What a tangle!

March 28, 2017 Puppy Map

This map of the new babies. It seems easier to know who they are by the patterns on their backs. 

Thumbprint 11.7 oz. Tri-colored female

Somehow there is eleven this morning

When everyone quieted down last night I could swear there were ten babies.  This morning there were eleven. This is a bit of a problem.

We're going to need to bottle fed some babies to keep everyone healthy.

And we are going to have to sort them to find the newcomer.  Pics will follow.

Chips Ahoy 11.3 oz. Tri-colored male

Nine seems a lot

Macaroon 11.8 oz. White and tan male

Looks a little green in the picture.  Mom is getting tired of cleaning puppies.

Abernathy 11 oz. Tri-colored female

So far we have eight.

Nutter Butter 10.3 oz. White and red male

And now there are seven

I looked up for a moment and Cinnamon had popped another two out.

Milano 8.6 oz. Tri-colored female

Milano is a small and very quiet little girl.

Grasshopper 9.7 oz. Tri-colored male

Grasshopper the Traveler is a Rocketdog.

Hasn't stopped running since he was born. Has seen the entire whelping box.

Lorna Doon 11.3 white with tan female

And then there were five.

12:20 Tri- color male

11:54 tan and white female

Breech Baby. She took a while,  arrived a bit oxygen deprived, but all is well.

A bit of rest

Cinnamon has got the first three out, cleaned up, and fed.  Now a little nap before going at it again.

Hydrox 12 Ounce Tri-colored Female

Snickerdoodle 11.8 Ounces Tan and White Male

Oreo 11.3 Ounces Tri-colored Female

Henri Hudson assists delivery

Cinnamon doesn't look him being so close,  but Henri Hudson is so excited.

Snickerdoodle came out hungry

Launched on in eight minutes.

9:15 It's a boy!

Tan and white make.  Snickerdoodle.

Oreo came into the world hungry

A good mother

8:51 it's a girl

Clarke laying nearby, waiting for the babies.

March 27, 2017 Cinnamon in labor

Birthing puppies is such a simple thing. You set things up and the female does all of the work. But birthing Bassets is a bit more work, especially when doing it in an insufficient place (like our front room). You have to keep track of the female so she chooses to drop the puppies where you want them or they end up on the carpet in one corner or the other.

After last year's litters we decided to wait until we are moved out the the Farm, but Clarke Bar found a way over the fence and took the shot so we are birthing puppies in the front room one last time. Eventually we will use one of our tiny home halves to create a proper whelping kennel. A place where everyone is comfortable, clean, and rested.

As of eight this morning the Cinnamon Bear has been in labor for about eighteen hours. We have been taking shifts. Sleeping four hours at a time. Cinnamon has been working in cycles. Walking around, and then pushing for ten minutes or so, then walking around some more. At some point a nose will pop out and then things should go pretty quickly.

Then I'll write the next entry, pictures included.

Some nice pictures of Clover

Some nice pictures of Gus

Gus has been with her people for a bit more than a year. He is as big a clown as his father Clarke Bar Griswald.

Some nice pictures of Barbi E Lee

This was one of Carmen's girls from last year. Now turning one year with her people.