Mona's babies

Puppies eyes are officially OPEN!! 

Puppy Pictures!

 Check out these awesome photos taken by Sadie Swanson. Puppies are 9 days old in these pictures. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aveldina/sets/72157629099466134/

Puppies have arrived!!!

Mona had 8 babies late last night/early this morning. First baby was born at 11:39pm on Feb. 15/12 and the last baby was born at 6:58am on Feb. 16/12. In order of appearance:

11:39pm - Brooklyn - brown/grey sable female
12:04am - Vienna - red and white female
2:46am - Paris - black w/ white toes and white patches on chin and chest, female
3:21am - Rio - black tri male
3:50am - Berlin - black w/ white toes, female
4:26am - London - black w/ white toes and white line on chest, female
6:03am - Boston - brown sable male
6:58am - Kiev - brown sable female

All puppies are healthy and eating well, and Mona is a wonderful mom and is looking after all of her babies very well!

come on puppies!!!

Since we are not sure of when Mona's babies were conceived, we are not sure when Mona is going to have them. We have been told that one of the most obvious precursors is her temperature. An average dog should be around 102, but when a pregnant mom drops to about 98, we should supposedly be seeing puppies within 24 hrs. Well everyone, after almost 2 weeks of going back and forth from 100 to 99, then back up, then down... etc. This afternoon Mona's temperature was a nice low 98.4!!!  So, everyone keep your fingers crossed that it stays down there and we have puppies soon!!

We'll keep you posted!

Momma Mona

This is Mona. She was found running along the side of the highway. She is a young girl with a loving and sweet personality. Mona is also very pregnant!! She has about 8 babies in her and should be ready to pop any day now :)   The poor girl also had a bullet shatter one of her knees and she can't use that leg now. Once she has her puppies and they are weaned, she will be getting her bad leg removed.

It is getting harder and harder for her to get around with a giant belly and 3 legs! So we are all crossing our fingers that those babies decide to come sooner rather than later.

More updates and pictures to come!