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OMG Puppies
May. 23rd, 2012 02:30 am
On Saturday, May 12, Jubilee had her first litter of pups. There were 3 boys and a girl who made it--two very big puppies were stillborn after too long in the birth canal. She did a great job for her first time and has been an excellent mother, surprisingly relaxed considering how intense she generally is. I had 3 girl pups sold to working homes--2 to experienced Search & Rescue handlers and another to a woman who has done SAR and cancer detection with her previous dogs. Unfortunately, Jubilee had 3 boys and a girl, so I have some people who are a bit up in the air. I hate disappointing people, but I have to remember that this is one thing I just can't control.
Jubilee was very tired, but pleased with her babies.
Xita was *supposed* to be on a different heat schedule than Jubilee, but she came into heat 6 weeks early. I've had a lot of people looking forward to her litter, so I went ahead and bred her to Jubilee's litter brother Jedi, who is an active herding dog. I'm pretty excited about these pups--and I had so much interest, I had to stop taking deposits. And this past Saturday, May 19, Xita had her puppies--12 pups in 12 hours (7 boys, 5 girls). She kept me running all day. All the pups are strong and nursing well, but there's 12 pups and 8 nipples, I've been monitoring them closely. There's one boy who is growing more slowly than I would like, so I've been supplementing everypuppy with a bottle to help out a little bit.
This is a ridiculously pleased Xita with her 12 pups:
Papa Jedi likes his sheeps...
Have a Happy!
Nov. 16th, 2011 10:35 amI have been busy! I still read LJ every day, just don't always have enough to say. Seems like most of those who are likely to read me here are also reading on G+ or FB, or the dogblog, though.
I can think of a few stories to share, though, so I'll try to make some more updates this week.
In the meantime, some very happy Xita....
Yep, that's an Invisible Fence collar on Flint. I installed IF this spring for the terriers because Ruffian was getting creative about going for adventures--leaving for long solo walks at 1 in the morning! They have about 4 acres--so lots of room for them, but no more wandering and I feel like they are much safer--and I'm much happier that they are staying home.
I can think of a few stories to share, though, so I'll try to make some more updates this week.
In the meantime, some very happy Xita....
Yep, that's an Invisible Fence collar on Flint. I installed IF this spring for the terriers because Ruffian was getting creative about going for adventures--leaving for long solo walks at 1 in the morning! They have about 4 acres--so lots of room for them, but no more wandering and I feel like they are much safer--and I'm much happier that they are staying home.
