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  1. 1.

    Baud

    Mom called me and told me that there was goingto be riot on the blog if I did not post more pictures.

    Your mom was right. But I can’t believe she reads this blog.

  4. 4.

    jannydarling

    They are the cutest! Love their little fast breath. There’s quite a difference in size between them. Looked like they were going for the same nipple, and the little one was losing. Poor baby.

  5. 5.

    scuffletuffle

    I can’t get over how big the puppies are compared to Mom…what a trouper she is. And the squeakies are freakin adorable!

  6. 6.

    Joy in FL

    Ginger is so absolutely sweet. I’m so glad she is safe with you.

    You cannot post too many pictures of your animals.

    Try to prove me wrong.

  7. 7.

    Violet

    Yay! Puppies! And Ginger! Thanks, Cole’s mom!

    I can’t believe how much bigger Thurston is than Lovey. He is a tank! They are totally adorable and Ginger is so sweet. Awwww….. Thanks, John!

  10. 10.

    Pogonip

    Thank you, Mrs. Cole. And keep after that boy; we need regular doses of puppy in these trying times.

    John, this was sort of a cryptic pupdate. What are they doing? I know–eating, pooping, squeaking, and waddling– but we want details, man, details. And how is the rest of your menagerie taking all this? I hope your cat turns out to be a good sport. I known many a cat who kindly entertained puppies with a twisting, fun-to-chase tail.

  11. 11.

    Violet

    Question: How big is Ginger? Like, compared to Lily, Rosie or Steve? Same size? Much larger or smaller?

  16. 16.

    JoyfulA

    Ginger is the most attractive dog I have ever seen.

    No, my cat would never give her a moment’s peace.

  18. 18.

    CaseyL

    Thank you, John’s Mom! Maybe you could mention a puppy-cam to him?

    Ooooh, the squirming and squeaking. Just want to bury my face in the puppy-fur.

    Ginger has this sightly stunned look, possibly shock at her change in fortune.

    Is everyone healthy?

  21. 21.

    Pogonip

    After carefully reviewing the evidence–for strictly scientific reasons–I think these pups may have different fathers, since one is SO much bigger than the other. A dog’s uterus has two horns and a different suitor can become the father of the pups that end up in each horn. We’re pretty sure this happened with one of Fuzzy’s litters. Fuzzy belonged to my mom; sire Jock belonged to my grandmother. Jock and Fuzzy were both miniature poodles and both sweethearts; as hard as it may be to believe now, in the ’60’s reliable temperament was an honest selling point of AKC dogs.

    Fuzzy threw a litter in which one pup was double the size of the others, and meaner than a 1%er to boot. From two weeks old if you picked her up, she’d snarl. Had any of us known much about dog breeding at the time, we’d probably have culled Tubby. When Fuzzy was in heat, she’d occasionally shoot out the door to do some neighborhood slut-struttin’

  22. 22.

    Anne Laurie

    Ginger is killing me, she has exactly the same sweet (if slightly stunned) expression as our late retired chorus girl Candy…

    Of course, current rescue alpha-bitch Gloria would probably kill Candy in under half an hour, and I don’t mean figuratively. *sigh*

  24. 24.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    Thank you Mrs. Cole. It looks like Lovey is brindle! How is the rest of the crew? Have they all just moved to Shawn’s room? Inquiring minds want to know. Ahem.

  25. 25.

    Pogonip

    FYWP cut me off, sorry–and we always suspected Tubby’s father was some junkyard dog Fuzzy met on a tryst, while the more typical 3 belonged to Jock and were indeed as sweet as their presumed dad.

  26. 26.

    mai naem mobile

    Shit, this fucking well means I’m going to have watch my crappy language. I refreshed the page enough damned times and i go to make dinner and you post. I’m not a poodle person but Ginger is a cutie.

  27. 27.

    Scamp Dog

    I’d like to see video of the puppies learning to walk–based on John’s description in an earlier post, it will be majorly entertaining.

  32. 32.

    kindness

    I played that video and both my dogs started barking. Showed it to ’em and Annie (the lil girl) wanted them. She wanted to be with them. I like that you kept the winter cut on Ginger too. Good move.

  33. 33.

    muddy

    I’m dying to know how the other animals are taking it. Let’s have photos and video of them too, c’mon…..

  34. 34.

    TaMara (BHF)

    @raven: Oh, yes, search on it and you’ll see that not only does she read the blog, she has called John and chewed him out several times because he related some family situation she did not appreciate. Funny shit. stuff.

  35. 35.

    TaMara (BHF)

    Puppies are adorable. I had to turn the video sound off because the squeaking made Bixby run around and bark. Something new. Memories of his own litter mates?

    ETA: Me thinks Thurston and Lovey may have separate fathers.

  38. 38.

    MomSense

    I played the video and my puppy went nuts. She sometimes has nursing dreams so I wonder if she thought there was some nursing action nearby.

    Today was a much better day with the pup. We couldn’t go outside much because of the freezing rain yesterday so she was bored and that starts with B and that rhymes with T and that stands for trouble!
    She was outside quite a bit today playing in the snow and going through the woods and was much happier inside and not attacking our feet and anything else ah could find.

  39. 39.

    Major Major Major Major

    I think I’m going to make a visualization of some sort, of Cole posts stomping on Laurie posts, and time between, and relative number of comments, and subjects. Well, I’ll see if there’s a trend first.

    Anybody hiring bored data scientists, by the way?

  41. 41.

    TaMara (BHF)

    @MomSense: I feel you. We had a nice day today, but the mud has been daunting, so walks have been short. Bixby decided that his boredom would be relieved by, a. helping me work (very difficult to work with a bowling ball head in the way everywhere) b. chewing up the magnet strip that goes with the robot vacuum and c. trying to eat an entire roll of stamps.

    He spent most of the rest of the afternoon in his crate.

  42. 42.

    PurpleGirl

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Not only different sires, but at different times. Lovey may have been started a few days or a week or so later and really needed more time in her womb, but once birth started for Thurston, Lovely couldn’t hang on.

    On the kitten cams, we’ve seen that with a number of community/stray/feral cats.

  43. 43.

    Pogonip

    @Trentrunner: I’d hate to think of it nowadays. All those yuppie-puppy helicopter parents calling us up mad because the frizzy temptress corrupted their $5,000 F1 double Merle beabulldoodle. We’d get run out of town.

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    @MomSense: It is completely like having a toddler. I think I am a few weeks ahead of you, and I am still behind on everything.

    Having a puppy is a joyous thing, except when it’s not. :-)

  48. 48.

    currants

    @Violet: Good question–I had been thinking regular poodle (i.e. large), but those puppies are tiny, so she’s some smaller version, clearly.

  49. 49.

    Pogonip

    And they called it puppy love…

    More! More! More! Because we like it, because we like it, more, more, more!

  52. 52.

    Pogonip

    @peej: They weren’t quite that big at birth, not even the furry sausage–Er, Thurston. Puppies grow unbelievably fast in their first two weeks. Some days you’ll swear they doubled in size overnight.

  54. 54.

    Mnemosyne (iPad Mini)

    Dog people would probably know better than I do, but I’m wondering if Lovey will need an extra bottle from time to time if her brother seems to be hogging all of mom’s milk. A question for the vet, to be sure.

  55. 55.

    John Revolta

    I think you been played, Cole.

    That little big guy is part Rottweiler.

    Maybe even all Rottweiler. Yep. Definitely maybe.

    Just sayin’.

  59. 59.

    PurpleGirl

    If they were kittens, we’d be saying that they’re both trying to find the chocolate milk nipple. How many spigots do mom dogs have? Cats can have between six and eight and still kittens fight over access to them (chocolate milk everyone!)

    Again, it they were kittens an extra bottle or some private feeding time for Lovey would be considered by the foster parent.

  62. 62.

    Mnemosyne (iPad Mini)

    @Major Major Major Major:

    I’m pretty sure AL posted the last thread in hopes of it being bigfooted by puppy pictures. We’ve all be impatient for them.

    Maybe we need a “Waiting For Callback After An Interview” thread so we can all vent. I’m waiting for one myself. I sent three more resumes out today just in case, but I REALLY want the one I’m waiting on.

  65. 65.

    gogol's wife

    My cat Louis just left the room in haste when I turned on the video. But he’s kind of a candy-ass. I love Ginger!

  66. 66.

    PurpleGirl

    @efgoldman: From an old Law & Order where the suspect was a very young wife of an old man, the suspect’s mother says she (the daughter) is “dumber than a sack of hair.”

  68. 68.

    MomSense

    @WaterGirl:

    And then she curls up and goes to sleep and looks so innocent and adorable. If puppies weren’t so darned adorable there is no way any of us would do this.

  69. 69.

    Suzanne

    Oh my God. Thurston needs to let Lovey have more milk. What a bruiser he’s gonna be! He is gonna be a big dog. It’s the feet. You can always tell the feet with puppies.

    I needed this today. More cute puppehs, plz.

  70. 70.

    Pogonip

    @Mnemosyne (iPad Mini): Cole should weigh them every day on the kitchen scale. If she doesn’t show a steady gain he’ll have to give her a bottle every so often, and he could probably finance his retirement by raffling off tickets to feed the puppy.

  71. 71.

    Violet

    Ginger must be really small. Those puppies aren’t that big, judging from the pictures we saw yesterday. They kind of fit in a hand. And they look pretty big next to Ginger. She must be a Lily size or something like that. Maybe smaller?

  75. 75.

    Violet

    Ginger is so cute. She’s going nowhere. She’s home in the Cole household and will be one of the piglets, happily frolicking with Lily and Rosie. The puppies might find homes nearby so Cole can retain visiting rights. But Ginger..she’s home. Resistance is futile.

  77. 77.

    seaboogie

    @Pogonip: No kidding! If Cole set up a puppy-cam and monetized the access (especially to raise funds for his fave pet rescue charity) I’d probably have to get a third job.

  78. 78.

    Mnemosyne (iPad Mini)

    Key and Peele is re-running an episode that has one of their funniest running gags — the guy who has to follow MLK’s “I Have A Dream” speech with his own speech and (obviously) fails miserably.

  79. 79.

    dance around in your bones

    The last litter of puppies I had, a neighbor/friend came over to see the little cruisers at night. I was already in bed,reading, but I jumped up right smart and handed her a puppy to adore. She did her job, then skedaddled out the door.

    I picked up lil adorable puppy, and just then noticed he had a puppy sized poop stuck to his tail.

    Surprised me, since none of them had pooped yet that I was aware of!!

    P.S. – See how quick a thread can go from puppy to poop???
    P.S.S. – Hi Mama Cole! Your son is awesome – but I bet you knew that,huh??

  81. 81.

    srv

    Pope says you don’t have to be breeders:

    After a triumphant visit to the Philippines, where he defended the Catholic Church’s historical opposition to artificial contraception, Pope Francis said Monday that the church’s position doesn’t mean couples should abandon “responsible parenthood” and “be like rabbits.”

  82. 82.

    Karen in GA

    Is Ginger missing a patch of fur? What happened to this poor girl? Cole, if there’s even the slightest chance you might keep her, but you’re on the fence, do it. Keep her. Make this her last stop — methinks she needs her happy forever home right now.

    Ah, don’t mind me. I read a thing a few days ago about Huckabee’s miserable hellspawn son torturing a dog to death, thought about how Iggy was probably a stray at some point, thought “what if he had run across a horrible bastard like that,” hugged him and actually got a bit teary. No idea what’s going on with me — but now I want all dogs to be safe and loved right this second.

  84. 84.

    SWMBO

    Thurston looks almost mastiff size compared to Lovey. He’s going to be bigger than his momma if this keeps up. I second the bottle feeding for Lovey but he may need it to keep from wringing her (Ginger) dry.

  85. 85.

    Luci

    Oh golly! This is the best thing I’ve seen in days! Thanks for the puppeh and mom up dates, and keep it coming… I’m in agreement with everyone else… a puppeh cam would be perfect, and moar videos for sure and pictures! Good job John… you do good!

  88. 88.

    SuperHrefna

    Thank you Mama Cole! And thank you John, for listening to your mother. Ginger is stratospherically adorable and this is your best photo of her yet- makes me want to knit her sweaters and buy her blingy collars at the local lapdog boutique. Probably just as well she is settled in chez Cole where she will no doubt end up wearing a Mini-poodle-sized Steelers jersey.

    The puppies are adorable too, of course – lovely to watch them squirm and squeak. I agree with everyone above that they could easily have different fathers, but I suppose it is a bit early to tell. You said the dad is a JRT Bluetick hound mix? I suppose Thurston could just have more Bluetick in him and Lovey more JRT. I am so looking forward to seeing how they grow – and yeah, I also agree with everyone above about supplementing with some formula, esp as you said Ginger might have cancer? Those are huge puppies and she needs to conserve her strength.

  89. 89.

    JR in WV

    Awwww… also, too: Squeeeee!

    Loving some puppy photos and video!!! I’m sure they will see the vet often, and that the vet will provide good advice on raising kittys.

    Thanks mama Cole for keeping John’s nose to the grindstone on providing cuteness on this wonderful blog!!

  90. 90.

    Jebediah, RBG

    @Karen in GA:

    Make this her last stop — methinks she needs her happy forever home right now.

    Agreed. She has clearly been through far more crap than any dog should. A pet paradise like Cole’s place is what she deserves, and she shouldn’t be uprooted again (unless, of course, she can’t integrate with the existing pack.)

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