Mackenzie had a very very long delivery. First pup came just before 10pm on wednesday night, with the 9th one being born at 9:20am thursday morning. All puppies were doing well and Mackenzie remains probably the best mom we've ever had. She would never lay down with one underneath her, and we never have to rescue one from behind her. She maneuvers herself just so, and makes sure all puppies are in the proper spots. It really is quite neat to watch her. I ended up going to bed at 6am on thursday morning and Jake took over. Of course the baby didn't want to sleep in, so he got up at 8am. And the day began...
Late thursday evening Mackenzie was really restless and then I saw her push again. It had been hours since the last puppy was born, and all of a sudden out pops another puppy around 11:30pm. We were able to revive the puppy and Jake stayed up through the night to try to get her to nurse and keep warm, but it wasn't meant to be.
So we have 9 healthy puppies. There are 5 girls and 4 boys. We were surprised by the fleece coats in the litter!
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