Cayuse started in the early morning hours (about 1AM). She quickly popped those pups out - about one every 20-30 minutes. The ultrasound showed 8-9 pups, so when puppy number 8 arrived at 3:23AM, I figured we were about done. Then she was followed closely by puppy number 9 (male) at 3:38AM. Cayuse was nursing them, I cleaned up a bit and got ready for a nap before getting up for the morning chores.
But there were some tricky pups that hid from the vet's ultra sound!
At 4:06 she delivered pup number 10, another male. "Okay", I thought, "another male is nice. We must be done now. But no. She whelped two more males before sunrise. THEN she was done!
Final count - 6 boys and 6 girls! All healthy and with in a couple ounces of each other in weight. Cayuse is an excellent Mom.
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