All are doing very well. I will post new pictures soon – when I am done with their first shave!! about half done today — rest tomorrow I hope. I love this first shave — I get to see their gorgeous faces. All the girls are now spoken for — girls often go first and this time I have twice as many boys — all beautiful boys — so anyone interested in a boy, now is the time….

I will post picures tomorrow — I hope. I’ve been a bit busy and trying to catch a nap here and there and finish Christmas shopping. Tomorrow I must bathe my girl in show coat too. not complaining — I NEVER complain about having puppies and I truly don’t mind the grooming of a show coat — I kind of luxuriate in it and zone out while doing it. Just takes time. So, tomorrow, tomorrow… But I wanted to quickly let everyone know that the newborns are doing very well. PJ’s are a whole week old today. Merry’s will be sunday. wow.

Just finished helping Merry whelp her 12 – she does not get them put of the asks nor eats any of those. So I do all that and give them to her and she takes over nicely.m of the 12, all black as expected, one girl dead, two live girls, rest boys. So 9 boys, 2 girls, total 11. So between the two litter I have 18 — one brown male, 6 black girls and 11 black boys!!!!!!  Lots of little Mondo’s. She started labor around four am and delivered her first at 7, finishing all 12 deliveries by noon.. Pretty quick. We are all tired so I’m heading to bed.

1 day old. sweet.

15 is just too many. We lost 7 of them. PJ delivered 13 And then stopped or at least seems to. After hours of nothing I took her to the vet with all her babies in tow. Vet checked blood calcium level – it was fine – did xray – yep, still two more. Did sonogram – one no heartbeat. Did Sam and said thought she was going sliver the two so waited on the oxycitocin shot. I put her babies on to nurse which sometimes stimulates contractions and voila. Sure enoug, PJ managed to deliver both the remaining puppies and yes, one was dead. PJ and babies are back home snuggled in their whelping box. I’m going to bed!!!! Bt not before telling you that I took Merry along for her xray and she is carrying 12!!!!!!! I am not surprised because she looks big again and did have a litter of eleven the first time (unlike OJ having had only three then did not conceive at all and then this 15 – think I am still in shock). But I don’t think Merry’s whelping will be like today. If like her first she will deliver all just fine and they will be big robust puppies. My girls OS this generation are certainly making up for them many litters I had of one two or three or none for quite awhile. Oh well, just have to take things as they come. Now I hope these newborns thrive and will be in there trying to help. I am always on alert the first week. AND on another note – my Pearl got Select yesterday in Orlando -nice given the rather large line up of specials dogs…