October 1, 2025 While we are waiting...

 Hey again!  It's me MJ.   Mama tells me we are getting close.  She keeps checking my temperature and if you don't know how that's done, well, I'll spare you the details.  Mama wrote all the temps down and took a picture: 

While we are waiting for labor to begin, let me share some highlights of the last few weeks.

This is me with two of my favorite humans:  SP and PS.  Taken this summer when I still had my girlish figure.

This is Barney, the father of my pups.  Cute, isn't he?

August 25, 2025 -  Day 25 Mama did an ultrasound to confirm my pregnancy.

September 8, 2025 -  Day 38 Mama's good friend, Miss Lori, helped with this ultrasound.  

September 16, 2025 - Day 47 Time for our check ups!  

That nice lady is our Dr. Cameron.  She has a nice company 

called Happy's Vet and they come to our home!  Look at Barney, he's such a flirt!

September 25, 2025 - Day 56 That's me looking for the treat jar.  Don't judge!  I've got pups to feed :)

 

September 26, 2025 - Day 57 This is Erin.  She is a nice lady who works with Dr. Cameron at Happy's Vet.  Today I had x-rays done to see how many pups are in there.  Mama thought maybe 50.  Grateful she was wrong.

Here is the x-ray.  Honestly, I can't figure out heads from tails.  I had Mama circle one of the heads.  Maybe you can see all the heads in there!

September 28, 2025 - Day 59 "Large and In Charge" is what they are calling me.  I feel like the lady in the commercial for some gadget - "help, I've fallen and I can't get up". 

October 1, 2025 - Day 62 I've been checking out the whelping box for a couple of weeks now.  Barney stuck his head in there to see what's up.

Alright, I suppose everyone is caught up now.   I've been restless today, I think it will be tonight or tomorrow.  We shall see!

Signed - Large and in charge, MJ

Dog-o-pause and other falsehoods

 Most of us have heard a story about the woman who was "done having babies", only to find herself pregnant and having a baby, also known as the surprise baby.    I suppose the same can be said about dogs.  My human mama said she  was done raising puppies.  Heidi, she tells me, had a hit web cam channel for all three of her litters.   Mama said it's hard to believe but one of her babies is still alive and well at almost 17 years old!  

Let me introduce myself.  My name is Meadow Jules.  I am a sweet 4 year old.  I mean, technically, I am 4 years,  and 3 months old.  About a year ago Mama brought home this handsome young lad names Barnes Franklin, though most of us refer to him as Barney.  He's pretty cool and handsome too!

Back in December many jokes were made about Barney and I from Mama's best grandchildren.   You see I was what humans refer to as being "in heat", which is kind of a dumb term.  I wasn't that warm at all!  Anyway, let me just say, Mama said we were fortunate to get through that without me getting "with pups".  Jokes and memes were made.  This one from a pretty amazing and creative teen, Mama's oldest granddaughter -  CDL.

Created by CDL

Fast forward to our particular situation.  August 1, 2025, day one of my fertile window (my "in heat" time), Mama instructed someone who shall remain nameless (I call him Pops) to keep a close eye on me and Barney.  He left the room for what seemed like an eternity and honestly I thought we were all gonna die because there were no humans to be seen.  Anyway, one thing led to another...   I overheard Pops the next morning making a confession to Mama, "I left them alone for two minutes, Sharon, just two minutes..."  Well, come on, we were left alone to die - what else were we supposed to do???

The bottom line:  I am due on October 2, 2025, with what the vet and radiologist are estimating to be 7 or 8 babies, okay "puppies".  Oh boy am I looking forward to birthing them (can you hear my sarcasm???)  

Anyway, go subscribe to Mama's YouTube channel if you care to follow my birth and ongoing puppy shenanigans!

Signed - large and in charge, 

MJ

Sad News

Hey, this is Beau.  I've been asked by Cassie to make an announcement for her.  She went to the vet today to get a check up and it appears the puppies didn't develop past 40 days and maybe earlier (32 days).  She's doing okay - just a little sad.

Meet Beau - the father of my babies

Meet Beau, the father of my babies.  He's handsome, 68 pounds of energy and adorable.  We met a couple of months ago.  I'll have to say I did not like him when I first met him.  He's a bit younger than my 10 1/2 years and annoyingly full of energy.  He grew on me over time.  Though I must admit there are still days where he gets on my ever-loving-last nerve.  "Do NOT try to steal my bones!"  There I said it!

So this is the guy that I'm having babies with.  He'll come in handy when they get old enough to play but other than that I'll hope that any of the boys will be just as handsome as he is.

A little note about Beau:  he went to see our favorite vet, Dr. G, the other day.  He got a wonderful report except for one, thing which fortunately have no bearing on our children.  He was diagnosed with heart worms.  This may be why he found me.  My human lady is taking care of Beau and helping him get treatments.  Dr. G is confident that he will be 100% good as new in no time.  I'm going to need help with this brood growing inside of me!

Day 31 - Puppy Watch

This will literally be a puppy watch post!  I got to see my babies move around today.  Enjoy the movie.

Tuesday March 26, 2013 - Day 28

Hey this is Cassie.  I'm taking over the blog.  I've been lazy, guarding ALL the bones in the house and generally mad at all the dogs.  I'm grumpy and hormonal.  My lady human (Sharon) took me to her office again.  I get tricked and think "oh, I get to go for a ride in the car" and then I get in the car and think "oh, I left all my bones in the living room - someone's going to get them".  Finally, I realize, "she's going to put that gel on my belly again".  Anyway, the picture above shows gestational sacs that have grown appropriately in the 3 days since my last ultrasound.  The sacs are measuring 12 mm.  To find out how far along I am (besides the fact that Lady Human Sharon caught Beau and I "in the act" two times and knows the date(s) of conception).  Back to the calculations:  gestation sac measurement in cm X 6 + 20 = number of days.  1.2 X 6 + 20 = 27.2!  Perfect!  I think Lady Human will take me back in on day 31.  Here's hoping everything continues to go well.

Back to the bones, 

Cassie

Puppy Watch!

On February 26 and 28, Cassie and her fellow chocolate lab, Beau, united.  Today is day 25 according to the first tie.  First ultrasound done this morning.  Each sac measures 24.8 days.  Will rescan in a couple of days to confirm.