Eight is enough already!!

[Ginny Nightingale]

Lyric is expecting puppies on Saturday and we went in to the vet's for X rays today--the vet says there are 8 pups--she is the expert! i have a copy of the Xray and there is such a jumble of skulls and spines, it is hard for the average person to count! I can clearly see 7 though if you blow up the image. I thought some of you might like to see what one of these Xrays looks like, so i am going to paste it here (they gave me the CD). If you can download it and inlarge it, it is fun to try to make out all the little bodies. There are clearly three on the right, then it gets a bit tricky!

Yikes--8. It is starting to sink in--that is a lot of puppy poop--and all those nails to clip! I better get a LOT of sleep in the next few days....

 

[Jennifer and "Cooper"]

Ginny, my 8 year old daughter wants to be a vet tech when she grows up.  She is going to think this x-ray is so cool.  Thanks for posting it.  Here's to hoping you can get a lot of sleep in the next few days.  Can't wait to see pics of the (untangled) pups.

[Deanna & Desi & Cori]

Here's hoping for a smooth delivery and a bunch of healthy pups!!!

[Ginny Nightingale]

As for the untangling, I think we are looking through the walls of two uterine horns, so some are in one horn and some are in another--maybe some one out there knows about it more than I do, but I think the puppies that look tangled aren't even touching--they are in separate branches of the uterus. 

Oh, and no Rios! Different dad and we could get all creams and apricots. But both carry for red and chocolate, so that is a possibility too. Hopefully, we will repeat the breeding with Rio's dad next time and get some more Rios!

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

Ah, I can't wait to watch them grow.  I had so much fun watching the first group.  I hope all goes well and of course we know she will be a wonderful mother.  I hope there is at least one little Rio in there.

[Maryann,Roo and Tigger]

Good grief the puppies look so big!  How can they untangle to be born.  What a job Lyric has ahead of her.  Makes me glad I had only one at a time!  Lyric reminds me of me in the August that my daughter was born.  I spent most of my time lying in front of the wall unit air conditioner.  \

Good luck to both of you.

 

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Wow! eight?  No wonder Lyric is soooo tired and ready to be not pregnant.  Good luck.   Can't wait now to see the colors and sex.

[Bonnie and Kona]

Can't wait to see the photos after the births. EIGHT! Whoo hoo!

[Ginny Nightingale]

You are welcome, BruceGirl! I knew someone would find it interesting to look at!

[Ginny Nightingale]

If you want to see the blogs, Melody, search the blogs page for "Lyric" and scroll down to the blog entries from last January and February.

[Ginny Nightingale]

No, her second--if you look for my blogs on DK there are a lot of pictures and entries about her first litter, born New year's day of 2011. We kept one pup--the black and white one in my profile picture.