Day 10 Havanese Puppies Feeding Frenzy

It's day 10 and my gad I have this thing down called Havanese motherhood. It's not that I didn't but mommy and daddy are a bit much. They want to make sure all the pups are healthy, weighed, all eating and I am making sure they stay clean. Well, I am. I guess you can never get too careful but I guess mommy and daddy love me sooooo much that they want me to be the best mom I can ever strive to be and I am.

The pups are growing leaps and bounds - some more than others. They now shimmy to me and I don't have to shimmy into them to feed.

Eyes open maybe today - can't wait. I must be the first one that they see - not mommy and daddy - pshaw! My luck, they will have their face in there just when it happens. Oh, actually I have GREAT LUCK as I have 6 beautiful pups - so maybe it will be me! Time will tell.

Can you believe it's over a week? I can't and here it is almost Halloween. My first Havanese Halloween Puppies - hmmmm. The leaves are falling and I hope they remain so I can teach them the Havanese shuffle through the leaves and the rolling that we love to do. I am hoping!

I am relaxing around Risa. She wants to take care of my pups too. She sits outside of the room and sometimes I let her in. I may even allow her to help but we shall see. She's going to have to know - I love help but I am the mom. hehehehehehehe

Wasabi's Havanese Pups Will Play

Mommy says, Wasabi is an interesting mom. She's ever so attentive but she wants the pups to play. I find Wasbi bringing her toys in for the pups to play all the time and its way funny. She even shakes them to get their attention. I guess she doesn't realize they can't hear yet. She's going to love it when they really start playing.

Wasabi says, of course - their mine - all mine till they get new homes - sigh! Till then, I plan to have tons of fun with them and then hopefully I will get to see them at the yearly picnic mom and dad have.

Daddy says, Wasabi not only uses her mind but she has fun doing it. Some would say, Wasabi is a thinker and she is but that's what makes her ever so special. She comes up with solutions fast and we know her pups will too! They take after her, of course. ROFL!

Mommy had my pups out and she had them with the toys all to indulge me and every last one of them crawled and pushed the toys here and there. Mommy thought I might get stressed while she took photos but I was so excited to see them with my toys. She had to have her feet surrounding them as they are a growing concern. They are moving fast these days - almost 9 days old - 8.5 to be exact. By gad, I will get them playing - just watch. To catch these photos, check out Wasabi's Puppy Photos. Mommy adds to them every single day.

Halloween Havanese

Okay, it's not Halloween yet but human mom is trying to find an outfit that will fit these 5 havanese boys and 1 havanese gal.

Human dad says, - get a life!

Me, Wasabi - the real mom out of this crew is glad she's not dressing me up. Sure, I have my sweaters and coats but Halloween outfits - please!

Week Old Havanese

Well my babies are 7 days old tonight. This is what mommy calls the Havanese huddle. Mom and dad are trying to get me to relax when my puppies do this.

They are sleeping for longer bursts and mom and dad likes to make sure I am taken care of. It's times like this she makes sure I eat, go out and do my duty, grooms me and cuddles with me as she feels if I am happy, the puppies will be happy. I agree!

Daddy finally calmed down last night and slept a bit in my whelping room instead of watching me 24/7. He's finally starting to get it that I got this motherhood thing down. So what if he had 7 kids - I already have 6.

My puppies are growing well. They have fat tummies after eating and you can tell they are satisfied by the amount of sleep we do inbetween. Still, El Blanco Grande and mom's new name for another - 'have to chow down like no tomorrow - Bigote' seems to zone into me whenever I am in the box so I get out now and cool off and I go back in when needed.

At birth their respective weights were:
5 oz (he doubled)
5 oz - up 3 oz (our lone gal - gaining but slower)
4 oz - up 4 oz (he doubled)
4 oz - up 5 oz (more than doubled)
4 oz - up 5 oz (more than doubled)
4 oz - up 6 oz - passing the white one - heh

Gad, it's easy to fall in love with this crew.

Proud Human Havanese Dad Speaks Out

Wasabi has always been our best moving Havanese. If I was to pick one dog in our home that was truly poetry in motion, it is our Wasabi. She also has a very calm personality. She’ll run and play and has always loved the puppies but she won’t get too excited about it. She's a thinker. No one can escape her. In 'run-like-hell' games no one can get away from Wasabi when she gets in the mood, except now maybe Kat.

I noticed the other day that over the course of the summer our little boy became very sleek, very muscular, from swimming with me every day. Wasabi was the second most prolific swimmer.

Yesterday Shoshi, who has always put on strong bursts of speed to escape, couldn't get away from Kat when they played 'run-like-hell' as he matched her burst for burst. Risa doesn't even try. She waits for him to go bombing by after Shoshi and cuts him off and they both go flying. It's a riot. He runs in these large very fast circles and Risa watches him for a second, then cuts across his line diagonally.

I also notice now that Risa can no longer overpower Kat when the two of them are up on their back legs playing with each other.

Meanwhile, Wasabi comes outside to do her business and all the dogs are excited to see her. Who can blame them?

Havanese Wasabi Day 5 Watching Pups

This used to be my all time fave place to tease Risa's pups and now I am using it to watch in amazement. I wonder if when they get bigger, Risa will tease mine. We shall see. Time will tell.

We had a visitor yesterday to see our pups. Alex dropped in to say hello and stayed for a bit. He was amazed at how good I look - nice and shiny as if mommy washed me but she can't due to my stitches. Still, this motherhood thing is doing my body good.

All pups are up in weight. I am becoming comfie maneuvering around the pups. I am keeping them clean, feeding them and sometimes I simply stare at them like I am doing here. I just can't believe this miracle - 1 girl, 5 boys.

Day 4 Havanese Motherhood

I am getting more comfie these days jumping in and out to eat and drink and nest in my other box. Mommy even took some of me with just my head sticking out but they aren't great quality. I am really enjoying watching the pups and seeing them move but when mommy puts them in that sling to weigh them or does that program to help them be all they can be, well let's just say I am learning to let mom play with them too!

Finally a Relaxin' Havanese Puppies and Mom

Here I am with my pups finally relaxing enough to snooze. Daddy is cooking steak for me - yum! Pups are all gaining and a couple is chowing down so much that daddy is making sure I eat right - mom too.

Mommy put the other half of my whelping box together so I had a place to nest but still watch the little ones. That made me WAY happy.

I just heard that my other mom Rita from Sonrisas Havanese is coming tomorrow - am I excited or what!

Havanese Wasabi Finally Resting

It's day 3 now and my precious pups are eating, lively and really amazing.

Mommy and Daddy stay in with me and make sure I am eating, going out to do my duty and taking care of the pups. I am a natural but mom still does these silly things like taking each and counting so this way I can keep track by counting myself. This is what Risa did and this way when they get bigger and go outside, I can count to make sure all of them is in eye sight even though our backyard is closed in and safe, mommy and daddy always count. They did this with their human kids and they do it now. Katsuro counts when we all come in. Risa used to but she lets Katsuro do it lately.

I can see mommy and daddy are already teaching me and I will be teaching the pups so they can be all they can be.

Well I just ate. Mommy has cold toast and cold coffee but I am all good. Heh, Daddy is in bed finally sleeping. All is good on day 3. Wow day 3 already!

Sire: R'Gang's Buster At Rockhurst Sent Wasabi an Email

Sire: R'Gang's Buster At Rockhurst - that stunning guy sent me an email (how thoughtful) and his photo so I would always remember him. In it, he said...

I'm out-a-here!....
Well done Wasabi...5 little Busters! hmmmmmm! and 1 little Wasabi...
you rock Wasabi!

Hope to see you again...:))

Attentive New Havanese Mom Wasabi

Well day 2 and I am still taking catnaps but I just can't get enough of these miracles I had. They are lively. They eat and snuggle with me and those snuggles - well they are really what makes it all worth it.

As you can see, I have an incision that is healing nicely and pink hair from the operation but all and all mom is doing her usual taking care of me. She has yet to comb me today but she wants me to sleep. She even put in a thin mat so I can lay my head down but I am too excited to do anything but snooze for a few minutes.

Mom is going to take individual photos of us later today when we are all rested. We figure you don't mind that we get rested first. Mom and dad says my pups and I count the most.

Wasabi Havanese End of Day 1

Here I am - I am back. Mommy has had to fill in for me while I was busy getting these beauties to make a debut in this world. When my pack mates have peeked in, I protect my little ones but also point to them with my mouth and show how proud I am. I did this - wow!

Mom and dad are busy taking care of me, making sure I know what to do. They weigh the little ones, make sure each is feeding and rotate them so I don't get extra sore. They are making sure I have the very best food, Pedialyte too so I replenish my electrolytes all so the babies can be all they can be.

Daddy is going to sleep with me tonight - well on the couch next to me but I doubt he will sleep till mommy gets up.

Mommy says I am going to love when they are walking. I can't wait and neither can they.

Havanese Wasabi Can Swim Too!

Hey, this is me - Wasabi who happens to be a swimming maniac. I jump in too when I have my druthers and swim with grace.

See, Katsuro is not the only one that knows how to swim around this place. All Havanese can swim but it's all in how you introduce them to it that makes a difference. Some totally love it like Katsuro (see his video below).

The video is when he first started jumping in but by summer's end, he was AMAZING) . He was jumping without prompting, running and jumping halfway across the pool and loving every minute of it but mommy found this video and just started to learn how to convert the Sony video file to an .avi and splice and edit. She'll get better and find better copy.

Some love it when they want to like me - Wasabi and some tolerate it like my packmate Shoshi. Just like humans, we are all different but have a pool - we can swim!

Best part is when my pups come, mommy can take videos and edit them. Mommy just put this video up to show you we can jump and swim and she had to figure it all out before the pups come. I am still holding on. Any takers for the weekend being the big day?

Bloated Havanese Ready & Waiting

Well, another day passes and mom is making sure I stay clean. I got all dirty after going out with the pups yesterday and I can't resist going into the mud. But mom brushed me up yesterday. Today she placed me on my back to start brushing and feeling pups and then she had the nerve to take an exposed photo like this. Come on, mom - I know Paris Hilton thrives on exposure but me...I am a lady. I guess Paris may say how can you compare me to a dog but if you have to - well I am the genuine thing and she should be lucky to be compared to me. ROFL!

The only Havanese that is owned by a celebrity to my mom's knowledge is Barbara Walters and hers talks - yeah you heard it. Well shh - we all talk but it's those humans that don't know how to listen. I hear the pups talking to me all the time from my tummy and they were saying - 'it's getting too crowded here' - 'stop rubbing her tummy lady' - 'you are squishing us' - 'it's time to get out of this darken, wet place where all my needs are met to seek a new adventure.' Yeah - I heard them and are you going to tell me I am wrong? A mother always knows. Just wait till they get here. They will tell you! Any day now....all six.

Another Havanese Day Down

Well here I am in anticipation stuffed into a blanket and pillows that I created on the couch. I got to look at Yvonne's pups who visited after their Baer test - all passed with flying colours and I didn't want to play today.

My temp has dropped to 98.0 but nothing is happening. Mom still thinks the weekend.

Want to see Yvonne's pups in our backyard? My daddy was good enough to take a photo with his phone. Aren't they cute? They were all over my garden. Is this what I am going to deal with? Puppies going every which way?

A Havanese in Deep Patience

This is me and my belly just hanging out. I tried to get up on the couch today and it doesn't work. For the first time in my life, my body is just not cooperating. I tried and went okay someone moved that couch and tried again and looked at mommy and said - 'what the hey' with those eyes of mine. I wasn't so happy as I am known for my ability to leap tall objects in a single bound and not only that, do it with style and grace. I usually flow with ease. Is this what pregnancy does to you?

I am laying around as the weather is lousy. Daddy tried to take me for a walk. I decided not to let mommy out of my line of sight or smell. So, mommy tried and although I complained last week, I got over it. Today I refused - plain refused as if I was an elephant on the end of that lead and right about now, I feel like it. So, mommy took me out back on lead so I won't go under the deck and all I wanted was to come inside, lay in my whelping box and then hang out with mommy and daddy.

Mommy is making a turkey today - yum, I can smell it. She created this really great dish this morning and for the first time for her I ate it like no tomorrow. I have gained 3 lbs. Risa gained 4 on her last week. Oh well, I am more delicate than Risa. Oh, I love her but gal stop thinking you are using my whelping box - it's MINE.

My pack mate Katsuro is acting strange. He lays around me and stares at me. If I make noises under my breath, which I am doing all the time lately, he sniffs and acts concerned and gets mommy to look after me. It's really interesting as he is younger than me but he is really playing my caretaker making sure I am okay. We have always been close.

Today daddy tried to play with us and all I wanted to do is take my toy and play with it. I am simply not up to running any more and I am sleepy. Daddy invited Terra (our resident retriever) up on the bed and I said 'give me a break daddy - where's the room - best make a new bed that attaches to ours if you are going to do that'. I was laying on Risa's pillow and no one noticed but daddy. The things I get away with and maybe it will stay this way after I am not pregnant. Here's hoping!

Wasabi the Havanese Almost Ready

Well daddy took some great photos of me while I was in my whelping box snuggling with my duck. Is that what I am going to have - little cloth ducks that go quack, quack? Can't you see the concerned look on my face? What am I having in this stomach that seems to 'rock and roll' all the time. Mommy keeps giving me massages so I feel better and I do but...

I am spending more time hanging out in the whelping box wondering what my hormones are telling me - soon - yeah soon. I love the toys that my other momma Rita got me when she was with Auntie Yvonne, Lola and Mags doing the deed. I am hoping she's pregnant too - whatever pregnant is. Mom tells me I will figure THAT out soon.

Havanese Kicking Puppies

Well, we got to see the spines and skulls - all 6 and they will be coming maybe sooner than mommy thinks but she thinks she is right. She's holding out for 63 days. The vet, Yvonne and momma Rita thinks earlier. So, we will see who wins the bet. Big money on me, you know.

Well, here I am at the vets smelling who had the audacity to come before me this fine day. Lots of doggies at the vet today. I just can't believe what I was smelling - all these big doggies - hmm a cat...was that a horse - nah - they go visit those. Maybe my nose is off but I got to see Lola's pups and oh my gad I had some real fun. They are so active, playful, beautiful and tons of fun. Nothing better than those except perhaps having my own. Still, did one of my puppy pics come out - nah.

Daddy's Home - Wasabi's Havanese Vet Visit

What is it about daddy? Look at the way he is snuggling with the Shoshi and Risa is just idolizing him. Me, I am hanging out in the back just watching. I should be getting all the snuggles - you hear?

Okay, so he snuggled with me big time in bed last night when he woke us all up at 1am - oh that was today - it was after midnight. I guess I got my time and I guess he needs to spread the snuggles SOMETIMES!

Well Daddy is home and we are off to see the vets today. More as we know. Puppies are coming real soon and mommy is working on converting the proprietary software that Sony uses on her video camera so she can upload. We are trying before it happens or all you will see is photos.

Yearning for Havanese Summer

Well today the puppies are rockin' and rollin' so to speak. Mommy was rubbing my tummy and it kept kicking back at her. I think it's indigestion - she thinks I have these things inside of me - oh yeah puppies and I adore puppies. I played with them all the time when I lived with Rita at Sonrisas Havanese.

This is me the last day the pool was open. I wish I was in there today. I just can't seem to get comfortable. Mommy did give me a bath - yuck and then brushed me out and is letting me air dry as it is so warm out. I guess she will have to comb me again when I am totally dry.

Tomorrow I go to the vet to get x-rayed with daddy - yeah daddy will be home again and mommy and my other momma Rita from Sonrisas. Now as long as none of the furry cuties that love to kick aren't playing games like I like to (I am a mischievous one but in a good way) and hide behind the other - well we will be able to see how many are in there. Then I know what to expect. I also have to get the rest of my tummy shaved. Mommy's shaver doesn't work so hot. She needs a new one. We will have to use the vets.

Then we are off to see Yvonne's puppies who are almost ready to go to their new homes. They are amazingly delicious and I get to play with them. Me, I will be starting any day. Then they will be driving mommy and daddy deliriously crazy come December when they are as old as Yvonne's are. Oh my - what a holiday this is going to be this year.