{"id":10510,"date":"2015-09-24T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=10510"},"modified":"2024-04-12T08:39:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T08:39:27","slug":"thursday-24th-september-2015-getting-nearer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2015\/09\/24\/thursday-24th-september-2015-getting-nearer\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 24th September 2015 – Getting nearer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shadow was eating a little less enthusiastically yesterday so she is getting closer. She\u2019s losing more of her hair underneath too, ready to be able to feed the puppies. Aristotle was taking advantage of her strong maternal feelings by getting her to wash his ears. He was enjoying it so much that every time she stopped he tapped her with his paw to make her carry on. He is also seeing it as his responsibility to keep an eye open for trouble and has stationed himself at the front window where he can see better. Our Mistress has told him that if the puppies haven\u2019t come by Saturday then he will go to kennels on Saturday afternoon as from that point she won\u2019t be able to give him as much time for walks. I don\u2019t mind going without walks so I\u2019m easier to please. As long as I still get cuddles I\u2019m fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last night our Mistress started the preparations to make homemade puppy formula milk in case it\u2019s needed. She boils some liver so that she can use the water in it and I have to say that from our point of view it smelt great, but she was far from keen! We each had a little of the liver once she\u2019d drained off the water she needed. She won\u2019t do the rest of the preparation just yet, but at least the preparation of the stock, which takes a couple of hours, won\u2019t be problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had another go with the Doppler and came to the same number of 6 that they had the day before. Of course it could just be she\u2019s found Shadow\u2019s pulse points, but hopefully that wasn\u2019t the case. She doesn\u2019t think so as the rate of beating was faster than Shadow\u2019s heart rate at those points. She says if she understands the anatomy of Shadow it probably means that two of them are in the breach position, but that is fairly normal for dogs so hopefully not a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You still have time to join in the guessing when the first pup will be born. Leave a comment to tell us when you think. So far we have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dickens – Sat 26th<\/sup> Midday
Val \u2013 Sunday (her birthday)
Sarah \u2013 2am Sunday
Lynn \u2013 8pm Sunday
David \u2013 6.30am Monday
You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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