Nine Days Old...

Okay, finally a new picture!

1 Week old!

Puppies were 1 week old yesterday! All are doing really great. There are some real movers who crawl with big strides and in straight lines across the whelping box... no joke. I already have my favorites at this point... that I will be looking forward to seeing if they grow into the potential I see at this young age.
Still just mainly white with trim on noses and eye rims filled in... but will get an updated photo of them today.

All is going very well...

Vet check and dew claws removed yesterday at 2 days old. My vet was surprised and pleased at how vigourous these puppies were at only 2 days old. Not a sluggish or weak one in the bunch. I told him he should see them crawl all over the whelping box and swarm to Momma Merica when it is MILK time! : ) They are 100% Chow Hounds like their Grandmother Starlet!

I see Brown!

There are 6 Livers and ONE Black! 2 Liver Boys, 4 Liver Girls, 1 Black Girl!
Liver is not recessive at my house. : )

Go!!!

Merica had her puppies starting this morning at 10:30 a.m. and was done by 1:30 p.m. She started out with 2 boys... and I was thinking keep the boys coming! Wouldn't that be COOL if she had all boys since Taffy had all girls.... WRONG! Merica had 2 boys and FIVE Girls! LOL!
All are healthy and consistent in size. Good job little Miss America and a cigar shaped bone for Daddy Caden!

Set...

No puppies yet as of 7:14 a.m. but they should be making their debut soon! Merica went out to potty at 6:45 and part of the mucoid plug came out! Making progress after a long night of her panting and fussing. Puppies should start coming in the next couple of hours...

Getting Ready....

Merica went into the whelping box in the wee hours of the morning and started moving blankets around...no ripping or shredding... just rearranging. She then jumped into bed with me and would breath heavy on and off. No panting. I could feel puppies moving around in there...things are getting ready. She has had her breakfast and is now just laying quietly by my side at the computer. She is acting more serious and has that look in her eye that very small contractions are going on, although they are not visible to the eye and she is not panting.


Here she is pictured yesterday at 58 days from mating.