"Please Poppy, can we have some more?"

This weekend the puppies had a very exciting experience, their first meal!! As they seem to be getting almost as big as Poppy, and their tiny little teeth are starting to come through, we decided to give them their first taste of real food, in the form of puppy biscuits melted in high protein puppy milk... Mmm yummy!

My mum read that it is a good idea to get the mummy dog to eat the food at the same time to encourage the puppies. We decided to try this, but soon discovered that, Poppy is similar to Joey from FRIENDS, in that 'Poppy doesn't share food'!! Recently, she has an insatiable appetite despite having around 6 meals a day, so she quickly hoovered all the food up before the puppies even had a chance to sniff it, leaving them disappointed.

On second attempt, we tried a new strategy. I fed Poppy chicken whilst the puppies ate their meal. Then, as a compromise, once she'd devoured the whole packet of chicken, she acted as dishwasher for the puppies' plates! They all seemed a little unsure of what to do with their food, a lot of the time just flicking it out of the bowl, or treading in it! However, judging by the leftovers on this little guy's nose, I think he really enjoyed his meal. So much so, that he decided to save some for later!

On top of their first taste of yummy gruel, there has been another big change in the puppies' lives this week. Since the ginger puppy's great escape, they have been unstoppable. Every time we leave the room and come back in, they are all over the room, so we decided it was time to get them a play pen!! The Houdini-like Puppy was not impressed, and has already started trying to chew her way out!