New Puppies!!!

[orphan]

No problem. I may not have explained clearly enough. I will get her spayed ASAP. She's taking to the pups very well. I check in on them and make sure all of them are getting their fair share. So far there's no early signs of illness and they all seem fairly healthy and about the same size. No runts to speak of. I'm not used to having puppies around so it's still pretty new to me.

[orphan]

Just went out to have a smoke and checked in on the puppies with a flashlight (they're all in a covered kennel). I counted 10 pups in total. She must've had another 2 last night. Babygirl is a baby-making machine!!! All seem to be doing well.

[Boanerges]

First congrats on adopting the mama and giving her a good home!!! Second, congrats on the beautiful puppies!!! They are a blessing planned or not Take good care of the mama and the puppies and good luck finding good homes for all of them!!!

[Jamielvsaustin]

I hope you are able to find good homes for all those pups-I imagine it's going to be quite hard. I would take your dog to the vet as soon as you can, like you figured out sometimes there can be more pups left in her after she initially gives birth. I'm sure you'd hate for one to be stuck now, it die and possibly kill mama.

I'd definitely put ribbons on all of them, if you have friends that are interested in them right now, they can watch them grow and be sure that specific pup fits their personality.

It's a law that pups can't be "sold" until they're 8 weeks old. How well it is enforced-pfft, well you can imagine not very well since some people still think it's okay to give them away at 6 weeks. I recommend 8-12 weeks-like the previous poster mentioned, because of skills and lessons the pups will learn from each other and the mother.

Typically I would imagine that people would expect the pups to have their first round of shots as well as deworming, but it would be awesome if you could also have them speutered (spayed or neutered), and there are tons of low cost clinics.

I commend you for taking in a pregnant dog, a lot of places would have done a spay abort on her-simply based on the populations of shelters.

[orphan]

Thanks for all the well wishes, guys. After doing some reading, I'll keep them a minimum of 8 weeks. Two of them are already spoken for. To clarify, I didn't adopt her from a shelter. She was a stray wondering around my buddy's shop. I just fell in love with her. I've been hand feeding her in her kennel because she doesn't want to leave the pups and I don't want to put anything else in the kennel. She's a good momma.

[orphan]

Cutest update ever.

Holding down the party porch.

[stratus_020202]

OMG!!!! So adorable!!!

EDIT: I have one lab. Lol. Good luck taking care of that many until you can find good homes. Mine never seems to stay out of trouble. They say a bored lab, is a lab in trouble. Maybe they'll take after momma So cute!

[Boanerges]

Beautiful pictures and puppies!!!!!!!!

[BPelizabeth]

OMG...puppy breathe....I can almost smell it!! lol....LOVE the babies...too cute.

[capitalB]

OMG...puppy breathe....I can almost smell it!! lol....LOVE the babies...too cute.

ahhh puppy breath...turns me into an old softy.