Day 8 Centennial litter

They always say the third child misses out when it comes to fun celebrations (been there, done that, with the older ones). Well poor Trask again almost missed out on a 4th Birthday Celebration loosing out to puppy cuteness (again). But then Karmen came over! Karmen is special. All three dogs love Karmen. Trask was beside himself when he saw her. Woes of being left out were forgotten. Karmen helped whelp him and came to play almost everyday before his litter-mates went to their forever homes.

Another busy day which of course started with puppy cuteness at the breakfast milkbar.

Alas sitting around watching puppy cuteness and catching naps doesn't get neglected chores done. Icemageddon damage still looms on the deal-with-to-do list. Today we had an arborist come to finish the last of the storm damaged trees in the back yard.

My loading and hauling could not keep up with him but we got the job almost done.

I then tackled the weeds in the perennial gardens so I could locate the storm damaged water sprinkler heads and start getting some life back into my dried out gardens. By afternoon, the temperature reached in the 80's so time for puppy breath, late lunch and a nap.

Then Karmen came over much to the excitement of everyone. Koyuk was proud to show off her family.

A hug and whiff of puppy breath and it was time for the daily weights.

Grandma Cedar checking in on the process.

 Cedar with Kate (Ms Pink)

 All of the pups have added 1/2 again to their birth weight and developed chubby tummies.

It won't be long before a bigger scale bowl will be necessary.

Karmen fell right back into the litter routine and assisted with the nail clipping and puppy confirmation eval pictures. Only Wind (Mr Purple) found humor in the process. The others were a bit annoyed.

 Nothing better for annoying conformation posing than snuggling with Karmen.

We should have tried to take the the pictures after she had them all comfortably asleep.

After Karmen left, it was again time to eat..

 and rest with proud mom Koyuk.

Poor mostly ignored Trask only got chicken salad and extra snuggles for his belated birthday.

Tomorrow the irrigation system will be tackled (yea no more hours of daily inadequate hand watering) and the crane set up for the big caboose move. For Trask's sake, maybe something special for him and a posting of his how his liter-mates celebrated their 4th birthday.