November 27th, 2009
So the pups are here, and mom came through the delivery like a champ! As a matter of fact, she did so well coping with the birthing that she nearly had them in bed with me. There was none of the usual panting, circling, restlessness, nesting, etc that accompany whelping, I just barely caught her because I cuddled her while i was sleeping and felt her pushing!!! Eek!
So just a few minutes later...in the -appropriate- place, she delivered the first pup. It took about 2 hours...of course it was 3 in the morning, so I just sleep out with her in the box.
And now we have 3 beautiful babies, after losing a healthy male the second day to a likely smothering. *sad*Everyone is fat, and standing and scooting around, and their eyes are open...mama is ready to work again and has regained every ounce of energy.
We call them the tres amigos, (Biggun, Sister, and Tiny- who is not so tiny) and they are fostering a singleton during mom's breaks...so there is one very fat GSD that may have some very odd tendancies. ;-)
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