CLARA BELLE HAS DELIVERED! PICS!

Clara's very savvy guardian mom called me yesterday indicating that Clara was 'showing signs' so I asked her to bring Clara right over.  She was indeed showing early signs of whelping and her due date was actually Feb. 7th!  Thankfully, she was not too early and I anticipated perhaps a delivery sometime later today but Mother Nature and Clara had a different mindset.

Clara was so compliant, as usual.  When I made my bed on the floor to sleep near the whelping pen, Clara dutifully walked to the pen and settled in.  Thoughtfully, her guardian remembered to bring one of her daddy's used T-shirts and that comforted her immensely.

All night, Clara panted and panted with lots of potties outside.  There was no sleep for either of us but around 6 am, I heard her pushing and by 6:18, her first pup was born.  :+)  She finished delivering her 5 pups by 9:35.  Happily, there are 4 females and one hefty male.

Here they are!  Such beauties!!  :+)

Arrivals:

• 6:18 am - Yellow Girl weighing 10 1/2 ounces
• 7:18 am - Purple Girl weighing 10 ounces
• 8:30 am - Blue Boy weighing a whooping 13 1/2 ounces.  (He was the largest pup in the x-ray)
• 8:43 am - Orange Girl weighing 11 ounces
• 9:35 am - Green Girl weighing 13 ounces ~ another whooper!