Ginny Nightingale's Blog – December 2010 Archive (6)

Lyric has started her long process towards becoming a mommy. She won't eat today and her temp has dropped a bit over 1 degree. She is resting comfortably and panting  heavily--no signs of big contractions yet. We had her in her whelping box in a room that is warmed by a space heater to 75 degrees, but she hated the heat, so I let her go into a cool corner again for now. She can stay cool until the pups start coming, then it's into the box!

This is certainly a unique way to spend New…

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5!!! We saw five nice little skulls and spines all lined up and ready to go in Lyric's Xray today--so exciting! Can't wait to meet them--any day now!

Oh, boy--here we go! Lyric is getting all swollen now and has the look of impending motherhood. Christmas was fine until someone opened a present with some sort of stuffed animal in the box...then she was all over it and it had to be hidden some place. She is very tired today after all the activity and is sleeping most of the day...the week is starting off with a BLIZZARD so hopefully, she has a few more days to go before the puppies arrive. I doubt anything will happen before next weekend…

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Wow--where did the time go? I realized today that the reason I have been a bit "ho-hum" about Christmas is that I am way more excited about the puppies! I have all my decorations up and I am ready for the adult kids to descend, but right after they leave, I am getting the house back in order before I am too busy to clean it all up! So, I believe the word is "Anticipation"--just like the old Carly Simon song. (Who is old enough to remember it?)

Lyric, on the other hand, is all mellowed…

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I weighed Lyric at the vet today and she has hit 50 1/2 lbs. Normally she is 46 lbs, so we are right on track. She is hungry all the time now--yikes! Here are some pictures of her new belly. Wish I had X-ray vision!…

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Wow--does time fly! I can't believe the puppies will be here in three weeks! Lyric's appetite has returned and she is eating well now. When she lies down or sits back on the couch, she has quite the little belly on her! It's all very exciting.

We will be picking up the whelping box from our breeder in just a few weeks (she still has puppies that are using it.) We have a house that was built in 1790 and it has a "birthing room"--a small room next to the kitchen (now our living room)…

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