Puppies!

I won’t post much about them until they are older and thriving, but in case anyone wondered, yes, puppies have arrived.

We had an urgent but not emergency C-section yesterday; puppies ranged from six to seven and a half ounces. All are doing well so far, though I may tube-feed one or two later today if their weight does not start to head in the right direction. Most maintained well overnight. Morgan is being a very good mother.

Two tricolor girls, one tricolor boy, one ruby girl who stands out amid the sea of blackness in the whelping box, one black and tan boy. He is the smallest and the only one whose weight slipped overnight. All the tris are very heavily marked, two are what we call blanket tricolors, but have nice face markings.

I will be too tired to get much work done for the next day or so. Then I will be both stuck in the house and hopefully much less tense and should make good progress on a couple of projects.

I scheduled a handful of posts ahead, but not enough, so posting will be light the first week of June.

I’m going to try to add a picture, but that can be tricky using my phone, so here goes —