Jewel awoke me on Friday morning at 3AM and she was in early labor. She presented us with the first puppy at 730pm on Friday Mary 29th a girl. Now pink girl. At first thought to be liver. An hour and 30 mins later the 2nd girl arrived. Green girl. And right behind her came purple girl. These two were very close together so thank heaven Sue McCord had come to give a helping hand. Pink girl got very upset with us each time we removed her from Mom to birth another puppy. She even climbed out of the holding box that we put the pups in while Mom is having another puppy. A holding box is an extra usually cardboard box kept warm with a heating pad for the pups to be safe in so Mom doesn't accidently step on them while she is excited about the new pup. We then waited an hour and 45 mins for the one and only boy to come. Of course he is Blue Boy. All the pups are around one pound in weight and sucking on Mom without any problems. Thank you Jewel for not making it a long labor.

We are still waiting for Hattie to join the world of mother hood. Her temperature has not dropped yet but she is starting to show very early signs. Doesn't want me to leave her side. Hattie has taken the "Queen attitude" of getting ready for her labor. She had Jewel do all the digging of the den while she supervised the job and gave her approval and now since Jewel is not there to do it and I have blocked off the "Den" she has enlisted Jama into taking care of things. Hattie has Jama tearing up the paper in her whelping box while again Hattie supervises and inspects the job. Hattie sleeps in the room loose at night with the whelping box but before she goes to bed she has Jama fluff the papers in the whelping box just in case she needs it during the night.