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The Moonsong Deadliest Catch litter is here! All the pups are large and vigerous. The smallest pup is just shy of 1 pound. I decided to name the pups after the boats on the show 'Deadliest Catch' for a couple reasons. One- I love the show-it is exciting, educational, and it leaves me in awe when I see what these crab fisherman do for a living. Two- I live in the Puget Sound area of Washington state and fishing is an important part of the history of this region. The pups will be named: Cornelia Marie, Early Dawn, Northwestern, Time Bandit, Wizard, Farwest Leader, Fierce Allegiance, Sea Rover, and Dutch Harbor ( which is not a boat but is the base of operations for the crab fishing fleet). I have not assigned each name to individual pups yet as I am going to see which pup fits which name as they get older. The pups will keep these names as their official registered names but the new owners will be able to pick the call names.

Chili rests after a mid day delivery. She also delivered her first litter mid day, which is wonderful for me!

This is the entrance to the 'wolf den' in my backyard. The dogs have excavated a large den that spreads several feet underground. I like that the entrance is quite small and hides the extent of their digging. Chili was committed to having her litter outside and 3 pups were born outside- with me watching her so I was able to get them in right away. It took a lot of begging on my part to get her to have the other pups inside.

Papa Tay checks out the litter

The tawny pups on Day 1

The silver pups

The black and tan girls - the smaller girl is a pound, so you can see how huge the other girl is! The larger girl reminds me of my Black/Tan Kila ( Channahon's Kilakota Song). Kila was also a large pup and has grown to be one of the bigger Chinook females I have seen.Mr. Red
Mr. Red

Mr. Yellow Mr. Yellow

Mr. Green

Mr. Green
Miss silver

Miss silver

Miss purple

Here is a 9 month old Kila- I am guessing purple will look similar to this

Miss pink
Miss pink ( almost all her photos look like this- I don't think she like her picture taken!)

Miss black/tan

Miss blue

Miss blue

Mr. purple
puppy pile

Nap time for everyone!