Pictures

Diamond with her Brogue babies

And, of course, her blond grandson who she is raising

Emy with her Shadow babies


Cotton with her Brogue babies

Diamond with her grandson (Emy's boy) and her own pup

I supposed I could put him back with Emy and his brothers and sisters now, but he seems perfectly happy with his grandma... and so does she!

Happy Birthday - yesterday

With all that's going on, I forgot to wish all the pups from Emy and Sparky's litter a happy 6 months birthday. So here it is a day late!

This is Elliot, ON his birthday. Look how light colored he is... with those still dark ears!

Pix - Cotton's Pups

Cotton and brood last night. Poor Cotton... she took 6-1/2 hours to deliver, probably because of the pups' size... and she was plumb tuckered!
Pix of the boys, the girls and the whole litter are going on the website in a bit.

Cotton has Puppies

Cotton wasn't about to let her mom out do her so she had 10 pups too. Because one of them had stopped developing a week or so ago, there are 6 males and 3 females alive and nursing. The pups are quite large (at least as big already as Di and Emy's who are 3 days older) and just like her first litter, all the same shade of pale blond (meaning I'm going to have a hard time telling them apart!) I'm going to try getting pictures tomorrow... actually I could take a picture of just one of them and you'd know what ALL of them look like!

Interesting...

This is Murphy (nee Brother) from Emy and SPARKY's LAST litter.
What is interesting is Murphy just weighed in at 19.8 pounds getting close to his 6 months birthday.
The curious aspect of this is his litterbrother, Elliott, weighed in at
42+ pounds at the same time!

Unfortunate news
The little tiny guy died during the night. I was giving him 1-2 cc every 2 hours even though he had been nursing and wasn't dehydrated, but he was obviously less active every time I picked him up and just lay in my hand, letting me drip fluid into his mouth. Healthy pups tend to squirm a lot when handled, even (especially) at this young age and hungry pups suck the tip of the syringe. Some pups just don't make it, no matter what.

PIX! Di's and Em's Litters

/\ from Di and Brogue, 2 males and 3 females /\
The boys are on the bottom (slightly to the left) and the 3 girls are, well
the other 3 pups!
Don't ask which one I'm keeping!

\/ from Emy and Shadow, 7 males and 3 females \/
The girls are the 3 on the left and the boys are the big pile on the right. One of the "blacks" is now (since he's dry!) one of the "reds."

So far, the only pup I have any reservations about is one of the light blond males. He's just plain scrawny! But, every time I check, he's got a nipple in his mouth, so we'll see. AND he's the only one of the 15 who has a back dewclaw (just one,) which I'm leaving right where it is. (No sense in stressing him any with a trip to the vet to have it removed.)


Another thing: I'm going to post pix of the pups divided into just males and just females (for each litter) as well as a different shot of each litter on the website. However, we're about to get a kick from another big thunderstorm (LOTS of damage... around the area but not here... from the one that went through this AM.) I may not get the website updated for a day or two as we're expecting an even bigger storm some time tomorrow. Everyone pray for my trees!

Cotton
Ms C is getting big and I'm going to move her into the nursery (which I used to call my bedroom) either tonight or tomorrow. Just in case!