Day 48 Chinook Centennial Litter Pup-date

Last night an east wind brought in smoke from hundreds-of-thousands of acres of forest fires. Then a 100 degree weather high parked it here. Today was the worst yet. The pups did not take kindly to being cooped up inside. Their ear piercing shrieks of discontent made both Koyuk and me distraught and more than ready to risk the weather. I also needed to move them so I could clean the whelping box after a night and two meals. When the winds finally came in the afternoon dispersing a lot of the smoke, we moved outside.

So glad to be outside! The light is amber from the lingering but higher smoke.

The puppies were frequently cooled off in the pool while Koyuk, Trask and Cedar swam in the pond. They played hard to make up for their confinement time.

 Cedar even joined in the playtime.

 Proud Grandma Cedar.

 Pup-corral chaos.

Koyuk and Cedar supervising the active little ones.

"Mom, can we put them away now?"

Koyuk has given her all to this litter. She has lost all of her undercoat and much of her fur. Unprotected skin is scraped and bruised.

Dinner. This was the first totally dry kibble meal. The puppies ate like it was soggy and way too fast. I got to do my first canine Heimlich maneuver on a choking puppy. It worked great and he happily consumed the bolus he expelled.

All of the Pup-corral toys and obstacles were utilized by the energized pups.

Soaking-wet Trask made a short visit. He is still vary of sharp teeth eager to find something to nurse on.

Koyuk attending to puppies I had just doused in the pool.

 Arthur

Curious Treadwell checking out Arthur's toy.

 Treadwell

 Wind and Arthur

 Wind

 Puppy play

 Wind and Treadwell

 Three pups - one stick

 Wind

Arthur with Nemo

The sensory cube got a workout.

 Tug-a-war

 Oops. The sensory cube crashed over.

No problem. Byrd just continued to tug.

Upright is more interesting.

Washington

Tipped over again. I may have to anchor it upright.

Byrd, like his mother, has adopted the classic Chinook crossed paws pose.

Get me out of the house with my camera and a hyperactive group of happy puppies and I guess I go overboard with the pictures. Then again I could have posted the other 100+ I took today.