We had been on puppy watch for about 2 weeks thinking that they could be born any minute, which they weren’t, until they were…hehe. When Belle went in to labor I didn’t see any signs until I came out of the barn on Friday morning and noticed that she was standing oddly. The reason being was the first puppy was already halfway out on its way in to the world. Barely got her into her birthing area, aka the basement, before the first puppy, a hefty white girl was born.
The next 5 came quickly and with out incident but we then had a lag of almost 4 hours until puppy 7 came out (for you Trekie fans, we have considered calling her 7 of 9 🙂 ).
She was covered with green slimy goo (and is still a bit green a week later) which was due to some birthing issues and she also needed some help from Hubby to clear out her lungs.
Puppy 8 was next and then sadly, puppy 9 was stillborn. It is always hard to have an animal die and we have had our share of that, but it is part of life, so you just take a deep breath and move forward.
The perfection of these little ones is amazing to me…every part of them is a tiny little replica of the big dog they will one day be. Created by God or just a random bunch of cells that pulled themselves together and crawled from the primordial ooze to eventually become what they are today…I think not, I am going with God.
