New Baby Puppies

Guess what?! One of our hunting dogs had her puppies this morning!! They are soooo adorable!! I only had 1 early morning class yesterday...so when I got home she had 3 puppies and we thought she was done. Which we thought was weird. So...we went inside for a while and when my stepdad came back out to check on her a while later...she had, had 2 more!! Except...one of them was still born. It was so sad. I cried my eyes out. Seriously...I did. I felt so sorry for it and I prayed for it even. I know that probably sounds pathetic. So we buried it in the ground at the edge of the woods we have behind our house.

A while later I was sitting there taking pictures of the puppies and watching them drink from their mother when I asked my stepdad, "How many is she supposed to have again?" He said, "She should have four." I asked him if he was sure...and he said yes. I told him, "Well, now there are five." I had then realized that I had sat their and watch that puppy be born. It was very interesting. How the mother dog cuts the umbilical cord with its teeth. It's amazing. I mean...I knew they cut it somehow but I just never really thought about it. So we have 5 brand new baby puppies. They are sooo small and adorable. I can't wait until they can open their eyes completely. I don't think we are going to be giving away any of these because they are pure bred.

In case I did not mention...we also have another one of our hunting dogs who is pregnant and her sac broke yesterday morning also...right around the time that the other dog starting having her puppies. She was actually already pregnant when we got her. But all day long yesterday she hadn't had any of ther puppies yet. Still this morning she hasn't had any so...hopefully when I'll go home today she will have had some. Because I know it's gotta be tourterous for her to be sitting there ready for them but they aren't coming. I know that some of hers we will be giving away because they will not be pure bred. But I told my stepdad that I claim one of them as my own. :-)

Well, I would post pictures because I'm in my school computer lab so I am not able to do that right now. So i will post the pictures of the puppies and proud mother as soon as I can.

Talk to ya later!

God Bless,

Christine