Puppies, Puppies, Puppies...

On Tuesday, Nov. 25, Ollie had her puppies! At five in the morning, Mark heard some squeeling coming from the garage so he went down and found Ollie with two newborn puppies. We were so excited because we had planned our entire weekend before around her and she finally went into labor early that morning. After getting her settled down in her whelping box, she gave birth to puppies until two that afternoon. It was an exhausting day, but it was also very exciting to finally have them be born. We were there the rest of the way with Ollie, rubbing puppies with towels and keeping Ollie comfortable. We lost a couple, which was sad to see, but in the end we ended up with five healthy pups! Three males and two females... This last week has been lots of fun watching them grow and crawl around with their eyes still shut...but, they do seem to always find Ollie to eat. On Monday, we took the pups to the vet where they got their tails docked and dewclaws removed. It was so sad to see them go through the pain but they do look like true German Shorthairs with their short stubby tails now! We are proud of Ollie for being such a good mommy and we better give Raz his props because he did everything that we needed him to do! We are lucky to have such special dogs!!!