She has 2 litters.

She is amazing. Petunia carried 15 puppies to 61 days gestation. We did our best to make her comfortable, but she was as miserable as any of us would have been carrying a lot of little ones. Petunia = Amazing.

Five came with no problems. The next ten needed a bit of help. Quick trip to the vet and a little surgery had us driving home with nine more babies to care for. The little one causing the back up didn’t make it. :( That still leaves 14 littles ones to care for.

So now she has 2 litters. We split them up into 2 groups of 7 that are rotated and supplement fed and butt washed every 3 hours. Focus and time needs to be spent on the puppies so she can heal and handle what she can handle, no more. She needs us and we are here for her. Petunia is AMAZING.

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That didn’t go as planned, but good either way.

Opal sure looked like she was carrying more than just the two. She also looks like she could handle delivery. She probably could have if those two weren’t large! All is well… c-section after an entire day of contractions. She is my spirit animal.

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Maybe, just maybe...

Z is ready to become a mama. Homer hadn’t figured things out, but he sure was trying his best. So, we did the next best thing… AI. I pulled from my experience AI breeding show sows while I was in high school and my husband brought his experience with cattle. Fingers crossed we have puppies end of July!

No photos for this one… nobody needs to see photos of that. Seriously, nobody.

She is so cool…

Just a little trip to the vet for a check up and assist Homer in his ‘Male' check up. She isn’t worried or getting stressed.

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