A death

One of the buppies died yesterday afternoon.

It was the little girl on the right in the bottom picture from yesterday’s post. I called my “dog expert” friend and she assured me that it wasn’t unusual in a litter this size, even at four weeks. I had wondered if it was the heat, malnourishment (they’re still nursing exclusively, but obviously look well fed) or even the fact that Mama Dog often steps on one or another when charging into the run to bark at the inside girls. She told me it could have been any, all, or none of the reasons, but probably nothing I could have prevented. I'm still sad about it.

We had quite an electrical storm blow through last night. Only dropped .3” of rain at our house, but oh…the wind and lightning! Utilities are above ground here, so of course we lost power for close to three hours. Fortunately the tarp over the dog run stayed in place and I think the bups remained outside throughout the storm, despite the fact they’ve figured out how to get into the doghouse. It probably felt good after the 102º temps just hours earlier. Thank goodness it’s supposed to stay in the lower 90s for the next week or so.