Litter # 4...

     After all is said and done, I have to admit that this has definitely been the hardest litter we have delivered. Although, I believe I say that after each litter, and I have come to believe it to be true, with each new whelping experience we tread into new and unknown territories. Each whelping experience brings on the same old nervous feelings as we spend hours waiting and wondering if we need to get to the vet to have things checked out. But with this one I seemed to feel exceptionally nervous. Things happened on such short notice due to the unexpectedness of this whelping that I kept feeling like I just wasn't completely prepared. But in the end, everything went fairly well with all things considered. Due to some health issues with Daisie the vet had prepared us that there may be some complications with the puppies and we may have some still born. We feel very blessed to have only lost one in even though this was an unusually small size litter for Daisie. Unfortunately, we had hoped to have a little larger size litter as this will be the last litter between Daisie and Crusher.