Do you wanna build a snowman?

Kassander heard the words from his mother and he tried his darnedest to comprehend them. A bit restless? He was asked and he thought about it. "Yesh marfma." He said with a shake of his head up and down. He had picked up some small things. He looked to the dark blurry form of his mother. His mother had licked his head too and that was a small sense of comfort to him. He had been careful to try and make his voice as clear as possible while he tried to push himself up again, this time succeeding. He took a deep breathe and stumbled again to by his mother. "Shut up, Vlaerkyia." He hissed at his sister when she tried to talk smack to him. His eyes narrowed slightly at the blurry form.


He wrinkled his nose and looked at his mother. "Marfma, Vlaerkyia is being mean!" He said as he searched for his mother to tell her to knock it off or something. He was a 4 week pup and that made him proud. Pups would now weigh 5-6 lbs. The growth of adult hair around nose and eyes is now apparent, and their high-pitched howls gain strength and volume. Mothers may now leave den for hours to hunt. Play and dominance fights among siblings begin. At 1 month old, puppies fully enter their "toddler" stage. They are able to recognize and respond to their names and will, from this point onward, continue to expand their vocabulary. Simple commands and instruction can also be comprehended and may be subject to repetition by echolalia and attempts to fully understand the word or phrase. At the end of this phase they should be able to complete two-word sentences.