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We have , of course been busy, nothing new and unusual. I had a lovely scare with two of the puppies and spent the weekend worrying over them – luckily all is well but I still worry.
I have posted some new pics at the smugmug site – www.inthegardenphotography.net
I don’t have the little,little babies pics – but I am trying and I hope that counts 
. The little fawn in the pic with the BlueBerry is Kalena del Piccolo Jigo, our new little Italian princess. She has come as a cooperative effort from her breeders in the hopes to one day send back Kalena babies to do us proud in Italy. She is a wonderful puppy, beautiful, confident and pretty much every thing I could wish for in a Dane puppy and I am very pleased and proud to have her.
I am off to a job fair tomorrow – my first and truly kind of scary – so think positive thoughts for me!
but I am swamped! Reeda and Hannah are doing fine but I am still supplementing the pups…so my day starts with me taking dogs out,then going out and feeding the ‘littles’ – Elvis,Celine and Hallie – then the big dogs and the mamas, then it is time to give bottles and make the puppy gruel for Jezzie’s babies. Out by Jez, I clean up and change out the floor mats, make sure everyone eats enough, clean up again and out again to come back inside do some house chores and get ready for lunch bottles… in between I try to get laundry done, get dinner together, run an errand or two and get back to start evening chores! I sat down to dinner tonight at 8pm, after dishes and putting it all away it was 9pm. Tomorrow I hope to move Reeda out of my kitchen into the new puppy house so I am dashing about all over the place, and after that I am off to the airport y 1pm- oh yeah I got to get all the stuff out of the truck to cram more stuff in it and go to the airport too – all before noon with my morning chores all done too! So I am hoping you guys see why it is highly unlikely that I will have pics and video before Monday. Saturday I need to go get my patient’s cats and get them re-homed, one is going to my sister the other two will go to a friend as a foster home until I find someplace for the two of them – oh yeah and I will be toting my 18mon old grandson with me on Saturday too.
Does it sound like I am whining? I am NOT,NOT,NOT But I am busy, the following week Hannah’s babies will be out of the period where I truly worry – the first two weeks is so very crucial to babies and I truly hope I have a tad bit more time, though I need to find a job somewhere in the very near future!
Pics will be coming soon but it won’t be in the next few days! Hang in there I promise I will have them as soon as I can!
The first one that I loaded seemed to get stuck – but it was 4 minutes long…so I cut it in half and have reloaded it. It may take a bit yet to show up but it is there and by morning at the latest you should be able to see it. I hope!
www.inthegardenphotography.net
All is well, pups are thriving, moms are doing good, I am getting some sleep now as well and feel almost human!
Please feel free to comment and interact here. I am hoping to get some time in to see how to put a poll up here and get everyone to put in suggestions for names and then have a poll to vote for the theme for both litters. What do you guys think?
Grace was entered at Ft Bend KC both days this weekend and won Reserve Winners Bitch both days! I am editing the video as I ype and hope to have it up at www.inthegardenphotography.net tonight.
We had one more litter to go – and for Reeda my brindle girl this was to be her last litter as well. Unfortunately, it simply was not to be. Reeda went in for an emergency C-section last night , she had only one baby, a brindle girl and she was not alive and though I tried I simply never could get her to breath. Reeda and I came home and I decided to give her a couple of Hannah’s pups to nurse. She accepted them readily, not questions, just happy to have some pups. This morning she stood up and blood poured out of her and scared the bejezus out me, I proceeded to call me vet and scare her too before 5am! Turned out to be heavy seepage but both she and I were totally freaked out that she might be bleeding out. I had a scary few hours today when I truly worried that I might lose her. I kept checking her gums to see if she were pale and she had a quick blood return which was good and a good indicator as well that there was not uncontrolled bleeding going on…Once at the clinic they checked her clotting factors and packed cells(?) the results were normal on both – TG! I was so very relieved. I felt as though I was going through the days with a dark cloud following me about and truly making me miserable. Today,today I was simply grateful and finally I was hopeful that I wasn’t being followed by a little dark cloud.
Tonight,Reeda has four of Hannah’s babies and they are all doing great. Hannah is happy with the four she has and poor Jez, her babies are like little linebackers with tiny razor coming through their gums,their new baby teeth feel that sharp. Monday we will start them on gruel and give mom a break.
The temps are dropping down to freezing and I have been checking the girls and pups and they are all toasty and warm. Next week is supposed to be wet and cold. Great…
Hannah & Ben pups as well as Jez’s pups are being uploaded right now!
visit www.inthegardenphotography.net to see them!
Hannah is far exceeding my expections and negative experiences with her as a mom in the past! She is doing simply wonderfully….nursing,cleaning – yes ,she is cleaning pups!! She is trying to protect them and likes to lay her head across them when we come in – a head that must seem to weigh a ton to a little puppy…but they are all doing well, remain well hydrated and it takes a huge load of my shoulders.
On a personal note, I have lost my patient last Thursday. I am a private duty RN, having taken care of one patient for the last 14 years. I work with my mother as my opposite nurse and she was with her for 20 yrs, so my patient was so much more – she was family. She was not sick, had no real health problems, she simply laid down and went to sleep and did not wake up, @ the young age of 67. I am broken hearted, I have truly this summer gotten to a functional place after losing my father last March and now to lose another so close… I count my blessings, I know maybe that seems trite, but it is all I can do – I have always heard and indeed pray that my loved ones pass so peacefully, so in that I am blessed. She made a huge impact in my life, my family’s lives, more blessings. I have never been brought to a challenge by the Lord that I was not able to meet and if He has such confidence in me then I believe that all will be well. Today is the service and the burial, so please have patience as far as pictures and such.
God bless and thank you so much for your prayers because I believe that they made a world of difference!
We are all done delivering pups. Final count is 5 males, 4 females – all fawn as two fawns can only produce fawn. Pups and mom are all doing well!
Hopefully I will have pics and video up in the next couple of days.
Keep up the prayers. Hannah and babies are doing well! We have possibly 3-5 more to go!
