The puppies on day four

Puppies' day two was sad because we lost Red girl. According to VIN (veterinary information network), 30% of the newborn puppies do not make it. Yet, it never happened to me before and I was not prepared to how painful an experience this is. I was always grateful to the breeders I bought my dogs from and now I add an admiration of their strength. Breeding dogs is only for the strongest...So far the puppies and Evie all are doing great. Some photos. 

 

PUPPIES! four girls and two boys born April 25, 2012. 
Order of arrival: purple girl, red girl, green boy, orange girl, yellow girl (she is LOUD), grey boy. 
All are doing well eating and growing.

Evie is always my PERFECT dog :-) on the weekend she held back and did not have her puppies so Shiva and I could have fun in the agility trial - these are Shiva's best runs. Agility is FUN (highly addictive be warned...)

This is Evie on day 61 of gestation: Yesterday was the first time she did not finish her dinner - with a look of complete astonishment on her face she left a portion of the food untouched. She ate it later...of course...Puppies could come any day now! 

Home from SF, we got the whelp-box up and ready...

We visited San Francisco on Sat and went for a l-o-n-g hike along the shore in Golden Gate park. MANY dogs - more dogs than kids ;-) pictures taken on day 55. I do not think she looks that big...

 Evie already has milk and is digging behind the bush in the front yard when I forget and leave her there for more than 30 secs...nesting behavior...Hmmm....

Evie on day 53: about 11 more days to go...

Pictures from our walk (we take daily walks in the field - Weims need to run EVERY day...). Our family is visiting for the holiday and my nephew (in law) took pictures of  Shiva, Evie and me in the field. I always liked sunset light conditions for Weims :-)

 Evie on day 46

 Shiva on the left and Evie on the right looking very pregnant

Here is Evie's baby bump at day 45 !

She is HUNGRY and gets to share all of our (mostly our son's...) food like Matzos ! Happy passover/Easter