Pixie has a big old baby bump!
Pixie's really going to be a good mother, she shows all of the signs mentally. She took over as an aunt for Lucy's three pups and was very good at helping Rocky fumble around. Physically, having a first litter really changes our girl, as it does all girls, and Pixie is gettting better physically. But she's being a bit of a brat doing it and has really starting to work the privileged mother thing. We spoil our Moms and they get extra anything they want. We have started keeping her in the house at night with our old boy ClarkeBar. She is getting a bit extra, including treats, and we'll begin boiling chicken breast and rice for her in a few weeks when the protein need goes up. She'll start getting scrambled eggs in the last week when her appitite will slack off.
I'd take a picture of Pixie's bump, but it wouldn't really show the progress. We do everything naturally so there's not going to be anything like medical imaging to count the pups before they are ready in a month. Right now we're expecting six to eight, just because that is the normal. But some have fewer, and some have many more. Whelping our babies is sort of like opening presents on Christmas morning, you don't know what you get until the wrapping is off. I can't wait!
Our next few weeks will be spent making her comfortable, this includes a lot more people time. TOwards the end she will drop her Mucas Plug and we will begin walking her on a lease so that she doesn't try to find an outdoor space for her whelping. At the very end she will lower her body temperature from the normal of 104-5f. to around 98f. when we start twelve hour shifts around the clock.
We are ready for pups and a whole bunch of people are watching with us. Anyone interested in finding a new baby for their family should write a little note in the email widget or write us directly at CreeksideFarmOregon@gmail.com and we'll get in touch.
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Reservations for Future Litters
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