The family room feels empty. Luna's pen sits with gate ajar, the puppy bowl gone from inside and with it Luna and her pups. It's quiet, without the mewling of puppies. After 10 days with 10 dogs, poor Nova is just rattling around in this room. Luna has gone off to the farm to raise and wean her pups and will be back with us in maybe two month or so. Right now it feels like an eternity. I miss her so much!
Luna gave birth on Tuesday, October 29, with first puppies making their arrival around 7:15 AM and the last puppy coming on the scene around 10:20 AM. Since then the puppies were as easy as we'd been promised. Blind, deaf, and barely mobile they stayed in their bowl and Luna did all the work of caring for them. In order to protect their sensitive immune systems, only Kai and Barbara handled them, during our nightly puppy weighing. I held one of the puppies for the first time today, just before they were shipped off. Luna was hormonal--mercurial and cranky at times, but I found that since giving birth she was less fearful of me. And in the last few days she's actively come to me. I found the connection I'd first sensed with her when I met her returning. So it's hard that she's gone. I'm sad too, to miss watching the puppies grow up. I always looked forward to the nightly weighing sessions to see how each were coming along.
Nova misses her sister too I think. She's been quiet and subdued and seemed more spooked when I took her outside for her evening walk.
I would like to introduce you to each of the puppies. We would love for them to find homes with people we know so that we can continue to stay in touch with them throughout their lives. Please let us know if you are interested so we can let the rescue organization we work with know. Rico Pet Recovery has been amazing; we couldn't have done any of this without their support.
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Here's the whole gang--all 8 of them
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First up is Amora Fluttershy. She is the darkest of the puppies and lacks the prominent brown features that many of the others have. I love the little brown beauty mark above her right eye. So cute!
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| Amora |
Next is Tidalwave Kai, one of two male puppies and one of two
merle dogs, noted for their distinctive spotted pattern. Tidalwave is my oldest son's favorite dog as you may have guessed.
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| Tidalwave |
Brody Brake Johnson is our big boy. He's been the biggest fella on the block since birth and was well over two pounds as of yesterday.
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| Brody |
Snowpaw Twilight is the smallest pup, though she wasn't the runt at birth. I love her cute little white paws. For some reason these little ones seem to be opening their eyes sooner. Snowpaw has one eye open and the former runt has both eyes open as you'll see.
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| Snowpaw |
Our other merle is a girl. Her name is Danica Rainbow.
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| Danica |
This is Darling Rarity. She's always very sweet and demure and sits quietly on the scale for weighing without any fuss.
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| Darling |
And then there's Song Pinkie, who is always noisy at weighing with a lot of mewling and crying each time. She's the "brownest" of the puppies, and has a white stripe on her chest. She is Barbara's favorite.
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| Song |
Finally, last and no longer least is Phoenix AJ, who was the original runt of the litter though there are now other puppies that weigh less. She and Song are probably the hardest to tell apart since Song's yellow collar and Phoenix's white collar fell off. We usually have to check their chests to see which is which. Phoenix has a white diamond shape on her chest.
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| Phoenix |
Oh and here's one more photo: The deadbeat dad. This is who we believe is the father of Luna's litter. This photo was taken by Luna's foster and you can see Luna in the background.
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| Bear the baby daddy. Is he the father? I guess we'll have to go on Maury Povich to know for sure |
Both mom and dad have found forever homes. Please let us know if you would like to provide one for their precious children. The foster we've been working with who is caring for Luna and the puppies at her farm will let us know when Luna is settled in and comfortable and then we'll go out to visit regularly, so we'll have more pictures in the days and weeks to come.
