LAB TAILS

If I don't write this stuff down, I'll never remember it. So while I'm sitting here in the dark (all the house lights are out ex...

It's about 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning. The pups are sequentially coming up on their respective 24-hours-old milestones. All are wiggly...

So sorry not to update you more recently; it's been quite a day. Just as I suspected, after DTS and DH left, Elsie kicked into gear aga...

Here's Mr. Green being whelped. DTS is the "catcher" :o) I'm taking the video and coaching. It's almost 6:30 a.m., an...

See...didn't I tell you Elsie would wait until it was my turn to sleep to start popping these pups out?! Well, I wouldn't exactly ca...

Elsie started contractions and pushing at 2:00 a.m. (2.5 hours after her water broke). And Little Miss Pink made her appearance at 2:20 a.m....

It's midnight, and Elsie's water broke (the first fluid sac that should lubricate the birth canal). It's more like a dripping th...

We're still just hanging out. Talked the vet shortly after 9 p.m. (he's on call for us all night); he's not concerned (nor are w...

No serious contractions or puppies yet. Elsie has been panting and pacing for over 18 hours now. Here's a quick look (video clip) at wha...

Elsie's been bonkers now since I last posted. Pacing, digging, desperate to go outside, etc. But now she's back in the whelping box...

Last year, Observant Regular Reader may recall, we lined the whelping box with newspaper through Elsie's entire labor and delivery. Thi...

Elsie starting nesting just after midnight, and but grew more intense about it at about 1:30 a.m., and continued that for quite a while (I c...

Elsie is definitely moving into Stage One. :o) She's very, very restless. She want's to go outside every two minutes. She's pant...

Elsie is still hanging out; she's been sleeping now for about four hours (getting ready for a long night, I suppose). No worries there....

Well, we're still waiting. :o) Yesterday morning, Elsie's temperature dropped to 98.6 (F), she didn't eat breakfast or lunch, sh...

We're growing on all kinds of fronts these days! Tuc is growing up. Elsie is growing increasingly uncomfortable. Kenya and Pinot are gro...

Okay... the following isn't the best footage I've ever shot, BUT I think you can see a pup kick inside Elsie in this little clip. Lo...

Well, here's the Elsie Girl this morning with seven days to go (give or take) until her pups are due: And, yes, Don is still calling her...

Ahhh.... life with a healthy, confident, inquisitive puppy! :o) I had a meeting yesterday morning, during which I kept Tuc, Pinot, and Ridge...