I\u2019d like to wish myself (Aristotle) a huge happy birthday and of course to Arnie, Addie, Rafa, Amigo, Soggi and Dora too. Today we are all four years old. That means it is four years since the first time that Mum was pacing her whelping box and going into labour. It would have been lovely if she could have been having them again today, but we have another week to wait for that to happen. I was hoping to go to our Fun Day today so I could enjoy my birthday learning to cart, but because of Mum we have to stay nearer to home, which is a shame. I\u2019ve been promised a big birthday walk later though.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m hoping my birthday present will arrive today and it is super cool. I\u2019m having a foetal Doppler so I can listen to the puppies\u2019 heartbeats. I\u2019m not sure it is really just for me, but I\u2019ve taken it that way. We are going to try to mark up where all the heartbeats are on Mum so we know how many there are and so that during the birth we can always check how they are doing if there is a pause in their arrival. There is a lead that I can attach to the computer to record them too so I\u2019m hoping you can be part of the process as well. Isn\u2019t that the coolest present ever? I think our Mistress is going to have to help me using it, but she won\u2019t mind that.<\/p>\n
The maternity suite is pretty much ready. We are bringing our Mistress\u2019s bed down today. Obviously not the double one, it wouldn\u2019t fit and our Master wouldn\u2019t be too happy to find it had gone. The room is neatly organised into different areas. There is the whelping box and a separate pen with a heat pad for when they are tiny. Then there are the medical supplies and the scales and all the things needed in case they need hand feeding. Our Mistress is going to help Alfie set the webcam up today too so that he can watch what\u2019s happening from outside the room. I\u2019ve been told I won\u2019t be able to watch as I\u2019m being sent to stay in kennels for a few days so I don\u2019t get in the way. Honestly, what gives them the idea that I\u2019d get in anyone\u2019s way? I\u2019m allowed to help up until then though, but Mum has put her paw down and said I am absolutely not going to be the one to take her temperature. Our Mistress will start doing that today too so we know when everything is going to happen.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m off to see if anyone has made me a cake \u2013 have a great day.<\/p>\n
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