We have babies!!

Right on schedule, Porsche delivered eight beautiful, healthy babies on Monday, May 2nd, exactly when she was supposed to.  That was a change from her last litter when she was two days late!  LOL.

Porsche did a fantastic job whelping, with very little assistance from the humans, and kept a very good pace.  Most of the puppies were born between 20 and 40 minutes apart, except for the last little wiggler who made an appearance five hours after puppy #7.  Even so, she was born kicking and screaming and is, at this point, the fattest piglet in the litter.

The final count was:

• Three flashy brindle males
• Two plain brindle males
• Two flashy brindle females
• One plain brindle female

All but two were born over a pound in weight and the two "smaller" puppies were 14 and 15 oz, so no slouches in the weight department.  Everyone is growing and gaining weight like gang busters.

Mom and I did tails and dewclaws on Wednesday night, and all of the babies took the experience in stride.  Nothing phases these little guys...they are very content little babies, and are happy to just eat and sleep for a lack of anything else more exciting to do.

You can view the puppies on my facebook profile (I'll be posted the photos to my website tomorrow or Monday) here:  Facebook Puppy Album

There's also a video that I uploaded a few days back...let me see if I can embed it somehow...




Enjoy!!