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Terra and Griffin Arrived!

Swanny and Trish flew with the puppies all the way from Alaska. Here, Swanny poses with the proud Papa, Phoenix.

Trish did a wonderful job at raising the pups

Linda with her new babies, Griffin and Terra

Fun harness training begins early on. Here's Griffin looking cute in his over sized harness

Terra is such a precious, sweet girl

Even at such a young age, these puppies know how to pull!

Great aunt Zala keeps a close eye on the puppies

Terra and Griffin arrived just before Thanksgiving and with the arrival of the new puppies ON Thanksgiving, I've not had a chance to announce their arrival!

Terra, Griffin and their four litter mates are a result of the first ever frozen surgical artificial insemination in our Hedlund Husky Preservation Project. In simple terms, we flew frozen Phoenix over to Alaska and voila! Chetan, the dam of the puppies, is from our Topa/Oken 2011 litter and lives with Stardancer Historical Freight Dog Kennels in Two Rivers, Alaska. We thought that Phoenix and she would make a perfect match for the perpetuation of the deep Hedlund line and indeed they did!

Terra is a precious doll that has all of the wonderful Hedlund qualities we seek. She's also a little tomboy that won't be stepped on by her much bigger brother. Griffin is as smart as a whip and kind of a stinker, always testing boundaries. He's also a big sweetheart and we love them both dearly. Phoenix seemed to know from the start that these two were his kids and he keeps a watchful eye over them, always playing and teaching.

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Rayna/Arrow Puppies: 5 Weeks Old (January 1, 2015)

Granite - Male - 9lbs 14oz

Vistonic - Male - 10lbs 8oz

Gucci (Grazie) - Female - 8lbs 6oz

Lobo (Bozen) - Male - 10lbs 2oz - Staying at Points Unknown

Tikan - Female - 10lbs 2oz - Staying at Points Unknown

Flame - Female - 10lbs 6oz - Staying at Points Unknown

Typhoon - Male - 10lbs 10oz

Coco - Female - 9lbs 4oz

Rayna/Arrow Puppies: 4 Weeks Old (December 25th)

Granite - Male - 8lbs 4oz

Vistonic - Male - 8lbs 4oz

Gucci (Grazie) - Female - 7lbs 12oz

Lobo - Male - 8lbs 4oz

Tikan - Female - 7lbs 15oz

Flame - Female - 8lbs 4oz

Typhoon - Male - 8lbs 7oz

Coco - Female - 7lbs 14oz

Rayna/Arrow Puppies: 3 Weeks Old (December 18th)

Granite - Male - 6lbs 5oz

Vistonic - Male - 6lbs 1oz

Gucci - Female - 5lbs 3oz

Lobo - Male - 6lbs 1oz

Tikan - Female - 5lbs 10oz

Flame - Female - 6lbs 1oz

  

Typhoon - Male - 6lbs 5oz

Coco - Female - 5lbs 13oz

Indoor Whelping Box

The puppies are now 2.5 weeks old which means they're getting around much more and making more of a mess! These are the steps in creating a functional whelping box set up for this age puppy. Any earlier, and the puppies are too small and can get wrapped up in the bedding and suffocate. Step 1 - Clean the bottom of the whelping box that has a cleanable surface, in this case vinyl tiles, with a bleach spray and rinse thoroughly. Wipe dry. Lay some traction material that one might buy to put under a rug, on the bottom of the whelping box. All done while puppies are safely tucked away in a laundry basket. Note the padding all the way around the whelping box. This is to make the puppies' exit from the whelping box safe.

Step 2 - lay some absorbent material over the traction mats.

Step 3 - Place a couple bath mats over the top of the absorbent material. These will allow the moisture to wick away from the puppies and into the absorbent material.

Step 4 - Put puppies gently back into box

Step 4 continued - watch as they ALL pee on the newly cleaned material

The little exit on the right has a door that can be placed to block it off, however, we found that Rayna then tends to jump in and out which isn't safe for the puppies so we plan to leave it open and puppy proof the entire room.

Their little personalities are shining through!

Everyone is exploring and playing. They especially like sucking on their siblings' noses.

Rayna/Arrow Puppies: 2 Weeks Old

Granite - Male - 4lbs 5oz

Vistonic - Male - 3lbs 14oz

Gucci - Female - 3lbs 5oz

Lobo - Male - 4lbs 1oz

Tikan - Female - 3lbs 9oz

Flame - Female - 4lbs 3oz !

Typhoon - Male - 4lbs 2oz

Coco - Female - 3lbs 14oz

Did I say that these are some BIG puppies! Wow, they just continue to grow so quickly. They were introduced to toys and a new area last night. We've got a puppy cuddle chart to make certain the pups are getting picked up and held at least 8 times each day. Feet, toes and ears are played with and fur is stroked backwards and forwards so that the pups become very acquainted with the human touch. They are doing so well and so is Rayna. They began to notice each other at about 10 days old and eyes fully opened at 12.