Female (blue) "Hope"

"Hope"

Hope was the last puppy born and weighed in at 12.1 oz. She is mellow and oh so sweet, she reminds us of her half sister Gracie. This morning she weighed 15.3 oz.

Female (red) "Misty"

"Misty"

Misty was the second female born and the largest at 14.6 oz. She has a narrow white stripe on her chest. She was 1 lb 2.8 oz as of this morning.

Day three - Quick update

Just a quick update today as I am on my way out to my 30th high school reunion. John is on puppy duty today while Morgan and I am out. We had another good night, Jada didn't wake us at all and was not sick during the night. She ate regular food this morning and seems better. 

All the puppies continue to gain weight and move around. We can already see personalities coming out. We are calling the girl with the red cord Misty as she is a big girl and reminds us of John's dog growing up. The little girl with the teal blue cord is laid back and mellow, we are calling her Hope as she reminds us of our Gracie. We are using names from Medal winners at this years Olympic games, they will all probably change as they find their forever families but we need to call them something.

Here are a few photos I took this morning with my phone. 

Post weigh in nap

Our little boy - black/orange

The whole crew having breakfast.

Day two update

Today started early at 4:30 when I realized Jada had not been able to get our attention during the night and had been sick. After cleaning up the mess, thank goodness for vinyl floors, I looked up the BRAT diet for dogs and cooked her up some brown rice and hamburger. 

I weighed all the puppies and they all are gaining well. They are moving around the pen and finding their mother to nurse without problem. Jada seems more comfortable this time around with laying down and not on the babies. She does not want Kaja or Mazi around and I put the exercise pen up around the box to give her a feeling of protection, bells on the pen let me know when she is trying to get out.

We put adjustable cord in different colors around the puppies necks to make identifying them easier.

Here is the puppy break down:

Order - sex - birth time - birth weight -  cord id color - color & markings
Puppy one - girl - 9:30 am - 12.8 oz - Pink/Black cord - black
Puppy two - girl - 10:40 am - 14.6 oz - Red cord - black w/ white stripe on chest
Puppy three- boy - 10:46 am - 12.3 oz Black/White cord - black
Puppy four - boy - 11:01 am - 12.5 oz - Black/Blue cord - black
Puppy five - girl - 11:10 am - 12.3 oz - Purple/Black cord - black
Puppy six - boy - 11:28 am - 11.9 oz - Red/White cord -  black
Puppy seven - boy - 11:58 am - 10.0 oz - Green cord - black
Puppy eight - boy - 12:42 pm - 10.5 oz - Blue cord - black
Puppy nine - boy - 1:00 pm - 9.8 oz - Black/Orange cord - black w/ white blaze on chest
Puppy ten - girl - 1:36 pm - 12.1 oz - Teal Blue cord - black

I hope to have individual pictures of each puppy up sometime on Sunday.

Jada scores a perfect 10 - Meet the Olympic Litter

Meet our Olympic Litter!

Jada scored a perfect 10 with these 4 girls and 6 boys in record time. Her starting time was 9:30 am and she was finished by 1:36 pm. Her New's Year's Eve 2010 litter was 9 puppies in 5 hours. The Olympic litter was born today August 8th while we watched the Olympics on TV. 

Stay tuned for updates coming soon.

Awaiting the Olympic Litter

I will post updates as often as I can on the Olympic litter. They are due anytime and we are anxiously waiting to see if any are yellow this time.

Awaiting the Olympic Litter

Olympic Litter update - Aug 5

It's Sunday morning and we are all set up and ready for puppies. The whelping box sits empty and waiting as are all the supplies.

We had a second xray done on Friday August 3rd which showed 8 puppies and Jada is up to 70.4 lbs. I think she is hiding some like she did last time but only time will tell.