Avery's Puppy Countdown Thread!

[MGG]

My 3 year old yellow lab, Avery, is due to have puppies sometime around the end of April! She tied exactly four weeks ago, and I took her to the vet for an ultrasound today. She's definitely pregnant. He said there was more than one, but that counting is too unreliable on ultrasound so he didn't even want to give a guess. 63 days from the day she tied would be April 27th, so that's her estimated due date. I thought it would be fun to document her pregnancy and puppies here.
I'll post some pictures of both her and the daddy shortly. The puppies will all be purebred, AKC registered yellow labs.

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

 

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Here are a few pictures of Avery.

 

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And here's Cody, the daddy. This is the only decent pic I have of him, lol. He's not very photogenic.

 

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So... sad update. Avery ended up laying on the boy with the dark blue collar yesterday evening. I checked on them right before I came down to eat supper, and I had a camera on them too. He liked to snuggle next to her face, and I think he got under her too much. She probably moved a little to check on the nursing puppies and laid back down on him without noticing. I feel awful. We did the wider guard rails on her box and I thought that would prevent this, but I guess not. I found him when I checked them again as soon as I was done with supper, which I only took probably 15-20 minutes to finish. It happened so fast. I tried CPR for five minutes but I just couldn't get any response. I feel just horrible. He was my mom's favorite, and I think she's kind of blaming me for not taking them out and putting them in their box before leaving. I didn't hear or read anything about this being such an issue in all of my research. How was I supposed to know apparently they can't be left in with her at all? I thought they were supposed to be together all the time.

Anyway, I put the rest in their separate box overnight, and got up a few times to let them nurse, but Avery whimpered and complained all night and I slept only a couple hours again. I don't see how it's going to work long term but I can't let another get laid on. She's just so big, and even though she's trying to be really good, it's her first time and she doesn't really know what she's doing.
I'm so so sad.

 

[Conan]

@Conan you need another dummy?

No. I've got 3 idiots, and the "baby", shown below, now outweighs the big boys. Plus, we added these two yesterday. Stu, and Fawny.

 

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Here are a few more puppy pics

 

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Week 8! Or day 56.

 

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He's darker than the girls.

 

[Conan]

Your dog is so dumb? What breed is he? His ears look so round and soft. Shiba Inu x golden retriever or something?

He's just a regular smug ol golden. Easier to see with his head at a normal angle.

 

[MGG]

All is going well today! Avery seems to have come down off her "puppy high" and is acting more like her normal silly self now, lol. I slept in the kitchen last night and kept an eye on them. She was a very good girl.

She's back to sitting like a weirdo again.

Puppies are going to the vet early next week for dew claw removal. They're already getting so big I feel like. Will be posting today's weights soon!