A good first night...

Well, we survived the first night!!! Mom was so worried about me and the babies that she wouldn't even leave me with them... they slept in the box and I had to sleep under her desk. It was okay, my belly hurt BAD and I need to rest!
Every hour and a half Mom got up, WOKE ME UP, and put me in the box to feed the babies. I did, they ate good! This morning Mom decided I was okay and awake enough to take care of them myself.
Mom was a BAD foster Mother...she didn't clean my babies and make them go pee pee or poop. Soo, this morning I had to spend HOURS cleaning them! Finally, they are good and they are even getting pudgy already, Mom says usually with us Frenchies and our c-sections that can take several days cuz our milk comes in slowly. Not mine, I have TONS of milk for them!
Well, I gotta go now, time for my after lunch nap with the babies. Mom is taking the others down to the lab pen and I promised I would be good and watch my babies nicely!

My babies are HERE!!!

Bright and early Mom took me to the vets and LEFT ME THERE!!! I was supposed to have my operation at 7:30, but since Mom left me and I wasn't in any hurry they made ME wait while the vet did some other stuff and some appointments.
Finally, just as Mom had about worn out the phone calling to see if everything was okay, they did me and found THREE puppies instead of the two they were looking for.
Well, after all, Mom DID say she was hoping for a cream male JUST like Lukie, my Daddy, but she was pretty sure that two brindles probably wouldn't have a cream male. The first time they called Mom and told her there were three she asked what they were and they said two boys and a girl. BUT, she didn't ask what color, silly woman.
Anyway, they said to come get me, but then they called back and said I was too cold so I had to stay longer. Mom was still grooming so she said fine, then she called back and asked what colors. They said one cream, two brindle, BUT Mom forgot to ask which was which.
Finally they called and said I could come home! Mom came right up and the minute she saw the cream one she KNEW it was HER Lukie Grandson!! Sure enough, it's MY boy! Mom says his name will be Lincoln, Link for short. The girl is very, very little like me and the other boy is the middle sized one.
I am still pretty wiped and groggy but Mom says the babies are nursing and everything looks good so far. OF course, it will be a LONG night!!! Payback is so fun, hehehe!

It is with a heavy heart and through tears that I report that Lola for some reason just killed her little baby Lincoln. She was acting fine with him, he was nursing and I left for two minutes to check another dog. When I returned he was dying and he died in my hands.
I was not going to write about this, but, sadly, this IS also a part of breeding dogs and it sometimes happens. I have NEVER had it happen before, but I understand these Frenchies do have c-sections and don't have any opportunity to respond to the mothering hormones which are usually released prior to and during whelping. I am sure in her mind she though she knew what she was doing but I will never know.
At this point the pups are alone and I will only allow them to nurse under supervision and see how it goes. Hopefully her maternal instincts will kick in and the other two will be fine.

Getting closer...

This weekend Mom made me a nice pen in the living room. It has a box for me and my babies, a nice heating pad AND a hanging heat lamp, and my food and my water, of course. Because I have to pee ALL the time, it also has some pee pads.
I like it cuz I am right in the center of all the attention. Everyone that comes in has to see me and to see me is to love me and to love me is to pet me, BOL!
I have also discovered where I would LIKE to have my babies! Mom has a step from the shed to the back yard near the chickies. It is a nice step and has a nice, hollowed out bottom. I think there is just enough room for me and my babies under that step so I have been working on making it comfy and a bit bigger.
Sadly, Momsie said NO WAY, so every time I go near that step she brings me back into the house.
Mom says I am HUGE and she isn't sure how I can last until my appointment on Friday. We shall see, I guess!!!

Babies??? YES!!!

Well, Momsie took me up to the vets a bit ago. I was not pregnant looking since I had already digested my dinner and neither Mom nor the vet thought I was preggers, hehehe!
Soo, they decided to do the ultrasound and find out for sure! Instantly, they spied one puppy and its heart was beating away. Then, they saw another one but it was quiet and then I moved so they had to try again. FINALLY, they saw BOTH of them at once and BOTH hearts were beating away and BOTH babies were moving all around like crazy.
Sooo, Mom scheduled my c-section for November 2nd.
The vet thought I must have some sort of irritation that was making me bleed so he gave me some low dose antibiotics that won't hurt my babies.
NOW, Mom will probably let me go out with the other dogs again, I hope!!!!

I'm BACK!!!

First, when I came into the house Mom said I wasn't preggers, it must be a false pregnancy. But, since I was pretty heavy instead of just soft fat, she decided to take me up to the vets tomorrow for an ultrasound to make sure.
After I had my supper and Mom let me outside she looked again and said I was DEFINITELY pregnant, no question!!!
But, I do still have that bleeding issue so now Mom is going to take me up to the vets to find out what's up with that. I am certainly NOT sick, I am happy and playful and eating and sleeping and have bright eyes and all that stuff. It is NOT an infection type bleeding, it is bright red, fresh blood only.
Mom says she still thinks I conceived too many puppies and some of them are being aborted. I guess that is certainly possible!!!
Mom won't let me play with ANYONE until the vet says I am okay so for now, I am bored and I have NO NEW PHOTOS!!! Soon, I hope!

Preggers???

Maybe, maybe not! NM thinks I am pregnant...or I swallowed a watermelon, BOL! But, she says I am still bleeding so she is too nervous and is bringing me down to stay with OM on Sunday.
OM says she will keep an eye on me and will take me to the vets next door for an ultrasound. Then, she will report to all of you. Catch ya later!!!

Pregnant????

New Mom thinks I might NOT be pregnant. You see, I got some sort of a UTI infection, had to take some antibiotics and next thing we knew, I had some discharge with some blood in it, lots of blood.
Old Mom says not to lose all hope! She said sometimes we conceive too many puppies and when it is time for them to adher to our womb, we don't have enough room so some get dumped out. She has had that happen before and it was at the exact time when that happens.
I dunno, but I am not telling either New Mom OR Old Mom!!! New Mom is at dog shows this weekend so I can't come down to visit Old Mom so she can palpate me and see. She says it really doesn't matter...either I am or I am not and we will know before the blessed event occurs. IF I am preggers, I will probably have them on November 4th, so keep that date free!!!
I overheard New Mom talking with Old Mom...it seems that bratty little lab puppy, Gemma, is actually coming to our house on Monday. New Mom is stopping at Old Mom's house and spending the night on Sunday, then she will come home on Monday with Gemma.
I am so not looking forward to that! Gemma will be joining ME in the house until she is bigger. She will be sleeping in MY bed, NOT!!! She better have a bed of her own, BOL!

I came, I saw, I am heading home now!

Sure enough, NM brought me along down to OM's house for the weekend. Some fun, they dumped me in a crate and went over to visit the lab puppies. They came home and took the puppies down to play. Me, I was still in my cage!
Finally, OM let me outside with the others. She had put Riley in the kennel, hehehe! I played with them for a while and OM & NM both decided I could wait another day to meet Darrell.
Sunday morning, as soon as OM got home from work I got to come out with Darrell. I liked him, he liked me and that was that. Back into my crate!!!! Then, OM told NM that I was going out, whatever that means, so NM decided to stay over another night and let me play with Darrell again today.
Sure enough, as soon as OM got home from work I got to play with Darrell. Then, NM took me out, put me in my crate in the car, and we are now headed home.
Some weekend at my old homestead!!! I should have been allowed to go down in the lab pen and play with all my old buddies. I should have had LOTS of new photos for my page and I should have gotten to sleep in NM's bed! NONE of the above happened!!!
OM says IF I am pregnant I can come back and get photos then. Nice, huh?

Babies for ME?????

New Mom and Old Mom were talking today and I guess they have decided to let ME have some babies. I am old enough now, although Old Mom still thinks I am still a baby, silly woman, and I got my testing done, too.
Soo, Old Mom said she wants me to have babies from Darrell and since he is getting older every day (unlike me, I guess???), it has been decided that now is the time.
Soo, when New Mom comes down for the weekend this coming weekend to see her new baby labrador I shall ride along and visit with Darrell and see how it goes.
I am betting Old Mom will make me stay in that stupid kennel cuz Riley still has his equipment and he knows how to climb out of 7 feet high Chain Link fences. Besides, if he can't climb out he just digs under!!! Mom hasn't been worried because all the girls there are spayed but I am NOT spayed and I want Darrell's puppies, NOT Riley's!!!!
Well, gotta go now, it's time for bed and I get to sleep in New Mom's bed! Uh oh, bet Old Mom won't let me sleep in HER bed!!!!!

I WON my first point!!!!

This weekend I traveled up to Canada again for some dog shows. Unlike Darrell, who got too hot and had to come home, I was very comfy and cool and I finally WON my first point!!! It is a bit easier in Canada cuz they count the boys AND the girls so if there is only one other dog and it's a boy, and I WIN, I still get a point. The last few shows I have been to haven't had any other Frenchies there except one very good Champion, so I have LOST, but today there was ONE boy and I won, I won, I won!!!
Hopefully, I can win again tomorrow and be on a winning streak!!!
Otherwise, I am loving these dog shows. Auntie Jeanne puts me right where lots of people are and they all hold me and love on me. The best part is at the end of the day, though. We ALL go to a motel and sit around and I get all the lovin' from everyone cuz the others have BIG dogs like labs and they are too big to hold.
Well, gotta go, supper time, then I gotta rest up for tomorrow's show!