09.00 Monday
I’m back to sitting outside the delivery room door. Once again Shadow has requested my Mistress’s meal instead of her own. She is completely fed […]
Shadow
Monday 19th September 2011 – 06.30
Now the book says that this stage of labour takes from 6 to 18 hours and in just half an hour we will reach the […]
22.30 Sunday
There is little more galling than sharing your evening meal with a pregnant dog only to have the dog return it in still identifiable pieces […]
20.15 Sunday
Shadow has been having the first stage of contractions for some time now. She pants her way through them and then relaxes for a little […]
16.00 Sunday
Some dogs want a darkened room and no company to give birth. Shadow wants the reassurance of one of her humans with her at all […]
12.20 Sunday
Well she won’t eat and she has started ever so slightly digging and nesting. I’ve been watching her from my desk with the camera, when […]
Sunday 18th September 2011 – all quiet on the whelping front
It’s a lazy Sunday morning and Shadow and my Mistress stayed in bed rather longer than usual. Shadow when she did get up has declined […]
20.50 Saturday
Shadow’s temperature has dropped yet further. It is now 36.6C. There are no other signs that proceedings are imminent and my Mistress is already so […]
13.45 Saturday
You’re all wondering, I can see that. Shadow is doing everything in her power to keep you guessing. She is struggling to get comfortable and […]
9.45am Saturday
I am driving everyone nuts, pacing up and down like an expectant father outside the delivery room. I told my Mistress that from the smell […]