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Happy one-week-old Birthday, little pups! I can’t believe it’s only been a week– it seems like they’ve been with us always!

The puppies are yawning and stretching:

We cannot wait for them to open their eyes. I’ve always taken for granted the fact that you can see the newborn lambs’ and kids’ eyes– but no more!

I’m also struck by how roly-poly they are! The newest lambs sometimes look like their skins are too big for them, but these pups are chubby little salsicce Maremmani. Lucy’s keeping them quite well fed!

We all love how their ears look like they’ve been seamed shut. It will be so amazing so see them open!

They snuggle up and love one another.

And it’s always delightful to catch them in a yawn (I haven’t been able to get a photograph of it), or at least catch a glimpse of their stuck-out-tongues.

You can watch it all on Lambcam 3.

ETA: In the midst of writing this post, I learned that, in Australia, they’re using Maremmas to guard a colony of Little Blue Penguins. So, when you’re done thinking about puppies, think about how cool that is for a second.

Whenever we poke our heads in to the barn to check on Lucy and the puppies, the pups are only ever doing one of two things.

They’re eating. Or they’re sleeping.

Sometimes, they fall asleep in the middle of eating.

And, while they’re asleep, they dream about eating.

It’s a simple life, really.

And yet, right under our noses, they’re growing and changing– their noses and paws have turned black-black, they make different noises, and their locomotive powers have greatly increased. Plus, they really have doubled in size since this past Saturday– I was holding this little guy up to take his photograph, and, wow, what a chunk!

We’re just so lucky to be here to watch it all happen. I can’t wait to see how much they’ve grown in another week’s time!