Something very important is happening in Maryland right now, where many puppies are currently in various stages of being sleep.

Shiba Inu Puppy Cam has returned! Shiba Inu breeder bitch Kika—mother to the most meme-worthy whelps ever to grace the internet—gave birth last week to six puppies, three boys and three girls.

In these cold times of economic hardship and natural disaster, praise be the Gods of Fluff that Shiba Inu Puppy Cam's breeder bitch is back in the ring. Kika's new litter—the "B" team—is as cute as the first.

The puppycam has broken a record, reports Alley Insider: 15 million voyeurs watching over these innocent pups. It's become harder to watch now that several of them have been ripped from their homes.

You know what happens when puppies reach eight weeks old, don't you? That's when they're able to leave their family and join a human family. (That's when our family always purchased our pups: at eight weeks old.) "Now, 8 weeks, they are ready to venture out into the real world (and off line). Some of the puppies will…