Autumn Prairie Kennel

The Q litter is a little over 2 weeks old. They will finish their early nuro stimulation exercises tonight. Kat Pippitt says it best about the early weeks "eat, sleep, and repeat". The demand of making milk for 11 pups has Jo sleeping a lot too.

I think we are done, 6 females and 5 males. First born 9:24 a.m. and last @ 2:46 p.m.

1st female, 2nd born Quigley. I will wait to post again when more are here.

Well this coming Friday is day 63. At the lower left there is a circled head and to the right there appears to be another head and spine. Go straight up is another head and to the right there seems to be another head and there is ribcage too. So I'm saying 10-11. Once over 8 pups it is hard to get an accurate count.
Jo has colostrum in and is having some precontractions too, but not in pre-labor yet. We have had no significant temp drop that would indicate pre-labor is starting and Jo has not gone off her food yet.
Everything is ready. Whelping box has been sanitized, and we have all the supplies we need.Its all up to Jo now. Our dogs the majority of deliveries have gone 63 days if not then a day sooner.

Week 9 - Home Stretch

Today is day 1 of week 9. We took Jo for her puppy count x-ray this morning and her Dr thinks we have 9, maybe 10 pups this time. He said Jo looks great and everything looks good puppy wise. Her belly has dropped in preparation for delivery. She is resting more and we are leaving her food out so she can eat as she wants. I will start taking her temperature twice a day now.
Here’s what is happening this week:

Week Nine
On days 56 - 63, the pups are ready for birth and may be quite still as they rest in preparation for the marathon to come. When your dog is ready to give birth she may appear uncomfortable and restless or anxious. Time to begin taking re**al temperature readings 12 hours apart. Normal temperature is 100 to 101 F; a drop down near 97 F held for two consecutive readings indicates labor will begin within 24 hours.

We are starting into week 8 of the Jo x Zeke pregnancy. As you can see Jo is getting rather large. After this litter we will skip the next heats for both Jo and Edi. So it will likely be May 2027 before we breed Edi and Jo should be sometime around August 2027 before we breed her. Depending on the size of the litter Edi has, it might be her last litter.