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For those of you who were watching the live stream last night and saw Ruth escape the whelping box, first let me assure you that Ruth and pups are doing well this morning. I will try to share with you … Continue reading →

For those of you who have been watching our live stream from last night, we are back online now.  Everything is fine, thanks to Theresa and Elaine, Ruth is back in with her puppies and the babies are all fine. … Continue reading →

It’s been brought to my attention that in some places on the website we’ve said that there were 5 puppies.  This was our initial count, prior to our little surprise.  Our token boy is doing well, definitely on par with … Continue reading →

So for those watching, looks like the fun wasn’t over yet.  I was watching on the computer and saw her pushing.  She’s been doing that off and on, and i thought she was getting rid of a placenta, but no! … Continue reading →

For those of you who were snug in your beds last night, I’ll share the news with you now.  Ruth had her puppies last night from about 4:45 until 6:30 this morning.  She had 5(I was only expecting 4) and … Continue reading →

Ruth’s temp is still down, but she shows little interest in delivering puppies.  She polished off a nice dinner, chased the neighbors loose dog and invited me to play ball.  So for now, the wait continues.

Ruth’s temperature this morning is 97.9, a significant drop from her usual 99.5.  It looks like the sign we’ve been waiting for, that would indicate the onset of labor.  It will still probably be some time before the pups are … Continue reading →

It would seem that getting a webcam up and running should be an easy project.  But coaxing an old computer to work happily with various other old and used up bits of technology has been challenging, to say the least. … Continue reading →

Now that April the giraffe has had her calf it is time to start the puppy watch here.  Ruth is due Thursday, though a few days before or after would be considered normal.  The whelping room is ready, the webcam … Continue reading →

For the puppy watchers, and those of you numbed by the seemingly endless giraffe watch, here is the first puppy monitoring session for Ruth’s litter.  Ruth is due around the 20th, so we have a ways to go yet, but … Continue reading →