Puppy Update!!

I don't want to bore all of you and go on and on about my puppies but we are just enjoying them so much! They are cute, cuddly and oh so fun to have!
I have directed a few of the people who are interested in these babies to my blog so I need to post the odd picture of them for those people. They change so much in such a short period of time!!!
Sadie's babies have opened their eyes and 2 of the puppies have hit and surpased the pound mark!!! They are so content to be held and loved...probably cause my girls never put them down long enough!
Here are Sadie's babies at 2 weeks....

Another of Sadie's babies...asleep on Dave's arm....

Here are Sienna's babies at 1 week old.....they are growing so fast too! Their eyes are still shut but should open within the next few days. The 2 girls are on the bottom and the boy laying on top. They are nicknamed Maya (with the blue collar on), Lainey, and the boy is Cruiser. Here is Sophie...not a care in the world!! I love it when they sleep like that!

Needless to say the puppies are very spoiled and very much loved up! We are all enjoying taking them out of their pen and snuggling with them and getting to know them. The next few weeks should be even better as they begin walking and playing! Can't wait!

Will try "Who has been here" again!!!

Ok...after my last post about "who has been here" I have had some feedback from people who DO read my blog but were mentioning that they couldn't post a comment. Soooooo I have just gone into my settings and sure enough it was set for blogger account users only. I have now reset that to be basically anyone. So we will try this again!
So.........if you have come and read a snippet into my chaos around here, I would LOVE to hear from you. Any comments, suggestions, thoughts or whatever....would love to know where you are from!!!!
Again...don't be shy!

Brittany's Puppy Love <3

I walked in on this endearing moment between Brittany and Sadie's puppies. At just 10 days old they have captured the hearts of all us. They are so fat and content to just cuddle up. I LOVE PUPPIES!!! Oh how I have missed having them...it has been almost a year since we enjoyed our last litter...(where Autumn came from).


I believe these are the girls.... just contented to snuggle and sleep. We have nicknamed them Ava and Sophie, and the boy is Dexter.

How could you not love it???

More Babies!!!

It is starting to look like a yorkie nursery around here! I love it!
Friday evening Sienna had her babies. Again they were born 3 days early and I think these guys were maybe somewhat more premature than Sadie's as they looked thinner and maybe not as much hair in places.
Her labour was awsome! She was definitely getting more and more uncomfortable as Friday wore on. Casi was in a panic as she was on a field trip and really wanted to be here for her girl but wasn't arriving home until 7 pm. The texts were frequent back and forth about "how she was doing" and "let me know" etc!!
Sienna started pushing with some really small pushes at about 8 pm...(ya she waited until Casi was home..go figure huh!) I guessed she would be still be a while and with Cass home to watch her I quickly went out and did up the chores in the barn figuring I would busy with her until late. I came in at about 830 or so and her pushes had gotten more intense..no puppy presenting yet. By 9 pm I could see a bubble with little feet in it..again breech puppy! Her pushes were strong and very intense and she moved that baby out with no problem. I have to say that she is one power house when it comes to pushes. First baby born at 905pm very strong and screaming. A GIRL!!! We cleaned baby off and Sienna went to work at bathing her and almost right away she started doing some small pushes again. The wee girlie was keen to nurse within minutes which is a great sign!
Baby #2 came quickly at about 930... also a GIRL!! She was breech as well but was screaming with seconds and also wanted to nurse right away.
Lastly baby #3 came about 1030...a BOY this time!! He was a little more stressed..probably being last in line to be born I don't know. He gasped for a while but settled into a nicer breathing pattern within about a half hour. All babies were born breech...not sure why I am getting all breech babies but as long as they can pass them it really doesn't matter! Sienna was such trooper and wow she can have those babies!!! She makes it look easy! Too bad all of my deliveries wouldn't go like this!!! Coincidentally Sienna was born in my van on the way to the vets...thus the name Sienna..she barely came naturally but her siblings did not and had to be c/sectioned.

These are pics at about 12 hrs old. They were not a happy bunch, I am guessing because they were a little premature but they would only settle for about 20 minutes or so. Made for a very short and interuppted sleep Friday night. I think Sienna was a bit overwhelmed too, she kept licking and licking them when they would settle. They would cry and I would get them on to nurse and they would still cry. I don't know if they were cold or hot but just kept trying different thing through the night and day yesterday to get them to settle. We would get 2 to sleep and the opposite one would squirm and wake the 2 sleeping babies...WHEW...glad I never had triplets!!!

Here is the gang this morning at about 36 hrs old. Finally last night by 11pm they seemed to be content. Not sure if it was because Sienna's milk is starting to come in but they were laying there sleeping peacefully! I took full advantage and got some well needed sleep last night!

Autumn looks on in the whelping pen, very concerned or perplexed at what these creatures are!!! Up until now she has been the baby in the family and doesn't quite know what to think of these squeeling babies!!!

1 week old today!!

Wow!! I can't believe how fast this week has gone! The babies are thriving! This litter has been totally text book and aside from making sure mom has been fed and changing the bedding all the credit goes to Sadie.

They are a very content group of babies and rightly so when you see their fat bellies!!! Tried to get a group picture...not the easiest thing to do as they like to bunch up and travel in circles. This was my best shot.
Their eyes and ears are still closed, possibly by the time they reach 2 weeks they should be open. I've had some open at 11-12 days and some at 16 days so we'll see. They look like tiny rotties at this stage with the tan markings but as they mature their heads will turn a tan or a grey then tan.
See the fat belly??? This is the smallest girl. Not so small anymore but still behind the other 2.

Their weights at 1 week::

::Boy - 11 oz::

::Girl - 11 oz::

::Smaller Girl - 8.5 oz::

Very good weights for 1 week old puppies. We will name they as they get a bit older...tentative of course as some of them are spoken for and their new families I'm sure will have their own names. I too am hoping to keep one of these girlies for show.

Incidentally I do believe my 2nd upcoming litter will be making their appearance soon. Sienna is showing signs of early labour and being uncomfortable. Perhaps this evening or tonight things will heat up as her labour gets more active. She is not due until Monday but only she decides these things.

Keep checking as I will post as soon as I can!

Congratulations Kendra & Andy!!!

Congratulations go out to my co worker and buddy Kendra who tied the knot on Saturday! She looked gorgeous!!! It seemed like this day would never get here and when it finally did everything was just perfect!!!

Kendra, Andy and her mom Teena (who also works at ExKL)
First dance...this was so sweet to include their little boy Riley....
Riley deciding to pull some moves of his own...wanting to dance just like mom and dad....Some of the gang from evening shift....
More of the gang...
It was a great evening! Everyone had a lot of fun!! We wish you all the best and many many years of wedded bliss!!!

Who has been here????

Just a quickie post to ask all who have been here to drop me a comment and say hi and let me know what you think of my blog or anything else. I've been noticing that hits are coming from all over so I would love to know whose been reading my blog and sneaking a peek into what sometimes is insanity around here!
Don't be shy now....let me know that you stopped by!!!

They've arrived!!

It would seem that I was right on target from my last post about Sadie's pending labour. By Friday afternoon, she was increasingly restless and I could feel her contractions. She started pushing about 230 or so in the afternoon and knowing her history I camped out for a long wait. She has had 2 very long labours previous. 4 and 6 hrs of pushing so I was prepared to not be in a hurry. Her pushes got more intense by 330 and she started digging and clawing at the bedding in her pen. By 350 I could see a water bubble with tiny back feet in it. A breech puppy.... The pushes continued but it didn't seem like the puppy was advancing. At 405 I was starting to get worried and attempted to help this little one out. With some effort from me and alot from Sadie I was able to get the puppy out enough that I could have some leverage with its hips. We are talking something small enough to be a field mouse so there isn't a whole lot to grab!! With its hips out I grabbed a small wash cloth so it wouldn't slip and gently pulled with each contraction...I felt the shoulder loosen and then the head and puppy #1 was out! "He" was stressed from being stuck for so long and with alot of rubbing and stimulation he was breathing and letting out some cries. WHEW!!!! I was totally shocked when I weighed this wee fella and he was 5 oz!!! That is a good size puppy! Seeing that they were 3 days early I couldn't believe the size of this guy! Puppy #2 came about an 1 hr later also breech and a bit of a pull but not so bad.... a girl weighing 3 3/4 oz and then puppy #3 came about a 1/2 later...another girl!! She weighed 4 1/2 oz another good size puppy!!
So I am thrilled, and elated that these puppies are here and they are ok!! I have been stressing about having a vet call or worse having a traumatic litter. So far so good!!
I could have cried tears of relief Friday evening when I seen all the babies contentedly nursing.
Here are Sadie and babies just after they were born.

The boy on the left, smaller female in the middle and larger female on the right....

Here they are at 2 days old...already gained 1 oz each...see how much chubbier they are since Friday! Boy in the middle, smaller female on the left and bigger female on the right.

1 litter down, 1 to go due next Monday the 18th!!! I am just keeping my fingers crossed that all goes just as planned with them as well!!!

Will keep you posted with new pictures as these babes grow!!

Gettin' ready for babies...

Well the whelping pen is ready...
Everything is handy for when I need it. Towels to dry the babies, scale to weigh the babies, hemastat for clamping the cord and dental floss to tie it off.

Just need the babies!!! Sadie is not quite ready here yet..(pic taken yesterday)

This morning Sadie is showing signs of being in early early labour. She had a restless night, laying down, getting up, circling and laying down. This is an indication that she is not quite comfortable. Although early yet I can see that something is brewing. She is not eating and when I let her out to pee, and she didn't come back to the door I went looking and found her digging a hole..no sorry Sadie, you're not having your babies in a hole!

She is a bit early and I would prefer she hold off for another day at least (not due until Monday) but there is no messing with Mother Nature. I hope all goes well and we have no vet help and all healthy thriving babies. Will keep you posted...

Gone home...

Well my houseguests have left me!!!
All 9 wee doggies left yesterday morning. My good bud Esther arrived home Wednesday evening from London's Heathrow.... They spent the night here on Wednesday and loaded up and left for home in the morning. All the doggies were happy to see their mama!!! My house is definitely quieter but all in all it really seemed to flow especially with the amount of little paws running around here. I know Autumn will miss her little buddies Bentley and Mickie! What great fun they had!

These are some really cool things she found over in Ireland, Scotland, England and Paris that she brought back for us! Notice the Eifle Tower keychain...
As always she scouted out for yorkie things and found this really nice Leonardo yorkie with a kitty that I have never seen before. In the process she also found a White Shepherd by Leonardo as well! They are fabulous...thank you!
Glad you guys had a great time!!!

Sad to See you go.....

We are so sad to see our neighbors to the north move... The Porters have sold their farm and bought a lovely 10 acre parcel and beautiful 4 bedroom home about 20 minutes south of us. We will miss you guys...you have been fabulous neighbors!
It was Janet who was the first to greet us almost 4 years when moved here with fresh baked chocolate chip cookes. We felt so welcomed!!!
We have enjoyed your friendship and being neighborly!!! We hope you love your new home and even more hope we see you now and again!
We have yet to meet our new Mennonite neighbors we now share our fence with. We hope that they too will good neighbors to have.
Good luck and we will miss you in the neighborhood!!

Many, Many,,,, MANY Dogs!!!

Trying to keep up with my blog this week...been challenging as I've had a "few" extra dogs around here.
Since last week been watching a good buddy's 9 dogs for her as she cruises the British Isles....

Spent over an hour and a half yesterday grooming and doing top knots and brushing out grass clippings that they collected from the run as I had to cut the grass the day before! I last groomed them all on Sunday and they pretty much all looked like sheepdogs by yesterday!!

In total we have 12 yorkies, 2 poodles and 2 german shepherds here. It has been fun!! Although I don't think I would want that many all the time...its nice to be able to do a favour for a friend. (She's great!!!) Also I'm sure I will have the need at some point for her to watch my gang too.
Quite the gang!!! Casi baits them with cookies so I can get the shot of all them. If there is a yorkie heaven...I'm sure this is what it would look like!!!
They are here till next week.....greatful for my nice big dog run!!! I am also starting to prepare for my own new arrivals due Aug 11 and 18!!!

Chillaxing by the fire...

Lit a fire Thursday night for the girls. Amanda and Casi brought out their guitars. Amanda did her best to teach some songs to Casi. They sounded amazing and it was cool to chillax and watch the flames and listen to the strum of a guitar!

The Perfect Girls Day Out!!!

We enjoyed a perfect day together on Monday. I took the girls out for a day of fun! We started off the day playing Glow in the Dark mini golf. We went to the Putting Edge in Whitby along the 401. We had great fun playing the 18 holes in the dark!

The props were pretty cool!!

The girls being goofy....monkey faces...

Then we caught an early dinner at Jack Astors. My fav restaurant!!! It was so nice to sit and chit chat with the girls and just hang out!

My sazzafraz!!
BIG, BIG plate of nachos!!!

This is what was left of our dessert that we shared. A White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie Cup. Make with the cookie on the bottom, caramel and blackberry sauce, french vanilla icecream and garnished with blackberries and raspberries......YUMMMM....

To finish our day we caught an early movie. Seen Mama Mia....it was awsome!!! I loved it! Brittany caught me singing to all those ABBA songs and was shooting me looks..."Mom..you're weird"!!!

I totally would go again. Amanda Seyfried and Meryl Streep were amazing!!! I didn't realize Meryl could sing so well.

I loved the day...we had such a good time and it was good to get away from the hum drum of chores and housework!!! Thanks Casi and Britt for sharing in my girls day! LOVE YOU!