Puppy Update # 1
July 1, 1998
Well, Austin finally had her puppies, She broke water about 2:30 AM (naturally) on July 1st. The first puppy was delivered at 3:15 and the last was delivered at 8:45. Stats on Puppies:
Blue Boy
to be added
Pink Girl
to be added
Green Girl
to be added
Purple Girl
to be added
Yellow Girl
to be added

One interesting note: Our old guy Bear (14 this August) normally gobbles down his food in the morning. Well, while purple girl was being born, I went down to the basement to feed our adult guys. Bear barely touched his food. I left his bowl in his kennel run and went back to the garage where the whelping box was. At 8:45, after the last puppy was born, I went down to check on our other guys, and Bear was busily chomping away.
It's as if he knew that Austin hadn't finished delivering her puppies, and he wasn't going to eat until everything was ok!
And who says dogs don't have extra senses?

Mom and puppies are doing well, more updates to follow!
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