The Puppies Cooley- A Daily Photo Blog

Puppy Baths- Zoticus XVIII

2009-03-12T18:27:00.000-07:00

Puppy Baths- White Beard

2009-03-12T06:23:00.000-07:00

Puppy Baths- Tippy

2009-03-11T18:21:00.000-07:00

Puppy Baths- Squints

2009-03-11T06:30:00.000-07:00

Puppy Baths- Slash

2009-03-10T18:30:00.000-07:00

Puppy Baths- Skunk

2009-03-10T06:30:00.000-07:00

Puppies take their first bath. Did I mention CUTENESS?

2009-03-09T20:00:00.000-07:00

Katherine decided the ratio of stink to cuteness finally swung in favor of stink and since she prefers cute to stink she and some friends gave the puppies their first bath. As you can see from the last post, caring for the puppies has become a full time job, so we will be cheating some and spreading out the bathing extravaganza over the next several posts. Let's kick it off with Bandido!

If you have wondered why the post count has declined, then this picture should provide the thousand words of explanation needed.

2009-03-09T18:35:00.000-07:00

Apparently three square meals a day isn't cutting it.

2009-03-02T18:18:00.001-08:00

El Bandido has decided that the Sac Bee is an excellent supplement to a growing puppies diet. Maybe it was the food section of the paper.

Week 4

2009-02-27T06:39:00.000-08:00

Papers!!! GIVE your papers here!!!!

2009-02-26T20:32:00.001-08:00

We need newspaper. If you have newspaper that you want to get rid of let us know. If you are hoping to get it back then I wouldn't recommend giving it to us. I can promise you it won't come back in the same condition.

Houston, we have a problem.

2009-02-25T18:40:00.000-08:00

PUPPIES!!!!!! EATING!!!!!!!! DEATH BY CUTENESS!!!!!!

2009-02-23T18:39:00.000-08:00

We try to feed the puppies "solid" food. I think it's safe to say SUCCESS!!!

Puppy Randomness.

2009-02-20T07:14:00.000-08:00

The growth continues. Tippy at Week 3.

2009-02-20T07:04:00.000-08:00

PUPPY FIGHTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-02-15T21:52:00.000-08:00

They're Growing!!!

2009-02-13T06:35:00.000-08:00

They Keep Growing. Here is Tippy again- just born, 1 week old and two weeks old.

Happy Second Week Birthday, Puppies!

2009-02-13T06:30:00.000-08:00

Puppy Cam!

2009-02-12T18:20:00.000-08:00

If you take a look to your right you should see a video feed of the puppies. To start just click on the video and it will begin a live feed of what they are up to. I make no promises but I hope to have this running all the time for people to see what the pups are up to.

Stay tuned. The Cuteness is coming full force.

2009-02-12T06:39:00.000-08:00

Dear Readers,

We had our fun with the first day pictures and the daily puppy profiles but the best is yet to come. Yesterday was a break through day. Most of the pups started to open their eyes and take their first steps. The party is about to begin. You can look forward to puppy wrestling, puppy romping and my personal favorite puppy races. Leave a comment and let me know what sort of things you want to see the puppies do and I will keep my eye open. It's been a fun week and a half but it's time to turn the fun up to 11!

CUTENESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-02-12T06:30:00.000-08:00

Skunk fell asleep in my hands.

Not just eyes. We got walking too!

2009-02-11T21:16:00.000-08:00

White Beard struts her sassy stuff!

EYES! EYES! EYES! WE HAVE EYES!!!!!!

2009-02-11T17:28:00.000-08:00

Tippy McTipperson welcome to a new world.

A belated but sincere thanks.

2009-02-10T19:04:00.000-08:00

The day the puppies were born I went into work and discovered my co-workers had prepared a wonderful surprise. Here are pics from that day. I didn't get my hands on them until today so thus the reason for the delay. My thanks go out to my co-workers for their thoughtful surprise.

Even sleeping is cute!

2009-02-10T06:50:00.001-08:00

Beautiful Puppy Pictures

2009-02-09T17:34:00.000-08:00

Yesterday our friend came over with her daughters and snapped some pictures of the puppies. She did the puppies a justice that my pics just don't do. Enjoy.

http://jennyarnez.com/2009/02/puppies-are-dangerous/

Pup Art

2009-02-08T21:24:00.001-08:00

Thanks to Kyla for contributing the wonderful picture of White Beard.

Poll Answer- Battle of the Sexes

2009-02-08T21:19:00.000-08:00

If you were keeping score with the profiles you would know that the girl pups dominate the boy pups 4-3. Congrats to all of you who answered correctly in our first poll. You win the satisfaction of being correct.

Here is the breakdown:

Girls- Slash, White Beard the Pink Nosed Pirate, El Bandido, and Squints McGee.

Boys- Skunk, Zoticus XVIII, Tippy McTipperson.

Puppy Profile- White Beard the Pink Nosed Pirate

2009-02-08T08:11:00.000-08:00

Name: White Beard the Pink Nosed Pirate
Gender: Female
Puppy #: 6 or 7?
Favorite Color: The mustard of Dwight's shirt.
Favorite Word: Scurvy
Hobbies: Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all cool
Favorite Band: White Stripes

If you and your siblings were on Survivor, who would you vote off the island first and why? Tippy McTipperson. I don't need his vertigo bringing me down.

What do you consider to be your best feature: My beauty mark.

Which Grandparent do you like more, Katherine or Philip? Katherine. Someone's got to take pity.

Tomorrow's Puppy Profile: That's it people. We profiled em all.

Puppy Profile- El Bandido

2009-02-07T07:40:00.000-08:00

Name: El Bandido
Gender: Female
Puppy #: 6 or 7?
Favorite Color: Red 5
Favorite Word: Xylophone
Hobbies: Robbing stage coaches.
Favorite Band: White Stripes

If you and your siblings were on Survivor, who would you vote off the island first and why? Zoticus XVIII. I mean really how pretentious can one get?

What do you consider to be your best feature: Me.

Which Grandparent do you like more, Katherine or Philip? PHILIP

Tomorrow's Puppy Profile: White Beard the Pink Nosed Pirate.

Dinner and a Movie

2009-02-06T21:38:00.000-08:00

If it's wrong I don't want to be right.

2009-02-06T21:12:00.000-08:00

Yin and Yang Puppy Style

2009-02-06T21:09:00.001-08:00

My how you've grown.

2009-02-06T07:19:00.000-08:00

The puppies are getting big. Here is a comparative shot of Tippy minutes old and one week old.

Happy Birthday!

2009-02-06T07:15:00.000-08:00

The puppies are one week old today!

I can't get over mealtime- it's a crack up!

2009-02-06T06:47:00.000-08:00

Puppy Profile- Squints McGee

2009-02-06T06:42:00.000-08:00

Name: Squints McGee
Gender: Male
Puppy #: 4 or 5?
Favorite Color: Infrared
Favorite Word: Reganomics
Hobbies: Squinting Menacingly
Favorite Band: White Stripes

If you and your siblings were on Survivor, who would you vote off the island first and why? Squints McGee, I don't trust those shifty eyes either.

What do you consider to be your best feature: My beady little eyes.

Which Grandparent do you like more, Katherine or Philip? PHILIP

Tomorrow's Puppy Profile: El Bandido.

Who do you think is in the Cooley doghouse tonight? (Hint- it's not a member of the canine species)

2009-02-05T20:39:00.000-08:00

That's right, yours truly is in the doghouse this evening.

Allow me to set the scene. Katherine and I are with the puppies remarking on how cute they are when in walks Zotie, leading me to make which of the following remarks:

A) "Your puppies cuteness is overshadowed only by my beautiful and intelligent wife, the love of my life, Katherine."

OR

B) "Zotie you have made the cutest things in this house."

If you answered "B" you are very correct and I am very much in trouble.

The good news, dear readers, is that because I am so practiced in the art of buffoonery I was able to resist the urge to argue semantics seeing as my statement applauded Zotie's reproductive prowess and an equivalent statement involving Katherine would have been directed to Katherine's parents and since they were not in the house the compliment could only be directed to Zotie.

Luckily I am smart enough to choose the doghouse over the outhouse.

The eyes are coming!!!! Stay Tuned

2009-02-05T07:15:00.001-08:00

Per all the dog specialists we spoke with we should start to see open puppy eyes in the next day or two. We are so excited!

Puppy Profile- Skunk

2009-02-05T06:35:00.000-08:00

Name: Skunk
Gender: Male
Puppy #: 4 or 5?
Favorite Color: Clear
Favorite Word: Wigwam
Hobbies: Jazzercize and Clubbin'
Favorite Band: White Stripes

If you and your siblings were on Survivor, who would you vote off the island first and why? Squints McGee, I don't trust those shifty eyes.

What do you consider to be your best feature: My beauty mark.

Which Grandparent do you like more, Katherine or Philip? PHILIP

Tomorrow's Puppy Profile: Squints McGee.

What is more deadly than a ninja star?

2009-02-04T16:58:00.000-08:00

A ninja star made out of puppies. If this doesn't kill you with cuteness nothing will. (This picture was not manufactured or contrived in any shape or form.)

Puppy Profile- Tippy McTipperson

2009-02-04T06:24:00.000-08:00

Editor's note: Due to the very specific tastes of today's pup, The Puppies Cooley Wednesday puppy profile might not appeal (or for that matter make a lick of sense) to our majority readership. If this applies, please accept our deepest regrets and join us again for Thursday's profile.

Name: Tippy "DOOMBRINGER" McTipperson
Gender: Orc (Male)
Puppy #: Lvl 73 (3)
Favorite Color: See Hobbies
Favorite Word: See Hobbies
Hobbies: World of Warcraft
Favorite Band: See Hobbies

If you and your siblings were on Survivor, who would you vote off the island first and why? See Hobbies.

What do you consider to be your best feature: See Hobbies

Which Grandparent do you like more, Katherine or Philip? PHILIP

Tomorrow's Puppy Profile: Skunk

And the fattie is...

2009-02-03T16:55:00.000-08:00

It's a tie! White Beard the Pink Nosed Pirate and Slash share the distinction of being the heaviest puppies at their first weigh in. They came in at a piggish 1.11 lbs. Their siblings in descending order weighed in at:

Tippy McTipperson- 1.09 lbs
Zoticus XVIII- 1.08 lbs
El Bandido- 1.07 lbs
Squints McGee- 1.05 lbs

And the runt of the litter at 1.04 lbs- Skunk.

Puppies and Mama go to the Vet

2009-02-03T16:42:00.000-08:00

We took the puppies to the vet. Dr Fay was great, everyone had a good time and a clean bill of health all around. Here are some pictures.

Breakfast!

2009-02-03T06:35:00.000-08:00

Puppy Profile- Slash

2009-02-03T06:25:00.000-08:00

Name: Slash
Gender: Girl
Puppy #: 2
Favorite Color: Puce
Favorite Word: Word
Hobbies: Rockin. Shredding guitar in my all female Guns N Roses cover band. Did I mention Rocking?
Favorite Band: The White Stripes. Did you think I was going to say Guns N Roses? Silly reader with your guesses and whatnot.

If you and your siblings were on Survivor, who would you vote off the island first and why? "Bandido, She would try to steal my immunity."

What do you consider to be your best feature: "My sparkling personality"

Which Grandparent do you like more, Katherine or Philip? PHILIP

Tomorrow's Puppy Profile: Tippy McTipperson

Sleep well folks.

2009-02-02T22:08:00.001-08:00

The puppies will.

Slash in the News..

2009-02-02T20:09:00.000-08:00

..paper shreds that is.

In case you weren't 100% certain...

2009-02-02T19:59:00.000-08:00

...these puppies are spoiled.

Puppy Profile- Zoticus Mooley Cooley XVIII

2009-02-02T06:37:00.000-08:00

Name: Zoticus Mooley Cooley XVIII
Gender: Boy
Puppy #: 1
Favorite Color: "Don't know, I can't see yet. I'll let you know when I'm 10 (days old)."
Favorite Word: Quantum
Hobbies: Mewling, Rollerblading and Nursing
Favorite Band: The White Stripes

If you and your siblings were on Survivor, who would you vote off the island first and why? "Whitebeard the Pink Nosed Pirate. She's a pirate, nuff said."

What do you consider to be your best feature: "My freckles."

Which Grandparent do you like more, Katherine or Philip? PHILIP

Tomorrow's Puppy Profile: Slash

Starting tomorrow morning- Puppie Profiles

2009-02-01T19:53:00.000-08:00

Starting tomorrow and continuing for the next 7 days we will be profiling a puppy a day. "What do they like? What do they not like? What is their idea of a romantic evening?" These and other queries will be answered as we ask the tough questions so you don't have to. Join us each day for a new puppy profile.

Monday- Zoticus Mooley Cooley XVIII.

Super Bowl XLIII Puppy Half Time Show

2009-02-01T17:07:00.000-08:00

In the word's of Katherine Cooley, immortal wordsmith...

2009-01-31T21:58:00.000-08:00

"Someone has learned to shat!"

Zotie and Brood move in to their new digs.

2009-01-31T17:35:00.001-08:00

What is a whelping pen?

2009-01-31T16:39:00.000-08:00

Prior to yesterday's surprise my answer would have been "What?!?!?" However through the enlightening experience of an unexpected canine pregnancy and subsequent dog birth seven times over I can now speak with some authority on the matter. A whelping pen is a place for the mother dog to raise her pups in safety. A proper whelping pen should keep the puppies from leaving but should allow the mother to come and go as she pleases. With this knowledge, a 10x12 ft tarp and a whole lot of pvc pipe and zip ties I set about crafting just such a place. The following pictures illustrate my mastery of the subject. Special thanks goes out to my good friend Dean who as you can see was very helpful in the process. You will also see what a "help" Katherine was during the whole process.

ROLL CALL!!!!!!! (Part 1)

2009-01-31T11:24:00.001-08:00

ROLL CALL!!!!!!! (Part 2)

2009-01-31T11:22:00.000-08:00

Puppy Roll Call Coming Tomorrow!

2009-01-30T17:17:00.000-08:00

We will be showing individual pictures of each pup tomorrow along with their new names (I'm coming up with them so they will be AWESOME). While you wait enjoy some wriggling, wiggling, furry, puppy mass in this video clip.

Day 1, Thursday Morning 9:30am

2009-01-30T16:49:00.000-08:00

Puppy 7 has arrived and Zoti relaxes.

Day 1, Friday Morning 5:40am

2009-01-30T16:45:00.000-08:00

I get woken up to the sound of Zoti moving around in her crate followed shortly by the sound of yelping. My thought "It can't be". I get out of bed and use my iPod Touch to investigate. To my surprise I see a small black lump. "It can't be!" I go and shake Kath out of a blissful sleep and inform her in a stupefied voice "I think Zoti had a puppy". We turn on the light and lo and behold puppy number 1 has arrived.

Day -1, Thursday Evening

2009-01-30T16:44:00.000-08:00

Katherine and I took Zoti to her obedience training class. Instructor sees Zoti and says "Geez, she looks VERY pregnant". Our thought "That's crazy talk". We got home and went to bed.

Day -2, Wednesday Evening

2009-01-30T16:40:00.000-08:00

While watching Snatch with Katherine and a friend, Zoti was sitting next to me and I had my hand on her belly. All of a sudden I felt movement. I chalked it up to gas or a coming BM.