They're here!

Decker delivered 9 (nine) puppies today via c-section at about 11am. 6 boys and 3 girls. (5 reds, 4 brindles). She's doing well, but hasn't begun to bond yet, which isn't unusual after a section.
She's happy to feed them if I sit with her and put them on, but other than that, she's not yet interested.
8 of them weigh between 6 and 8 ounces, and the brindle girl weighs only 3 5/8 ounces. She's the smallest puppy I've ever had, so we'll see how she fares. So far, she's a fighter.
I'll post pics later, as I have just a few minutes til I go and sit with her again.

The Waiting Game

Here's a pic of Decker that I took in the waiting room at Warner Center. We headed down to Woodland Hills for another progesterone test and a quick ultrasound today because Decker was a bit off this morning and I was uneasy.
All is well, prog. says she's not quite ready, and the ultrasound shows good, strong heartbeats.
While we were there 9 mastiffs and 10 Rhodesian Ridgebacks were born, and another large dog was expected later!

And the winner is.....

Anyone who guessed 8! 8 puppies seen on the xray, though there was a small debate as to whether or not there is a 9th!
Dr. Jackson was a bit worried that she was panting, ( a sign of impending labor, but I think it was more that she was in a stressful environment, the vet's office) so she did a progesterone test (the prog. level drops as delivery nears, ) and also did a quick ultrasound to check for heartbeats. Heartbeats were good, and her prog. came back at 4.5, which means we are good to go. They will all be surprised if she makes it past Thursday and I'm supposed to call them on Thursday if she hasn't done anything productive.
Several days earlier than I was expecting, so we'll see what happens in the next couple of days.
I have a couple of supplies I have to go and get at the drugstore downtown, and then we are good to go. Her temp hasn't dropped yet, so we are limbo at this point.
I was going to take a picture of the xray, but it wasn't clear enough to really see.
More later when I know more.

8 weeks and counting.

Here's the weekly update picture of Decker, though she wasn't in her usual spot at the water bowl. She's gained another 1 1/2 inches and I started monitoring her temperature this morning.
Tuesday morning we'll head down to Woodland Hills for her x-ray. The waiting begins in earnest!

Dog Show Morning

Mom and I, plus RJ, Meg and Mr. Darcy, left this morning at 4;55 am to head to the Kern Co. KC show in Bakersfield. We picked up Amy and Oliver in Ventura and arrived just after 7 am. Oliver was entered in Rally Adv and Rally Exc. as well as Open obed.
He double Q'd in Rally, but didn't Q in obed. Mr. Darcy was Best Opp and RJ got a major reserve. Nothing for Meg today.
It was freezing when we got there but finally warmed up a bit when I was done showing.
We got home about 3:30 and Darcy was happy because he got to meet about 1o new people who thought he was the cutest, most handsome Corgi they'd ever met!
Decker was glad to see us when we got home. She's doing well, I'll start taking temps tomorrow, and take another tummy pic. I made an appt. to have an xray for a puppy count done on Tuesday morning.

7 weeks and counting.

Here is Miss Decker, at 7 weeks along. She measures 26 inches around now, so a gain of an inch and a half this week, and now weighs 32.5 ish pounds (based on my not terribly precise method of weighing the dogs using a laundry basket and my bathroom scale).
All is well, she's still eating well, though yesterday she did look at her kibble and decide not to eat it. but did eat a can of Innova chicken and rice over the course of the day.
This morning she ate some canned food and her kibble, so it's all good.
The second picture is one that our friend Anne, in Florida, sent yesterday. She has Charlie, who is Hermione's daughter, Mr. Darcy's sis, and this is a picture of two of Charlie's boys (Morgan and Sherman) at their recent obedience class graduation. Their brother, Lee, is set to start his show career soon, he's entered in several upcoming shows. They were six months old on St. Patty's day.

A Picture is worth......

Here are some pictures that my friend, Mary took at the beach (two weeks ago) and up at Cate School (last week).
Gryffin at the beach, Mr. Darcy at Cate School, Meg at the beach, Mr. Darcy at the beach, and RJ at the beach.