Mona has puppies!

She was in labor all night, but decided that a daytime delivery would be best for all. Thank goodness! I will have pictures of the puppies sometime tomorrow, as well as updated pictures of Molly's babies on tuesday or wednesday.

Mona has 6 puppies - 5 boys and 1 girl.

The first chocolate boy came at 11:20 am.
Then we got an apricot boy at 12:46 pm.
2 more chocolate boys at 1:09 pm and 1:45 pm
Finally a chocolate girl at 2:27 pm. She arrived outside. No you didn't misread that...I took Mona out for a pee and she popped out a puppy right on the snow bank! I quickly grabbed a towel and got the puppy inside.
And the last chocolate boy arrived at 3:07 pm.

So we have 5 chocolates (4 boys, 1 girl) and 1 apricot (boy). Mona is now all bathed and resting with the babies. She is a terrific mom.

merry christmas to all!

I wanted to wish everyone a merry christmas! This is the first christmas that I am not sleeping over at my mom's house. Normally we stay there with our dogs over the holidays, but this year we just have to many to make the visit comfortable! What with Molly's 10 puppies, our crazy amount of dogs, an extra that we are babysitting....and of course fat Mona, who has decided that she is waiting to have her puppies. We call her the holiday crasher.

Last year she had to come with us to our in-laws for Easter, and this year she is tagging along for christmas. We are definitely not going to chance her having puppies without us here. So we will bring her to my mom's, then my aunts for dinner, and if she doesn't have them by boxing day, she will be going to my in-laws for christmas there too! After our easter dinner last year we came straight home and the puppies started coming just an hour later! She doesn't want to miss out on any family fun apparently!

Here is our doggie roll call for the holiday's!

Maggie

Missy

Mona

Mackenzie

Lola

Panda

Macie

Miley
Mowgley

Chloe (we are babysitting her)

Yes I know, we are crazy...did I mention Molly's 10 puppies are here too?! Merry christmas everyone!

Christmas is almost here!

And with Christmas comes more puppies! We are hoping for a christmas litter from Mona who is due any day now! Wouldn't that be exciting?! She is getting a little bit grumpy with the other dogs and doesn't want to play with them as much. That is very typical for a pregnant mom.

We have a puppy here for babysitting over christmas. She is having a blast playing with Miley and Macie. They are more her size so it works well!

puppy pictures!

Lots of pictures for today!

Here are Molly's puppies.

The girls.

The Boys. 

Cola's puppies!

The girls. 

The boy. 

Ginger's puppies.

The boys. 

The girls. 

update...

Well this has definitely not been our month. Last friday I came home from school to find Molly acting very strange and not feeling well. Jake had been monitoring her for a few hours but something was just not right. As soon as I saw her, I knew that something was wrong. I rushed her to our vet where we had emergency surgery done. The surgery was just over 2 1/2 hours from start to finish. It was just our vet and myself who was there so I assisted when necessary. I called my mom right away and she came and got the puppies and took them to her house. They needed a mother dog to feed them, and if Molly pulled through she would not be capable. They are doing fine with my mom's dogs now and will be returning to us this weekend.

Molly is now on the mend. After the surgery to fix her stomach the vet said, we will see if she is alive in the morning. It was so tough to leave her there. The surgery was very invasive and there is a big chance that her body would not accept the changes at all, but she pulled through. She has been on heavy antibiotics and lots of pain medicine since then. Her incision is probably 20 cm long, maybe longer. She has 3 layers of dissolving stitches and then staples which will come out next week. Our vet is just shocked at how well she has recovered. She went in yesterday just for a checkup, and all is well.

The puppies are eating softened kibble right now. They have 2 adoptive moms, a golden retriever named Heidi and a goldendoodle named Leah. Both have puppies that are similar ages and both take turns feeding Molly's puppies.

Molly will be going back to her guardian family on the weekend. So that is what we have been dealing with! I will take new photos of the puppies when I get them back. I am so glad that I will be on christmas break starting on friday at 3 pm. This week has been dragging me down.

the week is almost up...

Finally this week is almost over! It has been so busy. I have not had time to do anything. Last weekend I posted new photos of Ginger and Cola's puppies on the website. I didn't get a change to post them here.

Molly's puppies are starting to walk around a lot more. They are starting to use their little voices. They currently have 2 surrogate mothers. If Molly is not sitting with them, then either Mona or Missy is. They both love little puppies to pieces. Miley is always in their pen playing with them too. She is quite gentle!

Molly's puppy photos!

I just took a whole bunch of photos of Molly's babies. They are so adorable.

One of these things just doesn't belong!!

Female #1 

Female #2 



Cola has her puppies!

We weren't expecting a huge litter from Cola, just as long as they are all healthy that is fine with us! Cola had 2 chocolate girls and 1 apricot boy. All are doing well. Cola has her puppies right beside Ginger and Tink, so it just looks funny because each mom has a group of 3 babies with them!

I am visiting my mom on the weekend and I will have to take some photos of all of the puppies for the blog and website. Lots of updated pictures coming on saturday or sunday! Keep a look out.

puppies...

Unfortunately the last puppy of Tink's did not make it. He passed away last night. Breeding is not easy at all. There are so many ups and downs. Thankfully, Tink doesn't seem to notice. She is happily raising 3 of Ginger's puppies. Both Ginger and Tink could raise their puppies in a community setting. They share everything and neither minds the other at all.

Cola is due shortly. She has been digging and digging all day. Trying to find the most comfortable spot. It won't be long now...hopefully she doesn't keep us waiting too long.

Mona is getting her baby belly.

updates...

Unfortunately we have lost 3 of Tink's puppies. They were born too early according to our vet. The last one is still hanging on, but he doesn't look good. Tink is now nursing 3 of Ginger's puppies, and Ginger has 3 of hers plus Tink's last puppy. Thank-you for all of the kind thoughts. This has been very hard for us. I will post some pictures of Ginger's puppies in the next few days.

These photos were taken on Friday. Molly's puppies having their first bath!

And our newest addition...my mom surprised me with this little one on saturday. She got her on wednesday and kept her tucked away until the weekend. In the midst of all of our issues with the new puppies born just a day after her arrival, I forgot to mention our new little Miley. She is doing very well though, and getting along famously with the big dogs here. She can definitely hold her own!

not so good news...

well, the last few days haven't gone as expected. Tinkerbelle's puppies are not doing very well for some reason. My mom and sister are giving around the clock care and there hasn't been much improvement.

It started on friday...they didn't seem to be drinking very much and were getting weaker. Tinkerbelle had 4 puppies, and a few hours later, Ginger had 6. Ginger's are prefectly fine...all fat and healthy, but Tink's are not. We have talked to the vet and he just says keep doing what we are doing.
Ginger has 6 apricot puppies - 4 boys and 2 girls.

Tink has 4 boys - 1 cream, and 3 brown and white partis. They look like holstein cows, but with brown spots not black. This was our first litter of partis, and it is not going so well. We are trying to be optimistic but it's not looking good.

puppies are coming!!!!

Tink is in labor....so far we have 2. I'm not giving away anything about the colors, but you will be shocked! This is going to be a surprise so stay tuned!!! Let me tell you that my mom called me yelling in such an excited voice!! I believe her exact words were, "CAN WE KEEP IT, CAN WE KEEP IT, PLEASE!!"

I know the suspense is killing you! But you will have to keep on waiting...

our new dog food!

We are now using TLC dog food. It is all natural, with no wheat or corn. There are 3 meat proteins and no by-products. It is a Canadian made food as well.

Our dogs are really liking it!

Use this link and code to receive $5 off your first order. http://www.tlcpet.com/  Code: 30422-1025

Once you are in through that link, you can read more about the company and dog food and see a list of ingredients. It really is the best that I have seen. Over the years we've tried many different brands and we've always come back to using Royal Canin. Not anymore. We are going to stick with TLC now.

The food is not found in stores. It is ordered online and delivered fresh to your door in 1-3 days. There is no delivery cost either. I hope that you will give it a try, and when you do, let me know how it goes! Remember to switch slowly as this food is protein rich. My dogs are being switched slowly over the course of a week.

puppies are doing well!

Molly and babies are doing just fine. She is such a great mom. She is fine with a few of the dogs walking around but we keep a blanket near her babies so that we can give them some privacy if things get too rowdy in the living room! She doesn't like the others rough housing near her pen! I can't blame her!

We are still waiting for Tink and Ginger to have their puppies. They don't seem to be in any rush at all.

Tomorrow Finny will go back with his family. He has been here for babysitting for the last few weeks. Our dogs enjoy the extra playmate!

Mackenzie went home with her guardian family last night. I hope that everything works out and that she can become a big part of their family. When people adopt older dogs they must be aware of an adjustment period. Mackenzie for example has been with us since birth. We are her family and having another family take her was difficult for us, but in the end, I know that she will get a ton of attention and love. She is such an affectionate girl to begin with!

We are switching dog foods! After dealing with ear issues for the last year and seeing the change in a few of my mom's dogs on this new food, I have become a convert. I will get my first bags sometime this week. There is no corn or wheat, and there is 3 kinds of proteins. My mom switched Ginger and Prince (her 9 year old poodle) first and everyone could see the difference! For the past few years, Prince has really acted 'old'. He is a puppy again, and his ears are finally clean. He has always had really bad ears but now they are under control! Ginger was the same way...always a struggle to get her ears under control and now they are great! I hope that this will help Missy. As some of you have seen, Missy does not like to be touched on the head! This started about a year ago now and we have gone through every ear cleaner prescribed by a vet. I have even ordered different products from all over in an attempt to help her. She does not have dirty or hairy ears, but then vet can find no problem. But you can plainly see that something bothers her. I'm sure that this new food will fix her!