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In the midst of a painful, wounded time, I have a little ray of hope, perhaps. Or a few. Stay tuned, news soon.
https://twitter.com/ataokennel/status/1266035098333245443?s=21 https://twitter.com/ataokennel/status/1266035098333245443
At 7:40 this morning we welcomed the first of these beautiful lil buddies. She and her sister are nursing hard, waiting for their other siblings to arrive.
Here’s some puppy squeaks. They are demanding.
The first girl is definitely reddish.
Meet Astro
Meet Astro
More puppy squeaks. The second girl is verrrrrry demanding even while she is actively nursing. I love them both with all my heart already.
[demanding puppy whines]
[demanding puppy whines]
Someone else is on the way
Another girl 
Someone else following up
Here’s girl number 3
Next is a boy. Here’s some puppy butts.
Here’s a good momma
[puppy squeaks and very ASMR licking noises]
You can start to see their colors more as they dry off
We have another male, very long boi
Tired momma
Five lil perfections
I can’t tell if this is it. Will there be one more???
I need a puppy basket
Okay I think five is the final number. We'll tally up who won the guessing games soon. For folks who picked the same total, male, and female numbers we'll do a drawing for the grand prize. You can check out guesses at http://ataokennel.com/puppy-portal
Know who's a good momma?
Ophelia is
Ophelia is
Know who some noisy noisy nuggets are???
These puppies, that's who
These puppies, that's who
Good babies
Good momma
[squeak squeak whine whine lick lick lick]
Good momma
[squeak squeak whine whine lick lick lick]
