Sheba & Baghera’s Seven, of course!

Mr Shida’s on his weekly weigh-in

Even I can’t understand how quickly they’ve grown, and having started out looking like little rodents, they’ve now reached the age when they are totally irresistible!

Feeding seven growing pups is an exhausting activity, and no one is happier than their young mother that the pups are now having regular additional meals… As is she!

Puppy meals currently consist of sorghum porridge, raw meatballs and egg yoke.

My nieces Tabita (4) and Priscilla (2) love to be around the puppies.

Aren’t they just adorable?

Now that my father is in Sweden, Badamasi is taking care of them in his place.

Some of you have asked how many we’re going to keep. Plans are to keep them all, even though Anette and I are resisting the temptation of bringing one with us home, as we have our hands full with Sheba and the old rascal Dennis Mugu! We will have our hands full training them and make sure they grow up to healthy, happy and well-behaved individuals!

Good guard dogs are hard to come by in these parts of the world. It’s been nine years since our last litter, when Baghera (the father of these puppies) and his brothers Dennis, Aslan and Baloo were born.

Mr Bakwai and Mr Shida quarreling over Mr Shida’s food

Did I tell you I find them irresistible at this stage? Look at the face of Mr Bakwai! I told you he was to be reckoned with, despite being the youngest of the lot. From the looks of things, I can’t tell who’s winning the battle, but Mr Shida is certainly voicing his ownership over the raw meatball he has yet to devour.

You asked me how I can tell the different between the puppies, as they all look pretty much the same (except for Mr Shida above, who has his father’s darker coat).

Well, if I have a couple of pictures from different angles, I can make out which puppy is which from their individual markings. The pups above are two of the girls and look very much like Miss Hudu to the right and Miss Uku to the left (the smallest of the litter) although I would need to see the rest of the puppies (Miss Daya in particular) in order to be 100% sure. Miss Uku has been growing very well since they started with additional feed, while Miss Hudu has had a slower start discovering what food served by humans is all about. She seems to be getting it now, though!

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