Well, Champion Breezy had her puppies yesterday. Delivered 8 puppies in 4 hours. Such a good girl and did great! 5 boys and 3 girls in all different colors. She is a first time mom so she had the typical learning curve of most new moms. So frustrating to me after having done this so many times. The first puppy she just wanted to bury with a towel and forget about it. Then nature took over and she figured it all out. Now she feeds and cleans them like God intended. Only problem was she wouldn't lay down to feed them. Slim pick ens in the milk sources with only 9 and 8 puppies! I told her-you have GOT TO STRETCH OUT!!! She just wanted to hide them. They are all growing and getting stronger. Sweet little things! There is nothing better than a newborn of any kind.
All the other dogs went nuts when they heard the first whimpers of the first puppy. If the gate would've been lower into the sun room, I would've had the help of 5 other Tibetans and 1 Yorkie. They have all been begging to see the puppies. I did let Kitsi look at them this morning. She is such a good mom but she had a huge learning curve with her first litter. Oh my gosh! She is so hard headed and NO ONE is going to tell her how to do anything! Now she is the best mom.
It is so cold outside and snowed a little. The sun room is not sunny today and is also not heated so our challenge has been trying to keep the room at 80 degrees. Well, at least in the puppy's bed anyway. Dread seeing my electric bill!!!
Nights are pretty well sleepless. Every scream from a puppy, I am up to see what is going on. Never anything really and usually has stopped before I get there. Just like a new mother, sleep is so deprived. Then that leads to a crabby mom! This too shall pass!???? How quickly we forget the pain of child birth and so too the "pain" of birthing puppies. Forget the sore knees, aching back, no sleep, little food, and the worry and stress over raising the most perfect puppies ever!
However-I wouldn't trade it for the world!!
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