Welcome to Page #2 of Suji n' Grommet's 2016 Litter! 
                         Glad to have yah!
Last Update;  May 25, 2016
"Come on in, set a spell, take your shoes off..."
It's 05/03/2016 little miracles are 16 days old today.
Suji is such a good mama and everybody is doing great!
Rainier
Since they're mountain dogs this gang is nicknamed after mountains. 
Denali
Fuji
Denali
Everest/
Sumo
Rainier
Denali
Rainier
Everest/Sumo
Fuji
Rain's > nose has filled in even more.
Everest/Sumo
Fuji
Denali
Rain
Rain
Fuji
Denali
E/Sumo
Denali
E/Sumo
Rain
Fuji
Fuji
E/Sumo
Fuji
E/Sumo
E/Sumo
Fuji
Fuji
Rain
Rain
Fuji
Sumo
Fuji
Still not sure if we have any long coats or not.  I'm pretty sure Everest/Sumo is not and neither is Denali. 
Wish you could see their faces a little more clearly. 
Denali
Sumo
Denali
Looks like Fuji is going to be running the show.  Not Denali. Which is funny cuz she's just like her mama Suji.  :) 
< Nice round bear head.  That could be either Sumo or Denali.
Rain
Fuji
???
They can hear now and their eyes are opening but I don't think they can see too well yet. 
05/04/2016 And we're 17 days old.  2 1/2 weeks and they're already trying to get out of the pen.  It's not that they don't like the pen.  Mom and breakfast are on the outside.  
Look at the size of that girl!!!
Denali
Fuji
Sumo
Rain
< Hint
Sumo
Rain
Awww, so precious!!  They're almost little people now. 
Rain
Rain
Denali
Fuji
Everest/Sumo
Look at who's first to attempt  the great escape!
Denali
Denali
Everest/Sumo
Rain
Rain
Fuji
Sumo
Rain
Denali
Fuji
Guess I better put a second board up there. 
Don't want them getting out and not being able to get back in.  I'll take the boards off next week and they'll have run of the puppy room but not yet. 
Ted and Mary will come this weekend and pick out Misty.  Then it will be Shan-Aan and Aaron's turn to decide who's going to be Kaya.  The last precious little girl will be Bo's and I don't know if he has a name picked out yet. 
05/06/2016  Babies will be 3 weeks old in 2 days.  Still pretty chow motivated.  They're all really chubby.  No worms, that's all puppy.  hehe
That's it for now.  Camera ran outta' juice.  We'll see if we can get Ted and Mary to hold the kids for pictures.  They're still little wiggle worms though. 
Sumo
Rain
Fuji
Rain
Fuji
Rain
05/07/2016  Babies will be 3 weeks old tomorrow.   Mary and Ted were here and now they can't decide between Denali and Rainier.  They'll be back next Friday and hopefully the pups will be more interactive.  :)  They took pictures too so maybe we'll see some good ones. 
Sumo
Sumo
Fuji
Fuji
Rain
Can y'all tell them apart now? 
Rain
Rain
Rain
That's a soup bone by her leg.  She'll stash it when the pups are finished.  She's such a good girl.  Most of the time.  hehe
Fuji
Denali
Rainier
Next shots, courtesy of Ted and Mary!  Thanks you guys!
Rainier
Rainier
Rainier
Sumo
Sumo
Denali
Rainier
Denali
Rain's nose is getting there.  hehe
Rainier
Rainier
Denali
Thought that was Fuji but look at her feet. 
Denali
When trying to find the right puppy for your family there's a little test that you can do.  Lay the pup on it's back in your arms.  If it wiggles and struggles then that's probably not the puppy for you.  <  Look at Denali over in Mary's arms.  Wonder if she'd mind waking up for a second to allow us to run the test?  :)  hehehe
Denali
Rainier
Rainier
Fuji
Fuji
Sumo
<  That one is blurry but you can see how big they're getting comparing Rain to the length of the egg carton.
Rainier
Denali
Fuji
Rain
Rain
I was trying to figure out why there aren't many pictures of Everest/Sumo and it must be cuz he's always lounging somewhere.  I'll try to roust him a bit Kathy and get more pictures for you.   :)
Two days ago I weighed them again.
I think they were, roughly;
Denali = 4.25 lbs.
Sumo = 4.0 lbs.
Rain & Fuji = 3.75 lbs.
< Fuji chewin' on me.  They're starting to get their little sharp teeth.  Puppy slop time.
Denali
Denali
Denali
Fuji
Denali
Denali
Rain
Rain
I took a bunch of close-ups cuz we're trying to figure out if anybody has a long coat. 
Denali
Sumo
Sumo
He's got a little milk pimple.
Sumo
Fuji
05/09/2016  Babies were three weeks old yesterday.  See the fur on Fuji's ears compared to everybody else's?  I think Fuji is a long coat but I'm not 100% sure yet.  In one of the shots you can see fur growing up into her eyes.  That's a sign. 
That would explain her crawling into my lap and making herself at home.  She did it today too.  She's got the confidence of the long coats.
Rain
Sumo
Sumo
Fuji
Fuji
Fuji
< See the fur going up into her eyes?  She's starting to look like a Poodle. 
Rain
Denali
Sumo
Sumo
Rain
Fuji
Rain
Fuji
Sumo
Denali
Sumo
Denali
05/10/2016  Babies are twenty three days old.  
Rainier
Rainier
Rainier
Rain
Fuji
Denali
Denali
We have graduated to newspaper now.  Their beautiful white will become a nice shade of gray soon.
Fuji
Fuji
Sumo
Fuji
Rain
You may want to put a piece of newspaper, or two, by the door.  If they start snooping around the newspaper you can grab them and take them out. 
Remember, no playing outside until they learn what the outside is for. 
Denali
Sumo
Pee, Poo, Praise and right back in the house. 
Sumo
Sumo
Sumo
Fuji
Sumo
Fuji
Rain
05/12/2016 Babies are twenty five days old.  
Soup's on!  Didn't have to call these guys to the dinner table twice.  It took one nose dunk each and CHOW TIME!!!
The puppy slop ALWAYS tastes better on the other side of the pan.  I'm CONSTANTLY pulling them back but it's a lost cause. 
Sumo
Sumo
Sumo
Sumo
Sumo
Sumo
Sumo
Sumo
Fuji
Rain
Rain
Denali
Denali
Denali
Denali
Denali
Denali
Sumo
Sumo
Fuji
Fuji
Fuji
Fuji
Fuji
Fuji
Denali
Denali
Denali
Denali
Fuji
Fuji
Fuji
Fuji
Rain
Rain
Rain
Rain
Rain
Fuji
Rain
Rain
Rain
Rain
Rain
Denali
Switched out the water buckets.  I think this one is safe.  If they get too far in they can stand up. 
Fuji
Fuji
Rain come up for air but now she's headin' back into the game!  Via the shortest route.
Rain
Denali
Sumo
Rain
Sumo
Sumo
Rain
Rain
Rain
Rain
Ever get the feeling    > somebody's watching you?
Denali seems to be the most brave and adventurous today. 
We all headed back to our big cage to take a nap.  Well, most of us made it back. 
One of us made it to the door and one of us didn't wanna' get too far away from where the chow magically appears.
Sumo
Rain
Mama >
Fuji
Fuji
Sumo
Denali
Denali
Denali
Rain
Rain/Misty
Pete came to visit and Rain crawled up in his lap and made herself comfy.  Fuji spends most of her time hangin' on me.  Sumo went back in the cage and complained for a while.  He just wants his mama. 
05/13/2016  We're almost 4 weeks old!
Everest/Sumo
Everest/Sumo
Fuji/Kaya
Fuji/Kaya
Rain/Misty
Rainier/Misty's nose is almost all the way filled in now. >
Misty
Sumo
Sumo
Misty
Denali
Fuji/Kaya
Fuji/Kaya
Misty
Misty
Denali
Kaya
Pretty sure Fuji/Kaya is the only long coated baby this time.  Still not 100% on that. 
Kathy & Peter are coming to visit their boy on Sunday.  I'll weigh them and de-worm them again too.
Ted will probably send us some neat pictures from their visit today.  Those will be fun.  Probably mostly Denali but that's okay.  Who could blame them?  hehe
Kaya
Misty
Sumo
Misty
Denali
Denali
05/16/2016  This is going way too fast.  Babies were 4 weeks old yesterday.
Ted took these when he and Mary were here on Friday.  Thanks you guys!
Sumo
Everest/Sumo
Everest/Sumo
Poor guy, he's forced to hang out in the puppy cage cuz his sisters are real bitches.  hehe  In every sense of the word!  hehe
If that picture above was a little bit lighter, it would have award winning potential.  Well, lighter and maybe photochop away whatever that is on his leg there.  :)  Is that what it is?  Photochop?  Shop?  Mop?
Denali
Denali
Fuji/Kaya
Everest/Sumo ?
Rainier/Misty
She was IN the free feeder.  I  almost panicked cuz I couldn't find her.
Fuji/Kaya
< I've seen them 1/2 in and chowing down but nobody has ever actually climbed in and gone to sleep.
Rainier/Misty>
Fuji/Kaya
Misty
Denali
Misty
Sumo
Pete came over for his puppy fix.  They LOVE him!
Sumo
Misty
Kaya
Denali
Kaya
Kaya
Denali
Misty
Denali
We had a very busy weekend.  First Ted and Mary came and then Peter and Kathy.  My other friend Kathy showed up with her camera.  Oh, Mike and Hope and Kyle were here too.  Babies got all kinds of luvin'.  They also got de-wormed for the second time.  No worms found so they're good. 
Denali
Misty
Ezra
Misty
Kaya
I've tried to coax them out on to the deck but they don't wanna' know about it.  Denali was the only one who ventured out.  She cased the joint for a couple minutes and then ran back in.
I may have just imagined it but it seemed or felt like they didn't wanna' make eye contact for fear I'd grab them and make them go out.  I even got the "I don't want to" bow from Sumo.  hehehe  They're soooo smart!
Liberty "Libby" the Persian  >
Akitas sometimes need a place to rest their big heads.  She's practicing.  :) 
Misty
Misty
Denali
Kaya
Sumo
Kaya 
Sumo
Kaya 
Sumo
Denali
Denali
Born April 17th, 2016
Denali
Misty
Misty
Denali ?
Misty
Everybody  is going to start getting pretty dingy looking cuz of the newspaper. 
Libby