Goodbye Klah

A few hours after Bramble and Ms Silver left, Klah's family arrived from Colorado.
Klah playing the board-walk game.

We decided that 4 adults could keep up with 5 puppies so we let them out for their first trip into the front yard.

Milkbar within reach meant an obligatory snack.

The fearless puppies headed for the front porch where they attempted the 3 foot leap to the ground. Koyuk blocked some. I caught the others.

They also tore through the gardens and over the brownstone rock work that is the namesake for the kennel. Klah's forever parents got to experience first hand how hard it is catch let alone photograph puppies in motion.

The puppies got bellies matted with pitch while checking the world under the trees.

Grandma Cedar and the puppies checking out a tree marked by dad Oscar.

Then Koyuk took off with the puppies faster than we could run. She lead them around the big pond and headed for the neighbor's woods.  My guess is that she was trying to take them away to hide them. Another new family means another of her puppies goes away. (McKenzie did the same thing only to dens she had dug. I have filled in all of Koyuk's dens.) 

Fortunately the puppies came back to my "puppy. puppy" before they got through the fence. Later because we are slow to learn humans, we let them explore the house. They had a blast while we raced around.

We then took them outside to the silt fence play yard. Tim is in construction and wanted to see it. No pictures. It took all four of us to contain puppies who have going over the walls wired. Finally constrained in the mudroom x-pen area, the worn out puppies (and humans) were ready for lap time.

 Five puppies in the crate for the night.

 Morning meant more x-pen with puppy time.

All too soon it was time to pack up and drive to Portland airport. Klah got one last full belly at the milkbar.

 I got one last dose of Klah Nookies.

 Then Klah, now Luka, was packed up and taken off on a journey to her forever home.

 I am left with four to kiss away my tears.