Day 9

The first week has been and gone in the blink of an eye!

All pups are gaining weight steadily, with Mr Green already over 700g! Mr Green, Mr Red, Mr Blue and Miss Yellow are all making cute barking and growling noises and all pups are wobbling around the whelping box instead of crawling on their tummies.

Their eyes should start to open any time from Friday (Day 10) onwards which will be very exciting.

The Biosensor Program is going well but they are getting more vocal in their disgust at being put in such strange positions.

We trimmed their nails on Monday; we were going to wait until yesterday but after being left with nice scratch marks on my arm, we decided sooner was better....poor Chase! It went quite well with me holding and Darren trimming, the use of toe nail clippers rather than scissors made it much easier and quicker.

I've now put a furry snake in their box so they have something to climb over and under. I also have two Snuggle Safe heat pads in the whelping box (thanks Laura), so with the extra 'hurdles' it will help prevent 'swimmers'.

Day 6

The pups and mom are still doing great, Chase can't believe all the great yummy food she's getting - fresh chicken and sardines mixed in with her puppy food and I've found a fab recipe for 'gruel', so she's getting lots of calories and protein.

We are continuing with the Biosensor Program.

Tonight we will trim the pups' nails as they're already very sharp and we don't want mom getting uncomfortable.

Day 3

The pups are doing fab and are nicely gaining in weight. Chase continues to be a fab mom. She's coming out of her whelping box for toilet and rest breaks but always has one ear open for any squeaks. She also came for a 5 minute walk with me this morning.

Today we will begin with the bio-sensor (super dog) program, so it will be interesting to see how they react.

Introducing the Dreamchart litter (in the order they came into the world)

Mr 'Blue' weight: 391g

Mr 'Green' weight 425g

Mr 'Purple' weight: 417g



'Mr Red' weight: 346g

'Miss Pink' weight: 360g

'Miss Lilac' weight: 330g



'Miss Orange' weight: 367g

'Miss Yellow' weight: 403g





Oh My Goodness!!!

I think everyone who knows me is well aware that Chase has now whelped her first litter, with the first being born at 11.10pm on the 31st January, followed by the remaining 7 starting at 2.45am on the 1st February.

Chase did a fab job and got the first 5 whelps out like she'd been perfecting the art for years, but by the 6th whelp she was just totally exhausted, poor girl. I think though that if you saw how big the whelps were, you would agree she was awesome!

The 6th whelp was delivered by our vet at 1.55pm, following an oxytocin injection. We hoped that No. 7 would soon follow, but it was clear by 4.30pm that she simply had no more to give. She was contracting and doing her best to push but it just wasn't to be. Back to the vets and another half dose of oxytocin, but after a good 30-40 minutes trying, even the vet couldn't deliver it. Her calcium level was checked and found to be perfect, so we had no other choice than to go for the c-section.

I was totally emotionally drained by this stage and was so worried for my little angel, she was so weak. Thank goodness for modern technology - she was in and out within the hour, with an extra surprise addition - No. 8!

Whilst she was having her caesar I also took the opportunity to have her spayed. The stitches are all internal so no worries that she or the new Dreamchart's will damage them.

Chase is home now and is being an absolutely fantastic mom. I really cannot believe we ended up with 8 gorgeous babies!!

I will post some pics very soon. Thank you everyone for your amazing support. xx

Day 62

3am

Chase's temperature remained in the low 37's yesterday and although she still ate her evening meal, she started to try to vomit soon after, not really bringing anything up. She was very panicky so lots of TLC was dished out.

I've been sat with her in her whelping room all night and lots of scratching of paper has occurred. Her eyes are very dilated and she's constantly panting. Temperature at 37.2.

I think we're now at the first stage of labor.

9.30am

Very restless night. Refused breakfast. Temperature down to 37.1.

Day 61

Still nothing to report.

Chase had a quiet night and has had most of her breakfast, just eating around the wormer!

Temperature at 37.3 but as I've had that a couple of times on a morning, I'm not getting too excited!