Day 4-Here piggy, piggy...

Some puppies tend to stand out at a younger age than others for different reasons.  Recently that puppy would be Boomerang who we may start calling Boom-Boom.  He's a PIG who may be on his way to childhood obesity! (He weighed 20 oz this morning!)  He's easy to pick out from the rest when looking at the group.

Here is the big boy.  He likes eating so much, he'd thought he'd taste his sisters leg. :)

For comparision here is Boomerang and Deja Vu.

Deja Vu head shot.

Echo

Echo again with her cute little tongue. 

Her pigment is starting to come in as well as on some of the others.

Day 3 - Some Face Pictures

Sleeping puppies are much easier to get pictures of.  I decided to use this wisdom and take some up close pictures of them in the puppy pile.  I don't have one of everyone.  Boomerang was busy eating and the blue girls buried their heads.

Yo-Yo

 Revival

Yo-Yo, Rebound and Revival



Echo

All the boys have broke a pound and Revival should be there soon weighing 15.8 this morning.

Oh the cuteness

Everyone continues to do great!  They got there dew claws removed last night.  Boomerang was the first to break a pound (no big surprise there) weighing in at 16.5 oz this morning.  Everyone continues to gain.  Weights are up .6 - 1.3 oz from last night.

Here are some pictures I took of the Minis this morning.

The puppies I can list offhand- In the group of 3 starting at the top by Minnie's head and going down is Yo-Yo, Rebound and Boomerang. The boys didn't want to hang out with girls at the milk bar.  At the milk bar from left to right is Karma, Deja Vu, Echo and Revival.

The boys

The Girls- Echo saying "Hey, what's up!"

The Comeback Litter

We are excited to announce the birth of what we are calling the comeback litter. This is the first litter born at Spyrock in about 15 years!

The first puppy, who we are calling Deja Vu, was born at 12:55 pm yesterday afternoon. After she was born Minnie has some intermittent contractions, but after 4 hours she still hadn't had the second one. I was able to feel the pup but it just wasn't progressing. We called the vet and off to the clinic we went. Dr Jean examined her, determined she was unable to clamp down enough with her uterus so a C-section was in order. Surgery was uneventful and all babies survived.

Here is the first puppy born and only one that came naturally-
Deja Vu/Female/Birth weight 10.7 oz



The following are all born via C-section. Puppies came so fast that I don't have a "true order". We were all busy drying and making sure airways were open. So here is the order I picked them up and weighed them.

Boomerang/Male/Birth weight 15.4 oz!




Rebound/Male/Birth Weight 13.4 oz


Echo/Female/Birth weight 13.4 oz



Karma/Female/Birth Weight 12.3 oz




Yo-Yo/Male/Birth weight 13.9 oz




Revival/Female/Birth weight 13.0 oz




I'm happy to report that everyone is doing everything they are supposed to. Puppies haven't lost any weight since last night and some have gained up to .4 oz. Will try to keep posting daily pupdates. :)

The Melly is growing...

For those of you who aren't a friend of mine on Facebook, Melly is what I have started calling Minnie's Belly. She is getting bigger every day. Her Grandma Carolyn saw her today and came up with a guess of 8-10 puppies unless Minnie has a lot of fluid. Her Xrays are scheduled for April 20th so we'll have a better idea of how many at that time. Hard to believe that she only has about 2 and 1/2 weeks left to go!

That's all for now.

Update

Everyone is doing well here. Flyer is growing like a weed. I've had to adjust his stacking stand again and had to buy him a new collar (still the same "bada$$" collar, just bigger) :) Flyer was a naughty puppy and earned the nickname Gravel Gut. He decided that the DG we have was tasty and had consumed enough to give himself an upset tummy. X-rays showed just small pieces of DG (decomposed granite) and no blockage, so it just had to pass. He's all over it now and is no longer eating DG. You wouldn't even know it had happened except the shaved forearm from his IV.

Crescent is preparing to go home. I meet Terry in Albany this weekend. It's been a blast having him here for the past several weeks. There will be an emptiness in the house without him as he has made himself a part of the family. Here are some pictures I took with my cell phone of him and Flyer playing.









Minnie is doing good. She is starting to show changes. She has bright pink/enlarged nipples now. She is starting to loose her waist. She no longer wolfes down her food, but takes her time eating now instead. The other animals are starting to treat her different as well. The cat will come and curl up with her along with her "mortal enemy" the Yorkie. She seems to be less energetic and isn't able to jump up on the taller couch easily anymore. Minnie is also licking us non-stop. I would say signs are pointing to yes she took. Time will tell for sure. Very much looking forward to her due date of April 25th.

Flyer at 12 weeks

Flyer is twelve weeks today. He is a busy boy that keeps you on your toes. This morning during one of his potty breaks he was eye balling the sheep. :)

He is a growing boy. I have already had to move the rear support on the stacking stand back since we got him home. Here are the pictures we took this morning. The side shot is a bit off as I had his rear end closer to the camera on the stacking stand.



This face is courtesy of a kibble he's working on eating. :)