Tuesday, December 27, 2016

CHARLOTTE X KEEFER PUPS!

It certainly has been quite the Christmas here at Annabelle Doodles! Charlotte decided to NOT whelp when she should have but to delay until Christmas Day afternoon amidst our family gathering of 8 adults, 7 grandchildren under seven years of age (including 7 month old twins), 8 doodles and four newborn pups.

Since our children do not live close to us, several are staying here until Thursday, so still lots going on with regard to cooking, cleaning and supervising doodles & kids - so, yes I am quite busy but enjoying the chaos of a large family.  :+)

So forgive me for not doing this sooner but I did want to have both momma Charlotte and pups examined by my vet before posting. We did lose the fifth pup born - a fragile male that just did not make it, a very sad part of breeding. However the remaining four are robust and practically 'drunk' with the abundance of milk being produced by Charlotte.

Here they are and I promise to post more pics as time and energy allow.  :+)


5 comments:

  1. Oh they are so darling, and Charlotte looks the picture of motherly contentment. Bravo to you for handling whelping, Christmas, children and grandchildren (we have only one 7 mo old grandchild with us, and this seems like plenty of excitement!)

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  2. Congrats! They are so cute and what a good mom. Sorry about the last pup 😔

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  3. They look fat, happy, and beautiful.

    I'm sorry to hear about the little angel that didn't make it. That must be so tough.

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  4. Thanks for the comments. All are doing well and I expect this litter to grow quickly given they have a non-stop flow of milk!

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  5. Wow! What an eventful holiday! So sorry about the little guy. Charlotte is beautiful, as are her babes :-)

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