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Gracie
You all might be wondering about Gracie since she was our next pregnant “lady” and due about mid-April. **The post continues birthing details so if you don’t want to read about the “yuck” of whelping you might want to scroll … Continue reading
Posted in Cavapoo, New litter
Tagged bonus, cavapoo, cavapoo puppy, delivery, Gracie, male, morning, one, pre-spoiled, pregnant, pup, puppies, puppy delivery day, Puppy matching day, red, singleton, sleep, stillborn, stuck, temperature, vet
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April Fools wasn’t
I saw all kinds of April Fool’s pranks floating around the internet on Friday but it’s no prank that Sally decided to have her puppies that day! Her temperature actually dropped low on Thursday night so I was kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged apricot, April fools Day, black and tan, bonus, contractions, deliver, F1b Cavapoo, F1b Cavapoo puppies, F1b Cavapoo puppy, F1b Cavapoos, groan, howl, labor, new litter, pup, puppies, puppy delivery day, Puppy matching day, Sally, stuck
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Things don’t always go as we hope
As suspected the other day, Smudgie was in pre-labor. Dogs will sometimes go into nesting mode before they go into actual labor. Smudgie was nesting on and off for about 24 hours, digging in her bed and after I switched … Continue reading
Posted in Cavapoo, New litter
Tagged active labor, arrived, babies, cavapoo, cavapoo puppies, cavapoo puppy, cavapoos, deliver, delivery, dogs, effort, hard, healthy, job, nesting, nesting mode, new litter, painful, pull, pulled, pulling, puppies, puppy, pups, restless, revive, ripping, sad, shredding, Smudgie, stuck, Sundae, uncomfortable, whelp, whelped, whelping
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Sunday was the longest week I’ve ever had
This is a long story so you may want to grab a hot drink, sit in your favorite chair and get comfortable. It actually all started Saturday night as I noticed Mercy getting more restless. I lined her crate with … Continue reading
Posted in Cavapoo, cavapoo puppies, cavapoo puppy, Cavapoos, pregnancy, vet
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The struggle
Well, Smudgie’s delivery didn’t go as I’d hoped. Thankfully, it all ended well. But there was a period of time when we had quite a struggle on our hands! It was one of the most dramatic births I’ve ever been … Continue reading
Posted in Cavapoo, New litter, Uncategorized
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Ice cream makes things better
Did anyone else go through the braces phase as a preteen/teenager? I did. So did my brother and some cousins. My uncle was our orthodontist. I remember my mom driving us forty-five minutes (one way) to his office about once … Continue reading
Posted in dog, health, Poodle, Uncategorized
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I tried
The dogs all have those nice fuzzy blankets in their crates to sleep with at night. Well, everyone but Noah. Last time I gave him one, he ate part of the blanket; a big part! The other night, I thought … Continue reading
Posted in adults, Cavalier, daily life
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