Moonsong Cornelia Marie and Sandhill Ranger welcomed 9 beautiful pups into the world on tuesday, january 15th. Cornelia continued my streak of only having daytime deliveries, starting at noon, though she continued until around 11:00pm. The whelping was uneventful- she did take a 4 hour break halfway through, which caused a few worried phone calls and a relay of oxytocin shots from my vet to my friend Ginger to my friend marlene who drove the shot to me. We did not need it but it was reassuring having it here.
The newborns nursing. This is my first ever litter with all the pups the same color. They are also very consistant in size. There is one 1# male and the rest of the pups are between 14 and 14 3/4 oz. Not huge pups but good sized for a smaller female. they are all vigerous and strong.
Cornelia cleaning her pups- she is a very attentive mom anad keeps the pups very clean. She does get worried getting in the whelping box- she is so afraid of stepping on a pup that she takes forever to find a spot unless I help her and move pups out of her way.
Cornelia has a lot of milk but 9 pups drain it very quickly! she will need to eat and drink a lot to keep up with her brood of 7 boys and 2 girls
A well deserved rest with her new puppies
A puppy pile! She has 10 nipples but the pups always fight for the best spot
puppy jostling
Finally everyone has a spot
Here are the first four pups together. Cornelia still had a round tummy so I knew more were on the way
4 is so peaceful- better get milk now before the milkbar fills up!
Cornelia delivered 4 pretty quickly then took a nice 4 hour break before the second half of the litter was delivered pretty quickly as well.
First two boys- so darling!>
Ranger is passing out cigars!
Ranger showing just 2 days before his pups were born- he had a great weekend of showing then welcomed 9 wonderful pups.
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