The fox managed to have a couple of chickens again the other night, practically in front of our eyes, luckily one of the dogs spotted it and chased it off, unfortunately not before he managed to do 3 of them. So off to the chicken sales today ( i don't need much of an excuse). Came back with everything i don't need including 2 geese!







I also brought some young chicks although heavens knows why when i have some due to hatch out tomorrow in the incubator.Still it made the kids happy.













The sun was glorious today with the crops in the fields at their full bloom




























The Malinois pups have opened their eyes and are now starting to explore. They are beginning to lose their fat look as well so we can start to see how they are shaping up. Won't be long now before the fun begins!

How fat are these pups!

We have recently changed all the dogs over to a fresh meat and bones diet, don't know if that has anything to do with it but these pups are the fattest i have ever had especially considering there are nine of them.

Their eyes are still not open but they are very active, the pictures seem a bit boring so i thought i would put a few videos on here instead.

The Malinois pups are doing extremely well, very fat and very active,

can't wait till their eyes open !

Here they are at 4 days old.

The weather was glorious today so our daily bike ride with Gaby & Ghia was even more enjoyable, The 2 Laekenois absolutely love going out like this. The original idea was to get us all fit but they end up pulling me most of the time so i do not get to peddle much. They normally go side by side but paul fancied a bit of fresh air today!

After checking my dates last night i realized i had made a mistake and Zara was due today and not on monday,(wondered why she was panting all day) any way after pacing up and down all night,(Zara not me) she gave birth at 7 am today, by the time the third one arrived she was an old hand at it. By 10 am she had 7 pups and seemed to have finished but then decided to have another 2.
3 males and 6 bitches.
She seems to have taken to motherhood very well. We shall see in the coming days.

What a life!