The Beginning of The End

On January 5, 2015 is the first year birthday of our first litter. It is also the same day we sell all our puppies of the second litter. We end the same day we start, only a year is past. 

I try to blog this entry at least three times before, but when I start to think of what to say I just see images of the puppies in my head. I am still sad from loosing them but I take comfort knowing they all are in good homes as I type this. I'd like to show you pictures of each puppy.

This is Dasher. He is the first to go to his new home. 

This is Kona. He is the second to go to his new home.

This is our third puppy to leave, Junior. 

This is our fourth puppy to go to her new home and the first of the girls. We call her TearDrop, because she always cries for us to be with her or pick her up. My heart hurts when she leaves. Who has the tears now? Me. Her new name is Diamond. She is definitely worthy of that name!

This is our second girl to go and our fifth puppy to find its forever home. Her name is Bella, but I think her new family is changing her name. This picture makes me remember how the puppies bring happiness to their new families and enrich their lives. I am especially grateful to the love a child gives to a puppy. 

We have Brew and Allie a little longer than the others because the other puppies are chosen first. Both become a part of our pack, like the last two of our first litter.

This is one of the most beautiful moments I have with these two. I bring them both up on the couch to sit with me while I watch football. They can't pull themselves up on the couch, so they know this is a privilege. They sit right by me. 

This is my beloved, Brew. He is the special puppy I want to keep, but I know that the puppy nobody wants is the one to keep. He now goes by the name, Waffles.

Allie is the last puppy to find a forever home. I start to think she will be our puppy to keep. She stays with us an extra two days. Soon someone contacts us to buy her. I could not handle letting her go so I choose to play volleyball both nights she is bought and taken to her new home. Thanks to John I am able to save my tears for later, in solitude. 

This is Allie now. She goes by the name, Tofu. She looks happy in her new pack to me!

It is really hard to let go of all puppies I am supporting since, well, before Day 1. I am there during inception, as their mother grows them, and as they enter the world and we grow them together, as a team. I know I function the best in a team; therefore having my own team at home is like no other team feeling I ever experience. It feels similar to having your own human family of brothers, sisters, and parents, under one roof. Any animals under my roof, are my family, even though they are animals.

To this day, I still hear stories about our first litter puppies. I am still helping new puppy parents from our second litter with questions or concerns. I have a PuppyPals group on Facebook so puppy parents can post anything in relation to their new family members. My plan is to support all puppies by supporting their parents for the rest of their lives. It's good we didn't keep a puppy, because then we still have room for the years to come, if any of our puppies need a new home back with us. 

Cora will be in surgery January 29 so cross your fingers and wish us good luck that everything goes well. We are still sure that this is our last litter. I am missing the puppies themselves but not the hard work that goes with raising 6 or 7 of them at one time. I also am saving my energy and knowledge of puppy raising for others. I now feel responsible for 15 huskies that I know exist in our world. Whether these 15 live with me or their new families I will always have a place in my heart and home for any of them if need be.

Unfortunately, this is my last blog of husky puppies. I do not know what is to come but I can expect certain things. Although, I know from life that I can't say never. 

Thank you everyone for reading these blogs, especially those of you reading from Litter 1 and Blog 1. I really appreciate you taking your time to hear my thoughts about these two beautiful adventures and cherishing responsibilities. I hope to start another blog, but not tied to my choice of topic yet. Until then, keep reading all the time and everywhere out there. 

Remember the husky love and freedom I hope you see from all these entries.