Pup-date: They Have Collars

After three weeks of the insane game of "which puppy are you?" we finally put 'collars' on the pups. We were very lucky to find eleven different colors of ribbon, and they are now color coded. The pic above shows our list that we use to keep track of what color goes with what gender. The collars also provided a good way for us to refer to them, so we now a list of names that we use. We have tried to keep it as generic as possible so that we don't fall even more in love with them all, but we also wanted to be somewhat creative. Here's the list (color - name - brief description):

• Light Blue - Sayid - This black male is ours. We picked him out almost right after he came out of the womb. He has a big head and a big wrinkly face, which we hope foreshadows a big dog to help watch over our little cabin.
• Red - Josh - This little yellow male is special to us. He's the one that she buried (i.e. the runt). If you haven't heard Josh's story, I'll give you more details later. He's being adopted by Cassidy's sister, Chelsea, to go try and mellow out their other dog, Cooper.
• Explorer (dark) Green - Magellan - This little black male got his name from the famous explorer. Since he learned to walk, he has been all over the garage. For a few days it was a game to see where he would be sleeping when we went out in the morning.
• Pink - Pinky - She is the sweetest little yellow female. She is quiet, but she loves to play with her brothers and sisters. She also likes to lick toes and the gates on the pen.
• Blue - Not Josh - This is the other small yellow male. For the longest time (before the collars) we had to look really close to find the differences between him and Josh, so we started calling them Josh and Not Josh. I know - real original. He is very sweet and likes to be held.
• Yellow - Yellow or Lemon - We haven't really come up with a temporary name for this yellow female. She is big and loves to romp. Call her Lemon when she is with the lime green girl, who I call Lime.
• Lime Green - Lime - She is another playful yellow female. She likes to roll other puppies and then pounce on them. She also likes to block out her siblings when she is at the food bowl.
• Purple - Violet - A sweet big yellow female. She likes to explore with Magellan recently, and she found out that if mom is eating, she's now big enough to reach her "food" on mom's belly.
• Peach - Georgia Peach - What's not to like about this big yellow girl? She hangs out with Bruno (orange), and likes to charge at her siblings or your feet and then hope backwards. She also likes to eat.
• White - Clancy - This black male is the baby. He is the last pup that was born and survived. He is super sweet, and loves to sleep in the corner created by the cabinet in the garage. He got his name from Cassidy's mom, who really wants to take him home but can't.
• Orange - Bruno - This is the BIG boy. He's yellow male who sleeps with his head between his paws, which causes his face to wrinkle up. Although his is big, he is not overly aggressive. He likes to nibble and chew, but he snuggles when he is held.

There's the update for now. I'll probably post more updates today because I leave for a 2 week journalism fellowship on Sunday. The other posts will have more pictures, but here's a few to tide you over (Macy-wink wink).