Meet the kids (part 1)

Meet Katcha and Vuk's kids.

I must say that these are not glamour shots.
The colour is a bit off (my fault...) and some are over exposed (sorry)
Pups at 3 weeks are just emerging from the blind mole stage into becoming a puppie.

Some are photogenic, others are not so interested in puppy portraits.

None of these have names yet..

This is male 1, he has a small white marking on his chest:

Male 2:

Female 1:

Female 2

Female 3:

Females 3 and 4
The colour they are here in this picture is what they look like now!

Female 4

Mom and male pup 1

Some random other puppy picstures..

These pups have also started eating now.
katcha taught them better table manners as they stay way cleaner than Snowy's pups.

All these pups are spoken for and will be going to wonderful new homes.

I can sleep again!

Life has become a whole lot easier now with the orphans.
They are now lapping mushy puppy food from a dish.
This is a big milestone as the pups are not dependant anymore on the bottle feeding.
Meal times are still very messy as the pups still walk through the food, wipe it on their litter mates and generally get it all over the place.

I can sleep through the night now as I have also moved the pups out of our living room.
They have now mved into a "puppy house".
Here the pups have space to move,
a warm bed,
a plate of food

and company from their litter mates.

They still want to suck on each others ears and other private parts but things are looking better.

I do still seperate the two worse offenders and hope that this rapidly dimish now that they can lap their food.

Thnigs are moving in the right direction.

In a week or two they should be able to move into the sheep barn to start life as a sheep guardian dog...

Great!

More and more people are looking at ways to live together with wildlife and moving away from traditional lethal control measures.

It is great to see how ranchers are looking for ideas to ranch with wildlife and in doing so,
become better at managing their stock,
grazing alotments
and being good stewards for the land.

http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/agriculture/article_5fed2548-e432-11e1-a761-0019bb2963f4.html

Now, we just need to get our MD to start listening to scientists!

Shelley Black, Northerlights Wolf center.