Just to mark the day for all time (and perhaps so I can compare next year):
Today's the day the little green leaves came out on all the aspen trees at Seppala Kennels!
Well, we sure had been wondering when if ever it would happen. And today, the 23rd of May, quite suddenly, there they were at last. What a relief. And it really is warm enough now for us to believe that we shall, after all, have a summer this year. Mind you, there's still quite a LOT of snow in the Miners' Range.
Moreover, there's no longer any doubt about the pregnancy of Lizaveta of Seppala. Although she's carrying her litter very high and tight, even from a distance she looks very stocky and thick through the loin; she's obviously got something. And she still has three weeks to go. We're delighted, as this is a litter that is very much wanted and greatly anticipated. Lizzy's the best young bitch in the kennel, and her mate Pavel of Seppala is one of our Russian import
Pia of Seppala's 2006 trio are eleven weeks old and really delightful pups. They nursed well, weaned easily, they eat well, and they have grown steadily (weights 19.5 to 21 pounds a week or ten days ago). Two of them, Ulan and Ulma, will look very much like their mother Pia, probably silver-grey saddlebacks; the biggest male Uelen is white like his sire Krevanka of Seppala (Tonya's brother). They are out of their pen a lot for play sessions in the fenced compound around my shack, and they have gotten very friendly and easy-going now. They go bombing up and down the steep hillside with gay abandon, building little muscles and ligaments. If these are a fair example of the second-generation Markovo/Russian cross, and we think they are, then Lizzy's litter ought to be "to die for."
Posted by ditkoofseppala at May 23, 2006 04:00 PM