Happy Birthday (and more)

Happy Birthday (and more) was Originally Posted on May 1, 2009 by lavarock

Koa had a birthday yesterday, he is 2 now and no longer officially a puppy. I wanted to stay and play with him all day, but had to go into work.

I stopped by Sandra’s on the way home because she had a dog (Emily) ready to deliver this weekend. However, Emily did not get the info and was going into labor already. The Xrays a few days earlier showed 8 or maybe 9 puppies. The first puppy was delivered after 10pm. A few more followed, but not on any patrticular schedule.

I stopped back there today and there were 9 puppies, none in many hours, but Emily was still panting. Sandra had Emily scheduled for another Xray, to make sure there were no other puppies. This is because Emily should not have been panting. As we got her out of the whelping box, she had a couple contractions and out came a puppy! Amazed because it had been a long time coming, Emily start nursing that one. The other puppies were still in a box awaiting a ride with Mom to the vet.

15 minutes later she was still panting, got up and popped out yet another puppy! That was number 11. I hated to leave incase there was an encore, but leave I did.

Photos of the new puppies will be uploaded on on her AlohaLabradors.Com site soon and I’ll post a link here soon. In the meantime she had already taken deposits on 4 or 5 puppies before they were even born. These puppies have a champion father too! I expect all to be sold soon. By the way, they are yellow and black Labradors.

I was supposed to be at my high school for a reunion this weeked but had to cancel that trip.

I continue to work on the farm and hope to have big news soon. Of course, I have been saying that for years…