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B - L I T T E R D A Y BY DAY
26/11/06 - 15/12/06
again the fence like a ladder, always to make them have good experience with the fence, but I didn't had time to get my camera out of my
pocket that all the pups had already reached the bench, after climbing on the fence, and they were going down, always on the fence. Later, I
saw Bocquefeuille climbing directly on the bench, and then she went down on the fence. So the pups were able to climb on the bench with
nothing to help them.
bench, and I put the fence with the flat side of the logs for the pups, and not the opposite like it was for their "bad" experience. I had just put
the edge on the fence on the bench and all the pups were already on the fence. They walked from the stones to the bench and from the
bench to the stones, or they stayed on the fence. I thought that the "bad" experience was over.
and down, from one to another fence, or stayed near the top to nibble at the fence - such young pups are as much agile as cats ! Some
stayed too on a bench, that is to say under a fence.
bricks pile and the upper part of a trestle. The second fence was precariously balanced, because the trestle was so too. The highest edge
of the second fence was at about 110 cm from the ground. All the pups climbed to the bricks pile, and then more or less on the second
fence (more for Borkye, Brinskhi and Bocquefeuille, less for Brehael and Brevillenne). Borkye, Brinskhi and Bocquefeuille were always
staying in the upper part of the second fence, they seemed to like to be as high as possible from the ground ! The precarious balance didn't
disturb them at all.
drove them all to the vet. I parked my car at a long enough distance from the vet, and all the pups walked on a lead with me - of course the 5
leads became quickly tangled ! Then we waited about 1/4 hour in front of the vet door, I sat on a low wall while the pups were playing to
discover all around. At the beginning, Borkye's tail was low, but that didn't last long. When a car was coming just in front of us, Brevillenne
was going back, but always with high tail, and immediately she was coming ahead. Brinskhi barked for a bike but also when a lady was
coming to us. Inside the waiting room, I asked the only person, with a cat, if I could let go of the leads, she agreed, and all the pups went
through the room and out of it to discover and discover. When the vet asked me to go to the consulting room, I began to go there, expecting
that all the pups would follow me, I was completely wrong, none of them followed me, they were too busy to discover a lot of things. I had to
take their leads to go the consulting room. There, I let them go freely, and they did a lot. We had to wait a long time before the vet was ready
to take care of them, and then the pups went under the chairs to sleep. I took them one by one for the jabs, then they went again to sleep
under the chairs. When it was time to go, I began to leave the room, none of them get up, I took their leads and we came back to my car.
my barn to work on my car, they played a lot with every kind of things they could meet. I had to blow up the tyres, at the beginning the pups
were distrustful, but that didn't last. I had to do something under the bonnet, when it was time to make it go down, Brevillenne was just near
me and I looked at her to know her reaction to this strong, curt and unknown sound : she didn't react at all.
higher too. I wanted the pups to reach the top of the bricks pile from the bench, all of them climbed by themselves on the benches (like all
my dogs, they liked very much being on one of the benches). But what a surprise ! Brinskhi and just after him Borkye ran to the corner made
by the wall and the bricks pile, and they climbed immediately, while running, at the top of the bricks pile, because there was a few stones
on the ground that helped them. I climbed too on the top of the bricks pile, and so Brehael tried and succeed to climb in the same way than
his two brothers just did. Bocquefeuille was already on the bench, she came to me, on the top of the bricks pile, from the bench. Then the
pups left the bricks pile, some jumped down directly to the ground, the others reached the bench. Some climbed up again to the top of the
bricks pile. Only Brevillenne didn't climbed on the top of the bricks pile, she tried to put her front legs on it, but didn't find the way in the
corner.
I noticed that for about 8 - 10 days : the A-s began to "frighten" the pups, one by one, they growled, with visible teeth, but without touching
them at all ; then they began "surprising attacks". The pups always laid on their back while crying, even if they weren't touched at all (what I
could see precisely), but they began to defend themselves, to riposte (especially Brinskhi and Bocquefeuille). I recognized the way my
Kuvaszes educated all pups, that seems to be a general way.
This morning, I heard some sounds from the pups, so they were awake, but I wasn't ready to go to them, I let them wait a little more ; I was
surprised that there were still neither pee nor droppings in their playpen, so they were already able to stop themselves from passing water
till I put them in the yard or in the garden. For already a long time, there were no droppings in their playpen in the morning, but there was
often pee at night.
be especially slippery ! But they liked so much to try anything new that they succeed to climb and stay on it (sometimes they were slipping
from the top of the roof to the edge of the bench !)
and turned and went back just before reaching the high object. The others went on the plank too.
heard dogs barking inside their own garden, or when some people was coming to us. Brevillenne particularly barked when people were
too near us. When a pup - generally Brevillenne - began to bark, some others immediately barked too, they seemed to want not to be left
out (especially Borkye and Brinskhi, the more dominant pups). They barked with high tail, Brevillenne came back at each time that
someone was passing in front of us, but then she went immediately behind the person.
preferred first to nibble at the plank. I put their front legs on the plank, and then all the pups went from a bench to another while walking on
the plank.
their carrier boxes. But the door wasn't completely closed, Borkye succeeded to open it, and he jumped down out of my car and began to go
alone for a walk. Fortunately, he came back to me when I called him.
08/12/06 : The wind had turn into storm, so I didn't let the dogs go neither in the garden nor in the yard, excepted during a short time for pee
and droppings.
09/12/06 : Once again, I took the pups for a walk in town. When we arrived, the pupils were going out of their school, and I decided to go
near the school. Of course some children - and sometimes their parents too - took an interest in the pups and Andeo. Andeo was going
ahead, towards people, but the pups were rather distrustful, staying backwards.
10/12/06 : At noon, I put the 15-16 cm broad plank on an object, so it was like a seesaw. Bocquefeuille was the first to climb on it, the others
went later too. The plank was moving up and down, but also sometimes it was turning left or right. Then the pups nibbled a lot at the plank.
high tail and with self-confidence, excepted with some people, they were trustful in front of some people, and distrustful in front of some
other people.
12/12/06 : At noon, I put the 15-16 cm broad plank between the ground and the edge of a high enough flowerpot, and the plank was rather
steeply sloping. About half the plank length was between the ground and the edge of the flowerpot, the second part was above empty
space. All the pups liked to climb on it.
were perpendicular to the bench, and the pups had to walk on the rounded face of the logs. Although they could jump directly on the bench,
the pups climbed up on the fence. They were grown up enough and they had no difficulties anymore.
lady stayed near us a long enough time, interested by them.
But this day was the "beginning of the end" : Brehael left us in the afternoon.
In the evening, while I was ready to take the (then only four) pups to put them in their playpen for the night, I saw Borkye jumping inside the
playpen, instead of waiting that I took him. It was the first time that I saw a pup jumping over something. The playpen side was about 51-52
cm high.
15/12/06 : At noon, I put the 15-16 cm broad plank between the ground and a bench. Although they could simply jump on the bench, the
pups climbed up on the plank - only for pleasure !
Someone called me, and I knew that Brinskhi would leave home the following day. So it was time to end this B-litter diary. I just could hope
that the pups would have learned enough - I didn't want them to know doing this or that, but I wanted them to be able to solve unknown
situations, and to have confidence in their abilities to cope with any situation.
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