Billy has become a slug - fact. The cutest, most scrumptious slug EVER, but a black fat slug nonetheless. He has a very different look to any of my previous puppies at this age, with a broad head, chunky legs & thick coat (very much a boy already!) - he also loves his milk and with multiple pumps to choose from, he can usually be found propping up the milk bar! Now talking of the word propping, this leads me nicely onto this blog post and the subject of walking, or lack of. See, usually at two weeks my pups are attempting to walk, well wobble - Billy No Mates at 17 days is biding his time, well it requires a great deal of effort to lift that fat belly off the floor and dragging himself is clearly soooo much easier than actually putting weight through his legs .... With the milk bar to himself without any competition, it's my job to present him with a few challenges, such as occasionally knocking him off a teat or using soft toys to simulate siblings to clamber over - life at the moment is a little too easy for Billy (and we all know that life isn't fair!), so I decided to present him with an undulating terrain to encourage him to get off that fat belly of his! Hopefully it's a nice little obstacle course to encourage Billy to start walking - or so I thought...
Take two pool noodles .......
And arrange each half under the vet bed - using the offcuts as 'litter mates'.
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And cut your hand, I mean .......
Cut each noodle in half.
And replace the vet bed.
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