Neverland-Retrievers

Today started out horrible!   One of the puppies passed away. I found the puppy with the purple collar, dead underneath the rail at 7am. I last checked the puppies at 5am and all eight where fine.  I’ve been sleeping on the couch next to the whelping box for the last four days. I found the puppy under the rail behind Wendy, but it should have been protected from Wendy accidentally laying on or rolling on top of it. We were very upset. The purple bitch appeared healty and active, so it death is a mystery. Just the day before I had spoken to Deb about watching out to make sure Wendy did not roll onto a puppy. When I checked the puppies at 5am, I physically counted all eight and had to move one out of the corner to get the full count. My daughter had named this one Mason, after JMU where she is a student. I don’t have the heart to tell her.

The rest of the puppies are fine, gaining from .5 to 1.5 oz each.

…P

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