my puppy loves

doesn't it ever bother you that the first things the newly-washed puppies do after you put them back in their newly-cleaned house is pee and poo, and then roll in their pee and poo?

it sure does bother me. and i wonder why i'm still keeping them. and i imagine what's gonna happen when they multiply and multiply.

but then they start rolling over one another and squabbling. and so i fall in love with them all over again. they squeak in the way that only 40-day old puppies can squeak and i promise myself that i'll keep their house clean most of the time (there really is just no way i could keep it clean all of the time).

an unwashed Paprika

Kino fell off this high chair, so he's behaving for this shot

sorry Rocky, i forgot to turn off the flash

i miss you, pepper and tomi. i hope they're taking care of you all right. :D

all five of them were born January 12, 2010. they're named for kitchen condiments. Tomi is short for Turmeric (why he wasn't named Tortor is another story entirely). Rocky is for Rock Salt. And Kino is short for Kinugay which is a kind of brown sugar. Pepper and Paprika are, well, Pepper and Paprika. i wanted a Cayenne and a Cinammon and a Ginger. but i only got five puppies and only two are girls. so there.