Suzy …
January 29, 2009
This past December we bred our girl CH. FoxHills Tibute To Bonawe, Suzy-Q , and Tuesday I found out that is is definitely pregnant. The vet looked at me during the ultrasound and said… “How many is TOO many”… my heart skipped a beat as I asked; “Well, how many do you think?”. In the typical doctor answer he informed me that an ultrasound is only 30% accurate and we can’t be for sure – blah, bah, blah… This vet has NEVER been wrong in the count of puppies unless one had not made it all the way, so I pushed him to “make a guess”. With a twinkle in his eye he said, “my guess is 5 – 7 puppies “. Right then I thought someone had sucked all the oxygen out of the room… my poor little girl… her belly is going to be dragging on the ground before to long. Suzy is not a big girl, but she should have plenty of room for however many puppies there are.
After sharing the news with my friends, I wrote to my best “Swedish” friend Pillan and she told me about her girl that was about Suzy size who had two litters of 7 puppies, with NO problems. OH, I felt so much better. Now that this has sunk in, I started with the cleaning and preparation that I need to do. Yes, it is a month away, but we all now how time gets past us and before I know it Suzy will be letting me know that it’s time… I have never had a litter bigger than 5 puppies, so I am hoping for 5 but if there is more, we will be up to our elbows in dogs around here !
Speaking of Suzy and puppies, I received a picture of Traveler who is a beautiful boy from Suzy’s last litter. He turned a year in November and is waiting for some coat so that he can start his show career… He is owned by Patrice Wills, Carinoch Cairns, and she tells me that he is a sweet, happy boy, just like both his parents !! I can not wait to sees them in the show ring and know that they will do great !
One more thing, I can’t forget about Nelli, the Lab. She is starting her training this Saturday… THANK GOODNESS… let’s hope that she starts to realize that she is NOT a Cairn…
Janet
January 31, 2009 at 1:43 PM
But I know that Suzy will have MANY puppies , she was sooo pregnant when I saw her even if she only had gone 2 weeks in her pregnancy . But Suzy is such a clever and sound girl so there is not going to be any problems . My girl like you said ,is the same size and she handle her 7 puppies so well and during that time I had also 4 kittens that my girl took care of too
‘LOVE to you from me
Pillan