day 1 - birthday

tobes was still away when it all kicked off! i'd been digging in the mary's garden and not eating, but he still did not realise what this meant, so i decided that enough was enough, walked into my lovely whelping basket and dropped a couple of pups, ha!

i heard fiona call toby on the phone almost immediately.....although i wanted to get him down, i now felt a little lost having started this without him...... oh well, he's a fast driver, he'll be here soon enough, hopefully in time to see the rest???....i have no idea how many, but they sure do weigh a lot!

a boy and a girl, one of each perfect! they felt pretty heavy.... i'd forgotten they can't open their eyes right away, but they still found their way straight onto my teats, yowzer!

3 more have popped out, but still no sign of toby, what's he doing!! blood everywhere, i'm trying to keep it clean, but there's only so much licking i can do.... fiona's doing really well helping me (not licking!!). not sure i an stomach much more of the placenta though...

i can hear the truck..... wehey, toby's here!! so excited to see him and show him my pups - oops, perhaps i shouldn't have jumped out of the basket, i've left my pups squealling! so hard not to tread on them and sit down without crushing them, they're tinie....

7 pups now

one of the pups being born....

0604 wednesday morning, well tired! tobes has been with me the whole time though, sitting on a wooden chair next to my bed. i really need the loo, too tired to move!!


9 pups, phewee!!! i think that's it? i sure hope it is! all weighing between 350-500g, that's nearly 4.5kg of pups!!