Pumpkin the musher Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Well, I made the official determination last night, Happy, one of my best dogs, is pregnant, and will be having her pups about Oct 13th. Th father is George, my back-up leader, who has some really nice bloodlines from Alaska. I plan on keeping most of them, the only reason for selling any would be because they wee too big or too small, and of course they would only go to other mushers or skiers. I;ll do my best to try to get a friend to post some pictures, and I'll keep you updated!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_nea Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Ooh, thats exciting! :D Congratulations! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abker17 Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Puppies!!!!!! :angel: :angel: Yay! Congrats!!!!!! Can't wait to see some piccies! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malamum Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Ohh puppies - Congratulations!!! Of course we are all going to be jumping up and down for pictures :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseatthebusstop Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 congratulations on the new litter keep us all updated with lots of puppy photos :) do they have large litters 11 or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bk_blue Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Congrats!!! Can't wait for the pics. :D :D :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheltielover Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Woohoo, congrats!! Can't wait to see puppy pics! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkin the musher Posted October 8, 2003 Author Share Posted October 8, 2003 Second update!!! Happy, or as my husband calls her, "Fat-n-Happy" continues to balloon. I was hoping for a litter of 5 to 7, but since she came from a liter of 11 :o , maybe there will be more. She is making nests, and re-arranging her house and I'm thinking that Sunday or Monday could be the day. Her sister Bug, my lead dog and the Alpha female knows something is up too- she'll follow Happy around whining and sniffing, then go look in her house, looking for the puppies. When that fails, she'll look in her own house, just in case. What a goof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midori115 Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 oh, how exciting! I can't wait to hear all about - and see (hint) - the puppies! yea .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellieangel Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Does the alpha female mind a lower ranking dog having pups ? (just thinking of wolf packs where only the alpha has puppies) Anyway it's great news,good luck and I can't wait for pictures :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkin the musher Posted October 8, 2003 Author Share Posted October 8, 2003 Not really- The dog having pups is the Alpha's sister, and when Bug had her puppies, Happy got milk and helped take care of her sisters' puppies. The strangest one of the group is Happy and Bug's brother, a nuetered male named Merlin, who absolutely loves puppies. He fussed so bad when Bug had her puppies that I let him in the kennel (controlled of course! ) to see the pups and was so good with them I did'nt have to worry when the pups eventually came out of the house and could run all over the dog yard. None of my dogs have ever had a problem with pups, but aren't afraid to give a warning growl or nip if they get to rambuncious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malamum Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 Any puppies yet? Getting impatient here :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkin the musher Posted October 13, 2003 Author Share Posted October 13, 2003 :multi: THE PUPPIES ARE HERE!! Happy begin having puppies on Fri afternoon and had only three. A fourth was born a couple hours later but was still-born :( . That was the first puppy I had lost in 20 years of dogs. Poor little guy. I tried rescue breathing and chest massage and all that but to no avail. The other three are just fine tho, two boys and one little girl, all marked alike with white blazes, kind of a reddish brown color and four white feet. The one boy is a whopper, almost wice the size of his sister. I'll try to get some pics together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aonir Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Oh yay yay YAY! Need the puppy pics!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malamum Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Congratulations - how exciting. Sorry to hear about the fourth little guy :cry: Have you thought of names yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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