Puppies!
During the day of July 16, Wendy was quite restless. She refused to eat her breakfast meal, but did drink some chicken broth. She made many trips to the potty to empty her bowels and spent most of the day panting. At around 6pm, I noticed some yellow stringy stuff hanging from her tail after a trip outside, but on close inspection I could not find anything left on her coat. I was expecting to see discharge from the cervical plug remaining on her coat. She spent much of the evening arranging the newspapers in the whelping box preparing a nest for the upcoming puppies. Then without much notice, we saw a large contraction and out popped a puppies! Deb and I were talking on the couch next to her, so we were semi-ready, but was still I expecting a bit more contractions before the first puppy arrived. It was a female, but the placenta was missing. Did Wendy eat it or was it still inside? We couldn’t tell, but we kept watch in case it would come out later. By the time the night and next morning was over, we had 12 puppies born, 7 males and 5 females. The pups birth weight range from 390 to 580 gr, seven of the puppies were over a pound each. Quite amazing! The chart below shows the details.
The following picture is of Wendy and the puppies shortly after whelping.
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