Babies are 5 days old!

Liver Male

Black Female #2

Black Female #1 and Liver Female

Here's some more pictures of the pups. They are growing well - ranging between 20-27 oz. The liver girl is the piggy of the litter, and the first born black female is the smallest. Just happen to have some shots of them together too!

Pigment is coming in nicely and the spots are starting to show thru the hair - especially on their sides and bellies. Their eyes should start opening in about another 5-7 days and their world will suddenly become quite a bit more interesting! For now, it's all about the milk bar and the naps. :-)

Daphne x Angus pups are here!

She had 4 puppies as predicted on the xray.  1 liver female, 2 black females, and 1 liver boy.  All weighed between 9-13.25 oz.  They are all doing very well, nursing and napping, and Daphne is a calm and wonderful mom.  She really doesn't want to leave her pups even for potty breaks!  But she gets the job done lickity-split, slurps down water, and is back at her mom duty.  

Today they all took a quick trip to the vet to have Daphne palpated (making sure no more pups were in there) and the vet looked over the pups and checked their umbilical cords.  Tomorrow the pups will go back to have their dewclaws removed - that's the 5th inner front leg toenail that really serves no purpose and tends to end up getting caught up and torn a lot in older dogs.  We take it off to prevent them from getting it caught on something and ripped off as an adult, to cut down nail trimming duties (by 2), and make the leg have a cleaner look for those entering the show ring.

Tonight's goal is to pick up a few more hours of sleep!  Yawn!  :-)