Seems no matter how hard we try to do everything right, no matter how much we care for and love our babies we just can’t get a break. Wendy had started whelping her litter at 1046pm Monday evening. Two of the expected 5 puppies were delivered still born. Concerned now for Wendy’s health and the health of the remaining litter. We took Wendy to two afterhour emergency hospitals. First afterhours hospital did not have a sonogram, second afterhours hospital did. Vet did locate one puppy and told us it was not moving and had no heart beat. So we had the vet do an x-ray because we were expecting 3 more puppies. Sadly the X-ray showed only the one puppy remaining. So it is with the deepest of deepest sorrow that we have had to accept that Wendy only had 3 puppies and all are dead. Vet also said that Wendy should not have any problems delivering the last puppy, no need for emergency surgery which we were very relieved to hear But with the disruption to her whelping of the litter she delivered the last angel at 710am Tuesday morning. We had Wendy to our personal vet right away for a check up and all is well physically unfortunately the emotional toll on Wendy has been difficult. Now into the 3rd day post whelping a beautiful litter of 3 angels Wendy has started to eat a little more and sleeping more soundly. Yesterday all three puppies were taken to our state lab for necropsy to try and determine the cause of death. We hope to have more information in a couple weeks. We will take Wendy back to our personal vet for a more probing exam and pull blood to send off. So as our beautiful and precious guardian angels make their way over rainbow bridge we can not be more devastated. Franky and Wendy produced 1 male 2 female, male was red brindle like Franky and the two female were both black in color. Beautiful puppies! Depending on the results of the necropsy and the exam done on Wendy we are going to try again to breed Franky to Wendy. If this happens we plan to breed Wendy again in November with litter due in January of 2015. Please say a prayer for our 3 little guardian angels and Beautiful Wendy who was a rock a source of strength and pride throughout. Rest assured she is being spoiled like no other and we expect her to make a full recovery from this.

Today we had Wendy into our vet to do an sonogram to see heart beats and possible count. Wendy was very patient while we probed her abdomen for signs of life. We got conformation of 5 puppies with a possibility of 7 puppies. All the puppies looked to be of good size and great looking hearts and heart beats. While we were looking for puppies one was very long and stretched out and appeared to be the largest. If a male we hope to give him a litter name of Stretch. Another puppy pawed at the screen (threw a paw out) which is a very strong trait from the mother side. So glad to see all of them doing so well we can hardly wait to say hi and love each and every one of them. Attached are a few pictures of Wendy in the whelping box today.

Starting out the new year with pictures of Wendy.  Today she is at day 58 from the first of 3 breeding now the real waiting starts.
We hope she continues to do well from this point.  Paws crossed we don’t have any major hiccups.  Saturday at 10am is Wendy’s
Ultrasound appointment.   Getting excited!   We also have the whelping box here and just about prepared.
Whelping box was built and painted by Lisa and her husband James

Another fun quiz I found related to Franky and Wendy’s litter. I did the quiz and scored an 18%, with 7 correct answers. I think the added bonus of a time clock was the reason for the low score…. Give me all day I might get 100%. Just for fun see how you do?

Olympian God Quiz