Boxed and Ready

Rugs rolled and stashed - check. Great-room cleaned - check. All furniture rearranged - check. Whelping box padded and positioned - check. Litter theme animals purchased - check.

Record-book, rick-rack, warming box, emergency whelping supplies and receiving towels at ready - check.

Koyuk checking out her whelping box and the stuffed animals.

 Wide-load Koyuk

 Nesting.

 Beautiful mom-to-be in her beautiful whelping box.

 "It'll do."

 "Can we get this started already?"

I had a blast at Cabellas buying the stuffed animals. The clerk checked out BrownStone Chinooks on her station computer while I sorted through the animal bins. Soon I had all the store back-end clerks ooh-awing Chinook pictures and helping me choose theme animals.