is mother's real name but everyone calls her mother my she has seven final healthy poppy six boys and one girl they were born with their eyes closed and will not be able to see until they are two weeks old trying to find their mother by their sense of smell or their back guards or babies carefully really liked to be alone but he is always on hand when it's time to nurse baby puppies nurse often in fact about a little puppy do is eat and sleep seven puppies are a large number for a small dog like mother mack to nurture and so the babies grow bigger and stronger they like to romp and play with their mother very tiny p soon the little dogs are six weeks old boy's mother has cost them to feed and care for the puppies older dogs are only fed once a day but puppies are fed at least three times a day now the puppies can have meat dog food and scraps from the table from the time they were a month old when they were still nursing milk was added to their diet mother max lets the dogs fight right under a note to the station because we want the parties to learn to fight that they can protect themselves when they grow up they must know how to fight to be good what fun to take the puppies to the beach the dolls live near the beach and the boys know every rock and sand dune it is easy to take the dogs down the quiet road to the top of the cliff high up on the cliff the boys stop to put pups hangal them up the boys are kind and gentle with copies and try to train them so that when they grow up they will be well behaved dogs that barks to tell her puppies that everything is all right and that they will like it follow better on their own reaches the water first while doug rounds up the rest of the puppy it is spring and the water is warming up for a swimming smack waves or tail happily as he gathers her family around dogs like to shake things up that is instinct now bubble has his own hole he learns fast is the boy's favorite and their father has said they may keep him well is tired out tammy go away and make your own hole it's fun to dig and one can find almost anything in the sand starvation sand dollars clams or crabs it's easy to see that all the doggies have learned their lesson w but what about rudy he watches carefully and then he too can dig as well as his brother the water isn't too cold come on max bring it to clear now boys if you didn't chase max and were fine with her he would bring is strong and hold tight for a long time more more dug throws the stick an easy one the puppy wait eagerly to admire their mother and try to do everything she does i think this is great for rudy why don't you play with the other puppies dug finds a great big stick now does that stick is too big for a little dog good girl the puppies are afraid of the waves as they should be they are too small to stand against the currents and would be washed quickly out to se but what is happening under the pier makan bubble like the hunt for treasures around the piles but who would expect to find a baby seal sunning herself on a pretty little seal as she gracefully passes overhead like a puppy she is too young to have learned to think she would make a lovely friend and next or gently he smells different but definitely nice and then the puppy understands that dogs mustn't be friendly with seals and he can grow as dogs tease and confuse the seal as they jump in front of them behind her the baby seal is frightened and wants to return to the deep water where she feels safe and funny she looks as she walks on her flippers they are better for swimming than walking out she goes max leads her puppies back to the boys glad to have her puppy say play around or the boys are anxious to take the dogs home bed plenty of food place to play and someone to love it's been a while they hasn't done lad dad said we could keep bubble argue he's so smart and so all the tired little dogs go slowly home dragging their leashes behind