Updates for over the weekend and today 09/28/10

Sorry it has been a few days since an update...we have all being doing great and gaining lots of weight. I am sure everyone can tell we have been getting our "milk" bellies now!!! :)   They all know and can sense immediately when mommy goes back in her "box". She does like to get her break now and then and goes and lays on the tile right next to the box, but as soon as she hears a baby crying she goes right back in.  Mom is doing a great job of keeping them clean and very happy. We still keep having to loosen their collars as they are gaining weight and getting so big..It is so funny to watch them having their puppy dreams. Gary and I look at them and we just comment on how gorgeous and happy the babies are...When the web cam is on. I watch it all the time. Now keep in mind they are only 2 feet from my side of the bed. I can't seem to get any work done when we have the webcam on.  We had our first nail triming on Saturday and boy do they get sharp really fast and we have to make sure they are nice and short. If they get too sharp, they can hurt mommy while they are nursing.

Puppies are resting well now after their "big" day

We just got back from the vet a few minutes ago. They were all sleeping the entire way home. The vet absolutely loves them and couldn't get over how healthy they all were and how FAT. They are back home now and nursing, although some are still sleeping. Okay so no sooner did I type that last sentence, they all woke up to crawl towards the "milk bar". Mommy missed them alot and she was happy when they got back home and cleaned them all up. Here is a picture of all of them right before we brought them into the vet, they barely all fit in the laundry basket..the little "BUTTER BALLS.. Hope everyone is enjoying the blog and the webcam. Have a great night!

Everyone is doing great and we have had the webcam up and running

We did our daily weighing today and they are gaining sooo fast that I have to keep loosening their collars. They are getting their pigment in already, I cannot believe it as it is so early, we are only 3 days old and it is already coming in. Tomorrow we are getting our dew claws removed and the trip to the vet will be their first big adventure, well of course their true first "BIG" adventure was being born. Our web cam has been up and running for the past few days and we have had quite a few visitors. Splash is doing a great job of keeping them very clean, happy and healthy. She is a GREAT MOM. Pups just had their first video taken and we uploaded it to youtube.com, I will embed it to my website tomorrow for everyone to see. Can you believe that I actually slept through the night. Normally with babies this young, they keep me up squealing by either being mushed or can't find the "milk bar". I am very confident the puppies know EXACTLY where their "milk bar" is. We will make sure we put the webcam up for as long as possible each day so everyone can see the babies growing.  Talk about being a secure pup!! Ms. White decided she is okay with the world..it is so funny the positions you catch the puppies in. That is why we have to keep our camera ready at all times!!
Everyone have a great night. Another great day for the puppies.

Updates 09/22/2010

Everyone slept great and I actually got some sleep, all puppies are doing great and I have already had to loosen all their collars they are all getting so big and plump. We are going to get the webcam up and running later today.

Just so everyone knows here are the collar colors..

Girls
Pink
Purple
Yellow
Green
White


Boys
Blue
Red
Orange --- He arrived 10 hours later...he wanted to stay in mommy longer..

Babies are here..

Sorry I didn't post until just now, it was a very long and tiring few days. Splash was in labor for almost 17 hours. Our final count is 5 girls and 3 boys. Webcam and pics will be on very shortly.

Splash is Whelping

She started active labor around 4AM, first puppy was born at 5:10, she has had 7 pups so far, we think there are 4 more to go..yes a HUGE litter..she is absolutely exhaused right now.

Quiet Morning but.....

Momma Splash has been sleeping most of the morning as she has been for the past few days. This afternoon she is looking a bit more uncomfortable. It looks like she may be having some slight contractions, she isn't in active labor, but she isn't sleeping as sound and she keeps trying to get comfortable. I think it is going to be a LONG night...Thanks goodness I got to sleep in this morning.

I think it will be a quiet night tonight...

Momma Splash it totally comfortable right now and I don't think we will be whelping out pups tonight, but I have been fooled before, her official due date is tomorrow 09/19/10, I have been on pins and needles for days...she gave me a little bit of a scare on Friday due to her panting and the fact that she wanted to stay in her box for almost the entire day, but no...I guess she wanted to make sure I was ready...LOL..I did take an xray of the babies, I would like to see what everyones guess is of the official puppy count...

No new Temp changes.

I thought for sure she was going to whelp yesterday but she stalled out all day today..she doesn't have much kick in her step at all, she is only picking at her food, she is absolutely HUGE!! Her temp was at 100.7 just now, but we have turned off the air, believe it or not, we have a gorgeous breeze coming in and we are really looking forward to fall.

Waiting for the Babies to come...

Well it is around 6:30PM and Splash is resting well on the cool tile. It is time to take her temp again in a few minutes. She has her whelping box all ready and she keeps going in and out. Guess I should get some shut eye before the babies come, b/c the first week or so, we don't get much sleep.