"Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted." - Aldous Huxley

An overwhelming amount has happened in my first two days in Mongolia and we have our hands full at The Mongolian Bankhar Project. With 2 adult male Bankhar, 3 postpartum females, 5 nine-month old puppies and 17 newborn pups for a total of 27 dogs. Its an unbelievable amount to handle! The first litter is about 2 weeks old which is around the age they begin to make social connections. Doug and I built the first Hashaa (sheep barn) and we hope to buy sheep for the newborn pups by tomorrow so that they can begin bonding with the livestock. When we don't have our translator Soyolbolod, buying anything can be a chaotic game of drunk charades. And because Mongolia is at the dawn of industrialization, infrastructure is chaotic and supplies are far from reliable. For this reason everyday is strange and exciting and you must be resourceful.

Here we are buying sheep skins for our pups to sleep on. The smell of the sheep will make them more apt to bond with the livestock.