Day 13 Centennial litter

The human wall was hit hard today. I joined the pups in:
Eat..

 Sleep...

Stumble around until you bump into something interesting - in this case company...

 Repeat..

However after the morning chores and watering were done, I chose to skip the eat and went right to sleep. Koyuk did wake me a couple of times to remind me that she was feeding the quickly growing pups so I needed to feed her. Dave also got dinner and it was back asleep for another short nap.

Day 12 Chinook Centennial litter

Today the puppies had the most exciting day of their short lives. Four visitors, photo op, balancing in the almost too small scale bowl and a trip outdoors.
Milk-drunk, morning cuteness while Tim was here.

Anna came to meet the pups but first had to go through the gauntlet of Chinook kisses.

 Anna with Washington

 Meal time entertainment (for the humans)

 Kate with mom Koyuk.

 Byrd gets dressed for pictures.

 Karmen is here! Trask can't get enough of Karmen.

We took the individual puppy growth pictures (I still need to figure out proper lighting) and weighed everyone which made for hungry puppies and another entertaining meal.

 Karmen with Byrd.

Sarah showed up. All of the first pictures of Sarah are blurred. Trask is totally obsessed with Sarah. His wiggles and cries of excitement shook the house.  Only once outside and standing could she steal some puppy love.

 Two-by-two, all of the puppies took their first trips outside.

I have several videos of the expedition but since it was my first foray into i-Pad videos, I don't have a clue how to put them onto the blog.  They do show swift running Wind and adventurous Byrd in full action along with the seagull cries of sightless, deaf puppies experiencing new people, grass and sunshine.

The puppies just sort of dosed in the warm shade.

"Yes Trask, I still love you too!"

 We moved the puppies from the shade to the sun where they immediately scattered about.

Koyuk taking count of the wayward pups.

 At times all three dogs took up herding duty.

 All finally corralled...

 well for a moment at least.

 With the temperature in the 80's, we retired to the AC.

Puppies in a basket for linen change. No objections were voiced. Everyone was pretty worn out.

Eat...

 Sleep...

 Repeat...

Goodnight.

Meet the Chinook Centennial litter

We had a lot of able help visiting today so milestone pictures and weights were done.

Arthur - birth weight 9oz, day 12 weight 23oz 

Arthur would make Walden proud as this litter's first Chinook

 Wind - birth weight 10oz, day 12 weight 22oz 

Wind is as swift as his namesake.

 Treadwell - birth weight 14oz, day 12 weight 27oz 

Treadwell definitely has "brawny flanks, like a tank's"

Washington - birth weight 13 oz, day 12 weight 22oz 

Washington is already aiming to tackle Mt. Washington by practicing on various routes up and over Koyuk's body.

Kate - birth weight 13oz, day 12 weight 26oz. 

Kate is all muscle and still pushes the boys around to get what she wants.

 Byrd - birth weight 12oz, day 12 weight 26oz 

Byrd is the real adventurer of the litter. Today, with a mighty voice and drunk sailors swagger, he zoomed around the back yard. 

Day 11 Centennial litter

My day starts with the 0400 feeding of kibble a al' mode. A face washing from Koyuk lets me know that the pups were fed and now it is time for her to eat.
Milk-drunk, sleeping puppies.

Three hours later I get my breakfast with puppy cuteness ambiance.  After feeding all the dogs most of my day today was spent trying to restore the Icemageddon damage to my irrigation system. What had been two zone circuits is now three - almost. A trip to the hardware store north of Eugene for one fitting and 300' poly-pipe produced only the fitting.
Coffee break.

Karmen came over to pupsit while I worked on plumbing.

 Lunch break.

Karmen is great when it comes to putting the puppies through new sensation exercises and trimming all those little, sharp toenails.

I came in when I realized I had to make the long trip to the hardware store to find Karmen in the whelping box and being adored by all.

 Best pupsitter in the world.

 After the futile parts trip, I cleaned out all the sprinkler heads on the two working zones so I could finally get water on very thirsty gardens; fed the dogs; fixed/ate dinner; watched news and immediately crashed as did Koyuk...

and the pups.

I was rudely awakened by Koyuk at 1130 letting me know it was almost her midnight kibble with ice cream meal time.
While she ate, I snapped  pictures of the last of the day cuteness.

Now I too need to find a comfy bed. The next 0400 feeding comes way too quickly.