Day 41 - Cough

Temp in the 90s and very unhealthy smoky air. I put the little ones out this morning so I could clean the whelping box and linens and then brought them right back in. I live at the altitude of near the top of this TV news picture. You can't even see the Eugene south hills let alone our butte.

Ever wonder what a whelping box with 6 puppies sounds like? Being new to this whole video thing, I somehow also got a section of slo-mo but I think you still get a taste of the in house environment today. I just couldn't risk their developing lungs in air so smoky we couldn't see the pond from the house.

Still 96 degrees and slightly less smoky when Karmen and Raleigh came for a puppy visit.

We decided to let them outside for a brief time to wear off some excess energy (and make less of a after dinner clean-up. With the windows closed against the foul air some things are just better done outside.)

 Trask getting Karmen all to himself.

 Trask has the longest tongue. Yes that pink extension from his mouth is actually his tongue.

 Karmen was perfect kissing height.

 Wind stole the car keys and proudly pranced all over the Pup-corral with them.

 More guests.

No temperament issues with this puppy. He actually fell asleep.

Sneak attack. Kerstins hair became a tug toy for Treadwell.

 Trask and puppy attack started an uncontrollable giggling episode.

 A. also had attractive curls.

 Even Byrd seemed to be getting the giggles from watching the tug-a-war...

until his belly became a platform for the game.

A. was quite pleased with her two handed pup-carry back into the house.

We also took advantage of lots of hands to take the Milestone photos which will be posted later.