All puppies currently have homes.   I will hopefully be breeding
Scarlett and Rhett within the year, so if you would like to get on the
list now, please send me an email.
  • Honey-Orange, now Light Pink Collar  - Female nice ridge and crowns.  White on front toes
    and chest.  Show potential.
  • Ella-Light Green, now Purple - Female nice ridge, crowns slightly offset.  White on chest.  Show
    potential.
  • Bonnie (Now Madabelle)-Red - Female with ridge starting mid-back.  White on chest.  Pet
    quality.
  • Wade (Now Alki)-Blue - Male with nice ridge and crowns.  White on chest.  Show potential.
  • Careen (Now Vegas)-Dark Green - Female nice ridge and crowns.  White on chest.  Show
    potential.
  • Melanie (Now Tessa)-Hot Pink - Female nice ridge and crowns.  White socks and on belly
    and chest. Pet quality due to too much white extending up front left leg.-
Well the big day finally came on May 16th, 2007.   What a long couple of days!  Scarlett started
getting very restless two nights ago and I thought she was going to have her pups Tuesday night so
I was up most of the night.  Then she was having contractions yesterday morning and I had my eye
on her very closely and was trying to make her stay in her whelping box.  Well, finally I thought
she may just want to get to her bed in my room and I let her go in there while I was in my office.  
Then I heard some licking and ran in there and she had a puppy in her mouth!  I grabbed the pup
and ran downstairs and had to get a lot of fluid out of the mouth and nose as it wasn’t breathing
yet.  Finally I got her breathing and dried off and realized she was a beautiful girl with a nice ridge,
weighing a healthy 500 grams. She wears the orange collar.  

Then about 40 minutes later, Light Green entered the world backwards but turned out thriving
with a great ridge as well!  She was a very healthy 520 grams.  

This is where things went nuts.  Scarlett was having some contractions but producing nothing.  
After three hours I called Clayton and asked his advice (that would be probably my 5th call to him
within the past couple hours!) and he recommended I call my emergency vet.  So of course they
wanted me to bring Scarlett and the pups in.  I loaded mom and babies up in the truck and got to
the vet and she palpated Scarlett and said there wasn’t a pup stuck so to be safe she took some xrays
to make sure one wasn’t blocking another one, etc.  The xrays were fine and it showed the last 4 all
coming out backwards!  So she did give her a little Oxytocin to help contractions along and sent us
home.

Then I just waited patiently and FINALLY at 11:20 (6 hours after the last pup) she started to push
heavily.  But then I saw a tail and no sac and knew this pup was out of the placenta and suffocating
in the birth canal.  This being my first litter, I have read almost every article out there on whelping
puppies so I didn’t waste any time.  The pup was not coming at all, so I put some lube in a syringe
and injected it past the puppy to help it come out.  Then with a towel I pulled on that puppy with
Scarlett’s help and finally Red came out, but she was as lifeless as can be and I for certain thought
she had passed.  Nevertheless, I used the swinging momentum trick to clear the pathways in her
lungs and I must have done this 10 times…I was not giving up on her.  I can’t tell you the feeling I
had when I heard her cry!  I actually lost it myself!  Scarlett was very worried about her so I put
her on Scarlett’s belly and she didn’t waste any time nursing!  She has a slightly shorter ridge that
starts lower on her back so she is likely pet quality.  She came in at 520 grams.  

So at this point I’m thinking this is the last time I want to go through this drama!  But then the rest
of the pups were a breeze to deliver and Scarlett was just such a natural.

About an hour after Red, out came Blue while I was actually in the other room for a minute.  
Scarlett had him all cleaned up and crying by the time I saw him.  The first boy!  And what a nice
boy he is…great ridge, crowns, etc.

Then only 15 minutes later another breech delivery but all was great and this little girl is in the
dark green collar and another beautiful ridge!  At this point Scarlett is wiped out, and I am just
trying to keep my eyes open.  

An hour and a half later, my first normal positioned delivery of a darling (yes you guessed it, GIRL)
with four white paws and white on her chest and belly.  She came in at 540 and has a great ridge as
well!  I couldn't tell if she has 2 crowns though...She is the one in the pics without a collar…I was
too tired at this point!  

So, I did manage to get maybe two hours of sleep right on the floor next to them, but every cry(and
they are talkative like Mom!)  had me grabbing for my flashlight to make sure everything was OK.  
Mom and kids are doing just awesome!  Clayton is coming to see the litter this Saturday and help
determine which could be shows and which could be pets, but obviously it will be quite a few weeks
until we know certain characteristics.  As for right now, it does look like 1 pet and possibly 5 shows
but I will keep everyone updated!  
Puppies May 2007