Day 9

Another day of hanging out in the whelping box eating, pooping, squeaking and sleeping. Kaltag was up on all four this morning. He actually made it a couple of steps before he banged his head in to the whelping box wall ending his adventure. The rest are still just swimming around for the few minutes they are awake. All of the pups are getting their daily stimulus exercises. This evening they also got their second pedicure.

I took McKenzie to her competition obedience class today. The session was cut short because I did not want to leave Cedar and the pups alone too long. It was so good to see friends, human and canine. McKenzie is getting closer to mastering the "stand for exam" section of the CD test. This is our last piece before we can trial for her title. McKenzie has amazed me. We started competition obedience training 6 years ago but dropped it when I discovered agility. She loves to go to class so now that she has her agility titles, I started her in obedience again. I may have forgotten some of the handling during the 5 year hiatus but she is right on. It is such a pleasure to work with her.

Rain abated for a few hours. We all needed to get outside away from the squealing whelping box. While I potted up the rhododendrons, the dogs took turns at being "it" during another energetic Chinook tag game. The garden provides abundant opportunities for dashing in circles and ambushing each other. Immodest Cedar was completely oblivious to her ample boobs bouncing around as she ran. The urgency of motherhood and feeding her brood finally caught up with her. At dinner she was ravenous. Along with the goat milk soaked kibble she finished off her 2nd tub of ice cream.