dancinbcs Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Yes we have already decided on x-ray a couple of days before due and that she is absolutely not to go beyond earliest due date without a check up for progesterone level and fetal heart rates etc. An x-ray won't show how fat they are but an ultrasound will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolving Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Today I got the confirmation that my girl Alera is in whelp. It will be a first litter for the both of us. A litter of Finnish Lapphunds due on the 30th of November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Yes we have already decided on x-ray a couple of days before due and that she is absolutely not to go beyond earliest due date without a check up for progesterone level and fetal heart rates etc. An x-ray won't show how fat they are but an ultrasound will. Once again I am going with the experience and advice of my repro specialist vet :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Today I got the confirmation that my girl Alera is in whelp. It will be a first litter for the both of us. A litter of Finnish Lapphunds due on the 30th of November. Excellent news Evolving!! I had the fun of cuddling and playing with some 4 week old lappies not so long ago now and OMG do they make VERY cute puppies :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolving Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Today I got the confirmation that my girl Alera is in whelp. It will be a first litter for the both of us. A litter of Finnish Lapphunds due on the 30th of November. Excellent news Evolving!! I had the fun of cuddling and playing with some 4 week old lappies not so long ago now and OMG do they make VERY cute puppies :) Thanks I am very excited about it. She is only 4 weeks along and already is starting to get a little fat belly. There were quite a few little puppies hiding away in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PomsNZ Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Add me in, got a litter of Pomeranians, shes now at day 59!!!! not long to go, her first litter, put her in a maternity clip and shes so funny! Hopefully shell have them as easily as she did getting her title! We are thinking maybe 4, which is a large litter for poms.. could be only 2 but theyd be pretty big! and shes very large, just a bit bigger than my import who had 4, so am thinking its the golden number this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Our vet likes to do between day 23 and 28. I went for day 26/27 from first mating but did wonder if another couple of days might have been better but I figured I would go with what the repro specialist clinic would recommend. Right now she is keeping me guessing. She has gone from looking very pregnant to not pregnant back to very pregnant. A couple of days ago she suddenly developed a waist again and I suspected maybe she was absorbing but then yesterday it had disappeared again. Although I did start to wonder was it more that her rib cage sprung rather than her waist shrunk? Oh dea Piper, I read your posts and you sound just like me. "she's pregnant"/ "no she's DEFINITELY NOT pregnant" are all going through my head whenever I have a litter :laugh: Hope you find more than 2! Best of luck to you all who are expecting litters. For those of you who have 'missed' even though you prog tested, had matings and got a successful sperm count etc... do you guys know why this happens? Is it just 'one of those things' or is there usually something else that may also play a part (just info for me :)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 leopuppy04, I am known to over analyise. LOL Right now I am on the she is definitely pregnant, not as big as last time at the same time but definitely has boob development and no waist. Jazz normally has such a distinct waist and abdominal tuck, when she is out of coat I have been known to joke she looks like a whippet. Right now her belly is level underneath, no tuck up at all and when she sits down there is a definite pot belly look. So now to wait and see is it 2 gigantic buggers or just that some were hiding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pockets Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I was the same, she is , she isn't, she is....well now is definate that she is. Leopuppy - Interesting question, prior to mating any bitches, the general rule of stud dog owners is that the bitches are swabbed prior to mating. I also read while researching that males should also be tested as they can also carry bacteria which can throw out the balance of the female which can cause them not to fall, or to abort...not sure how much truth there is to it, but it's interesting :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blakbelgian Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Congrats to all those soon to be mums, and my sympathies to all those that will miss out this year. Any chance of seeing some pics of these pregnant girls? BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pockets Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Ava - Almost 8 weeks in whelp :)Just got my delivery of vet bed, purple, pink and grey...lots of vet bed...she thinks its lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pockets Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 The whelping box and puppy pen set up. My brother made me a brand new whelping box (1.5m x 1.2m) . I have floor boards, so have gone and brought 3mx3m of lino, and also 2mx2m of marine carpet for added protection, also laying vet bed and a bit of fake grass down, so puppies get used to different surfaces. They have over half the family room penned off so lots of room to run and play...also set up in the main room of the house, note the TV, so I can watch TV of a night and also watch them play and grow :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pockets Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 A close up of the whelping box, with Ava last week.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadbury Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I just realised that Ava is that tiny little puppy I met at Kepala......awwww and now she is going to be a Mum... Good to see her due date is the 5th of November.....Special People born on that day..... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadbury Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) double post Edited October 30, 2012 by Kadbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pockets Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Yep Kads, this is little Ava's 2nd litter :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Ava - Almost 8 weeks in whelp :)Just got my delivery of vet bed, purple, pink and grey...lots of vet bed...she thinks its lovely Aww poor Ava!! I have photos like that from Jazz with her 9 last time. I took 1 of her laying on her side and we called it Mount Jazz :) No pics from me yet - too much hair to see much and last time I took weekly pics but found that until the last 10 days they really didn't do her size justice. Most of them she just looked tubby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pockets Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Ava doesn't look big to me for a dog expecting 9...but she still has a week to go at least....and I am all new to this! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldielover Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 My girl will be 8 weeks tomorrow. I've kept fairly quiet about it as she had issues maintaining the pregnancy last time, but ended up with 8 healthy babies, and the time before we suspect she reabsorbed them. Will post a piccie tomorrow night :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PomsNZ Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Heres my Ava when she was 7 weeks :) Nice to see another Ava up there! :) Shes now day 61... temp still norm....... this is her first litter, so its all very new to her too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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