Vanilla's first litter

Vanilla's first litter was due yesterday.  You can see how big she was last night.

I checked on her at 9:00 after I got back Clinton and she was peacefully sleeping.  Went on back to the farm.  When I came

home at 1:15 she had moved back my puppy pen ( the "boys") to get behind it and shredded their papers into Itsy- bitsy pieces. It was soon time!  I let her go out and she snuck straight to Gypsy's hideout that goes under the barn! I ran out and caught just her back legs as she tried to get her

balloon shaped body in the narrow hole.  I pulled just enough until I could reach her scruff and then had her out.  I escorted her back to the house & straight back to
" labor & delivery"-- the pool set up in the bathroom.  There was some panting, digging, a couple of throw-ups ( eeeck) and the first puppy was born!

After about 3 hours the second was born, both girls and look-alikes.  They both have tails to dock unfortunately....they have brilliant white coats with panda-bear eye patches on one and a colored ear and the other --one eye patch and one little black dot on the other eye.  Both are very strong pups, nursing immediately after birth.  Now just time to sit and wait.