meet the puppies

puppies were finally born on tuesday evening, around 5.30pm or so
we have been waiting for these lil buns in the oven to arrive,
very excited and nervous, we had sooo many questions
are we going to get a girl this time? what will they look like?
would they be like mum or dad? how many?

our questions were soon answered
4 pups in total
2 passed away
originally there were 2 girls and 2 boys, but now we only have 1 girl and 1 boy left.
1 of the pups had their stomach develop outside the body[very deformed] and not operatable
the other lil one was very weak and had lots of fluid in his lungs
no matter how much we tried to revive him, he just didnt make it
[there was a lot of human/puppy mouth to mouth resuscitation]

mum was super groggy after the c section
but bounced back on the next day
shes doing such an awesome job looking after her babies
shes such a natural at it

we all slept on the sofa on the first night just to make sure bella and the pups would be ok
they slept on the floor next to us

the vet also told us that bella wont/shouldnt have any more puppies after this
apparently theres a lot of scar tissue on/in her uterus
any future litters would be very complicated and put her life at risk
so this is our last litter with bella & boo
we're going to get her snipped before her next season is due
oh well, at least it makes planning holidays easier
no more last minute emergencies :oD

here are some gorgeous pics of mum and babies
[puppies are very shy, they dont want to show their faces yet]