The scrappy play increases as the puppies grow. They continue to wrestle with each other and mouth each others’ body parts. They play the most with the toys that make sounds (that’s a “crinkle” dog in the lower left corner of the shot above.) In fact, a favorite “toy” is an empty water bottle that crunches and can be carried around in their mouths.

While Biff was changing the “pee pads” around 2 in the morning last night, the puppies, who were outside their kennel space, all climbed this set of stairs and looked down at him from the landing. They all made their way down, needing only a little encouragement.