The Heavyweight Champion of the Whelping Box this morning is…
Orion! He weighed 2.38 pounds (38 oz) at the morning weigh-ins.
Sun is very close behind at 2.36 pounds…
Sun and Orion
But watch out, Boys, because here comes Nova at 2.34 pounds (37.44 oz)…
Eight of the ten Bright Stars are over two pounds — at Five Days old. Unbelievable.
If I had started Claire on Fenugreek, I could easily be saying how well it worked because OMG! So much milk and in a girl who has to be begged to eat!! Clearly, it is the Fenugreek!!!
This is a common Critical Thinking error — assigning blame or credit because two things happened in a sequence. Should I say lack of Fenugreek is the reason for the bountiful milk and therefore, Fenugreek is a bad idea because clearly milk is plentiful in its absence?
Of course not.
I am a fan of trying hard to think in clear, logical ways and not falling for pseudoscience or critical thinking fallacies. Unless it involves Lucky Socks — and then I am a Believer.
And speaking of lucky, the Night Shift Puppy Nanny (aka Dear Husband) is amazing. When I get up at about 4:30, everyone is happy and alive…
How things look first thing in the morning
The laundry is caught up, thanks to him.
Dear Husband heads off to bed when I get up and I commence the morning activities — with my able assistant, Rosebud…
Rosebud wants everyone to know that SHE is the real Heavyweight Champion since she weighs 5.4 pounds, as she likes to remind me every time I turn around to get another puppy to weigh.
Rosebud says she is actually just keeping the spot warm for the next puppy.
After the weigh-ins, I change the whelping box — that involves a new pad, then a fleece, and then a towel that can be changed easily during the day. The folded fleece covers the whelping box’s version of a Heated Hut.
Claire is also an excellent heat source — this is Sirius…
Zaniah always looks happy to me — like she is smiling.
The noses! This is Mirak…
While we exist in a Puppy Cocoon (that is about to get even more crowded!), good stuff is happening out there in the world. Lucas, Claire’s littermate/uncle to the Bright Stars, earned his Novice Draft Dog (NDD) title over the weekend in Arizona…
Big Congratulations to Team Lucas!
South of us in Idaho Falls, Lucy Clover King of Wildflower fame, has caught up to almost-ten-year-old Clara — Lucy is eight months old.
SO cute!!! Thank you for the wonderful photos — we are not too busy to enjoy all of the Kaibab families.
I hope your day is relaxing and includes a kiss from someone who loves you — human, canine, and/or feline.
Evening Photos
Rosebud lives dangerously while Claire is outside
Heze
Sun