Snow Cover

We now have snow cover! That means that the ground is covered with snow, and we will not be seeing any more bare ground until sometime in April. I have not measured the depth, and because of the strong winds and drifting snow it is difficult to know what the true depth is, but it is at least twelve inches, and it is hard work to cross the yard on foot. I had to spend the day unburying some of our firewood that had not gotten stacked yet and moving vehicles to accessible locations as well as all the basic dogyard chores. I have still not found all the dog dishes. It seems that some of the dogs don't care enough about their dishes to find them and unbury them for me. The dog houses also had to be broken free and lifted up on top of the snow. This was relatively easy since we use lightweight plastic houses.

The two mother dogs are doing splendidly, and their puppies are happy and healthy. No eyes are open yet, but Sox is starting to show slits and should be open tomorrow. I put two of Comet's puppies in with Abba to even things out a bit. Abba is an excellent mother with plenty of milk, so it didn't seem fair for Comet to be producing milk for six puppies while Abba only had one. Abba knows they are not her puppies, but she is willingly caring for them anyway, and now Sox has some normal, healthy competition at the milkbar.