if to ''kill'' it.

We had visitors on Friday and cuddles with all visitors were a great new adventure, shaky at first they soon learned to trust the newcomers and even fell asleep in the arms of a friend!

They also had their room hoovered out this morning and although they didn't like the noise, they are getting used to normal household noises, including the radio and the piano...

With the cello however they clucked like a bunch of wee chickens!!! We call it the puppy orchestra..