A puddle of puppies

I spent a few days on Vancouver Island, BC visiting Joanne Helm and her beautiful Indus Kennels Airedales. Mary Quite Contrary had puppies the week before and here they are all piled up. Like Alanis, Mary is a Terrydale girl from North Carolina. Mary arrived when Alanis was still living at Indus and Joanne says the two girls went off together in a corner to touch noses just like a couple of people exchanging gossip from home. Like Alanis, Mary is a beautiful, elegant bitch. She wasn't super happy about this stranger coming in to look at her puppies, so she woofed at me every time she saw me, not the Airedale BigBadBark but a little warning to behave myself.

Joanne is very happy about this litter and told me about quality necks, heads and shoulders but I can barely discern one from another in that pile. When their eyes open and they start playing on baby agility slides and climbers, then they'll really be fun. Go to the Indus website for photos of Mary and gorgeous Gabriel, the sire.

Thursday afternoon playdate

With the sun out Thursday, Miro went to a friend's house to play with:




At the sight of leggy Miro, the five 8-week-old Border Terrier puppies took shelter between their human mom's feet and made growly-meowy noises like cats. After they decided Miro wanted to play with them instead of eat them, they all started running around the yard. The fuzzballs were too quick for the camera but I managed to get a couple of shots. Miro would not fit in a flower pot like these guys!