Goodbye Pahto

Yesterday record rains were predicted - and that is saying a lot for our part of Oregon - so I set Trask and Pahto up on the patio as I dismantled the puppy play yard and put away lawn furniture for the season.

That night was their last night together. This picture was taken with the flash because it not only rained and blew, we lost power.

This morning I let Koyuk and Pahto have all kinds of together time. She knows me so well. When I get sad and play special attention to a puppy, that puppy is about to go away.

Trask and Pahto, unable to go out because of the rain, made the most of the limited room in their x-pen.

Frequently Koyuk joined their play sessions...

and stuck by the x-pen when not inside.

In and out. The puppies got all kinds of attention.

Their last nap together.

BrownStone Cascade Mt. Pahto is joining his forever family which includes BrownStone Tillamook River (Tiki) on Tiki's 10th birthday. 

Little did I know when I assigned Chinook mountain names to the puppies that in the end the BrownStone Cascade Peak litter would echo the Native American lore. Wy'east, Loowit and Pahto were the last puppies here. According to legend, Wy'east (Trask) and Pahto competed for the love of the beautiful Loowit (Tule Loowit). Ultimately, Wy'east and Loowit were together - in Eugene - and Pahto left in sorrow (Our sorrow not his. Though if Pahto is crying and screaming as much as Trask is right now - and I suspect he is - his sorrow too.) Pahto you are so missed but I know you will have a happy, adventurous life with your wonderful family and big sister Tiki.