The lone princess....

This little one is the only girl in the litter. Her brothers are very protective of her, and she is just too sweet! She weighed 5 1/2 oz at birth and is now a curvy 7 oz

Baby Boy D

This little guy is squirmy! He didn't want to go on his back for a pic. I love the black and white contrast. He was 5 1/2 oz at birth but is now 6 1/2

Baby Boy E

This is the last one to be born. I love his color! He was 5 1/2 oz when born but is now bursting the scale at a whopping 6 oz!

Puppies are here!!!!

I will expound on this later.. it's late I'm tired...we are all tired.

We went to lagoon today, when we came home tonight Daisy was having puppies. One had been born already and was doing quite well. The second puppy had just been born and she was busy taking care of him when the third one came out. She now has had 4 boy and one little girl. I'm very proud of her. Here are a few pics... more to come :)

Daisy's Milk has come in....

Now we are down to the waiting game, her milk came in yesterday. I started taking her temperature and so far there will be no puppies in the next 24 hours. It's been a bit hard keeping her less active. She still wants to run around in the backyard with and boss Jake around. The puppies have really been moving around. Everytime I put my hand on her stomach someone is either punching or kicking my hand away. This is my favorite time of the pregnancy. Daisy also got her belly shaved yesterday, and did a lot better with it then I thought she would.

My sister-in-law Amy is showing up tomorrow with her kids to help out. I'm so glad they are coming up. I'm studying for finals and working this week, and just knowing someone will be around for Daisy is such a stress relief! Best case scenario the puppies will be born tomorrow.

For those of you wanting a puppy please contact me, I am putting up an ad on KSL once they are born.

The countdown begins....

Daisy is getting bigger each day.. much faster now. Her belly is just a few inches from the ground and soon she won't be able to go up stairs anymore. My sister in law arrives Sunday to watch her while I finish up school and work next week. She is due anytime after July 20th and everything is ready to go!

Busy Week! Family Reunion and 7th week of pregnancy

Time is flying by! Daisy is now entering her seventh week of pregnancy. Her belly continues to grow and you can really feel the babies moving around now. The other day I sat down to count heartbeats, I am hoping I am off. I've been right on before, but I counted SIX heartbeats. Which means she could have SIX puppies. I really hope I'm off as I would rather she only have 4 puppies for her first litter. I guess we will see. It's crazy that she only has a few more weeks left to be pregnant. I have made her whelping box, and she is slowly getting used to it. Jake wants to sleep in it more then she does, but he is banned! Haven't quite figured out what to do with him when the puppies arrive. He may have to go play at a neighbors house, luckily everyone has dogs in our neighborhood, so lots of buddies to play with.

Last weekend I went down to Kingston UT for some fun and to attend the Moss family reunion. This is my mom's family. There are 8 siblings, and five were able to attend. A lot of cousins and second generation cousins came out to play. I rented an ATV in Marysvale, and took my nephew Brett for a ride on the Piaute ATV trail. It was sooo much fun! We even ran into the middle of a live cattle herd. Brett thought it looked like fun, until I explained to him that this is their version of "chores". Brett and I had a lot of fun, and I was glad he was able to go with me.

When we got to Kingston he was off to play basketball and have fun with all the other 2nd cousins. There was a cute little red heeler/shepherd mix puppy. She was about 7 weeks pregnant, and was probably the most popular person at the reunion! I'm so glad I decided to leave Daisy home, all the kids just love love love dogs!

When I took the ATV back, Kayla was able to go with me. She was a really good ATV driver, and even got to hollar a big "hello" out to some cute boys in the back of a boat by Piute Resevoir. She's a total flirt! We ran into a bunch of sheep on the road back to Marysvale, gotta love the country!

Can't wait to take another trip down south maybe in the fall when all the Shorkie Puppies have gone to their new families.