The puppies had a checkup yesterday and they’re doing fine except for a couple of upper baby teeth that refused to fall out. They’ve been working hard on their rawhide chew sticks, so I don’t think it’s from a lack of trying. They’ve also been shredding their pee pads in their pen whenever they’re locked up for more than 4 hours, but that’s another story.

So they’re going to require those two top baby teeth to be surgically extracted. It’s the exact same two teeth on both puppies too–you sure can tell they’re twin brothers by their teeth. It must be hereditary. They’re also ready for neutering, so the poor boys are going to be under the knife at both ends pretty soon!

We’re in the process of scheduling both of these procedures for both dogs right now. Other than their teeth though, they’re in great physical shape, normal heartbeats, weight, appearance, and bloodwork. Tiger gave us a bit of a scare after their last checkup when his liver enzymes were abnormally high, but we stopped the soft treats altogether and had him rechecked a couple weeks later and his numbers were back to normal.

They’re keeping each other in great shape by wrestling and chasing each other around the house and the backyard as often as possible. The neighborhood bunnies and birds don’t seem to like it so much though… they constantly get chased out of the yard. And our neighbors who walk their dogs past our backyard seem to be a little more challenged as well, as you can imagine.