They're Here!

It was an eventful night last evening as Rosie gave birth to 8 beautiful puppies in just about 4 hours time.  We have five little girlies and three little boys.  All but one weighed in over a pound with the last just under.  That is big an average pup is about 10 oz.  Rosie had a pretty textbook delivery and has taken to motherhood extremely well.

Anticipation

The Waiting Game

We made it through an uneventful weekend and are still waiting.

Today is Rosie's first actual "due date" and  Jackson is especially anxious to see what is in that big belly!  Rosie is practicing by taking good care of her stuffed babies.  It shouldn't be too much longer so stay tuned......

Buns in the Oven

Does anyone else think it is funny how well the expression "buns in the oven" really fits the pregnant dog?  Rosie is cooking those "buns" at a pretty consistent 100.3 degrees right now.  I know that because I have been taking her temp (don't even ask, it's not fun and she is not cooperative) twice per day waiting to detect a change.   Once her temp drops by a few degrees the "buns" are done and pups should arrive within hours.  Amazing, isn't it?  


Don't forget to place your bets for the date and # of puppies that will be born.  It's only $1 per vote and the money goes to the breeding program at PAWS.  The instructions are in an earlier post and if you are local, you can skip paypal and just give me a check or cash.  The prize is coming together nicely!!!  Thanks to all of you that have already guessed!!  

Are you in?

Rosie is sending out a big wet lick to all of you have placed guesses and donated to the "Puppy Pool". She thought that flashing you a little puppy belly might inspire the rest of you to place your votes so.... here it is. Send your guesses to me and you can Paypal your donations to e.milnes@comcast.net, checks can be made out to "PAWS with a Cause" or cash works, too. Remember the donations will go to the PAWS "Generations of Independence " breeding program.

x-ray day

Hi everyone, thanks for checking us out. Today was a big day for us. We took Rosie to PAWS for an x-ray to get a peek at those babies, it was really cool to see the little skulls and spines. The obvious question is......"How Many?" So, how about we have a little fun? A "PUPPY POOL" and even more fun, we will try and raise a few bucks for PAWS. Here is how it will work...

$1 per vote or $5 for 6 votes. Money collected will go to PAWS with a Cause "Generations of Independence" Breeding program. Paypal the funds (send it as a gift, please) to e.milnes@comcast.net along with your guess of how many pups and what date they will be born. There will be a prize for the winner, still working on what it will be. The winner will be drawn randomly from all the correct guesses. Tell your friends, let's try and raise $100. Get your votes in today!

Just for your information, Rosie was bred between February 8-12th

This is a test

Just want to see how this works, I am a newbie to the world of blogging and it is hard to type with paws!