Pregnancy Calendar

Pregnancy Calendar for Dogs
Date:	Wed 9 Sep 2020
Sire:	Stone
Dam:	Cinnamon
Breeder:	Talemaker
Tue 11 Aug 2020	Day 1 First day of mating. Sperm travel searching for a mature ripened eggs.
Wed 12 Aug 2020 - Tue 18 Aug 2020	Week 1 Fertilization occurs. 2 cell embryos are in the oviduct.
Wed 19 Aug 2020 - Tue 25 Aug 2020	Week 2 Embryo will be 4 cell at start of week and 64 cell by end of week. Embryo enters the uterus. Feeding small amounts of high protein supplements, such as eggs, lean muscle meats or liver is a good practice.
Wed 26 Aug 2020 - Tue 1 Sep 2020	Week 3 Embryos implants along uterus wall. During the next two weeks the important organs will develop. Her nipples begin to turn pink and enlarge. May loose appetite during this week. Morning sickness may occur.
Wed 2 Sep 2020 - Mon 7 Sep 2020	Week 4 Morning sickness should go away and appetite return. One of the early signs of pregnancy is for the dam to 'adopt' a toy. Development of eyes and spinal cord and faces take shape. The fur on the belly and around the nipples thins.
Tue 8 Sep 2020 - Mon 14 Sep 2020	Week 5 The doctor may be able to detect pregnancy (85% accuracy) by feeling the abdomen. Diagnosis by x-rays is usually possible after 45 days (95% accuracy for determining the number of puppies). You may be able to feel the little puppies -they whould be the small bumps in the abdomen. Develpment of toes, whisker buds, and claws. Eyes now close and gender can be determined. The puppies are now considered fully developed miniature dogs. She may be showing. She may also gain a little weight particularly if she is going to birth more than 1-2 puppies.
Tue 15 Sep 2020 - Mon 21 Sep 2020	Week 6 During the last several weeks, your dog’s nutritional needs nearly double. Feed small meals several times a day. We recommend feeding puppy food through the end of lactation (nursing). Increase water. Enlargment of mammary glands as nipples darken and enlarge.
Tue 22 Sep 2020 - Mon 28 Sep 2020	Week 7 She may shred papers, blankets or bedding in an attempt at “nest building” in the last weeks. During the last 2 weeks, your pet may become irritable and should avoid contact with small children. Moderate exercise is the proper approach. Neither forced rest nor strenuous exercise is a good idea. Short periods of gentle play and short walks are good. You may feel the puppies now but counting them may be a bit more difficult. Definate abdominal enlargement. Abdomen hair will start shedding.
Tue 29 Sep 2020 - Mon 5 Oct 2020	Week 8 Dam begins to spend a lot more time grooming herself. Her breasts become swollen as her milk forms. Nesting begins as she looks for a place to have her puppies. Make sure you have her box or spot ready. The dam may not have as big of an appetite during this period. Her abdomen can be crowded with puppies. You can feel the puppies move now. See if you can get her used to her whelping box
Tue 6 Oct 2020 - Tue 13 Oct 2020	Week 9 Nipples and vulva should be gently cleaned with warm water, you might want to trim the hairs surrounding the nipples, to allow easier access for the puppies to suck. She may express milk from her nipples. Watch for her temperature to drop. You may take it rectally if you want but she's just plain old cool to the touch compared to what she has been the last 8 weeks. She may also become restless, seek seclusion and in the last few days, soil the house. She will be 'nesting' 12-24 hours before the birth
Wed 14 Oct 2020	Expected Date of Whelp. Expected date of whelp. Average is 62 days but may take place from the 58th to the 68th day. Keep watching for that cool to the touch. if you're actually taking the temp, it does drop from 101 to 98 degrees. Appetite will disappear as whelping approaches. May see a clear discharge from the vulva. At onset of labor may pace, dig, shiver, pant and/or vomit. First fetus will be delivered within 4 hours of the onset of labor.

Ties: Cinnamon and Stone

Aug 11 20 min 951am to 1011am

Aug 13 19 min 859am to 918am

Due Approx Oct 13th

Mandy's New Family

Here is the family gallery.

They have a very long drive. I think about an hour past Montreal. I sure hope they fared well. I am waiting for email to darlah@potechin.com Hint... send me mail.

These are very lovely humans with hearts of gold so I imagine she eventually fell asleep and soon she will be home to eat.

Here is the gallery before she went home.

I will try to get the videos up tomorrow as our cable for upload seems to be slower than ever and not sure why. Dennis has reported it. I will post here when the videos make it. Apologies!

Enjoy the photos for now!

Mandy's Last Bath

Mandy in bath relaxed.

Blow dry relaxed

After bath - nice and fluffy and so great about the entire experience.

She was absolutely AMAZING. Nothing bothered her.

We have taken her for car rides to make sure the long ride home will be a positive experience.

We are going to miss her. She is such a fun and level headed dog.

She departs tomorrow morning.

Call Name: Mandy

Mandy will be departing February 2nd for her forever home. What an exciting journey she will have. She will have to learn French.

Till then, she slept on our bed last night for the 1st time and her xpen is now down.

Nava's New family

Here is the gallery of Nava's new family.

They played their hearts out and Nava and Hallie spooned at the end. It was so cute.

Here is the gallery before she departed.

Videos coming soon. The hosting place that this site is on is having technical issues. Sometimes I can post - sometimes not. Things disappearing then reappearing. I have reported it. So, I am hoping this one shows up. If not, I will persist and you won't know till it shows up. heh

Here are the videos.

Nava's Last Bath Before Home

Nava had her last bath before departing.

Here is the gallery.

She is a real character. She is not crazy over the blow dryer or maybe it is the amount of time it takes to dry. I get that! She's had her nails done, her pads done and she feels wonderful. She had her full checkup and 2nd shots yesterday.

We will miss her!

Look for family photos tomorrow.

Nava Crazy Play

What characters this crew is. Nava was having a great time with Willow.

Here is the gallery.

Nava departs this Friday. She will be 13 weeks and 2 days. We have never had a puppy so late so I hope her transition is a smooth one. She will have her 2nd shots this week and a bath on Thursday. Time to get her ready to depart. She will be missed.

We havr classes with Tempest and Hallie this week on Thursday. It's a busy but fun week!

This week another Cinnamon pup comes for boarding. It will be fun to see his changes.

Puppy Play Session

The puppies love the dusting of snow. They actually enjoy outdoors so much. They fly off this or that and run their fool heads off then come indoors to sleep. 

Here is the gallery.

We exercise the play their hearts out equals sleep practice here. They are missing the Maltese. The play was fun to watch. 

Pups got soaked. I need to give them baths but I will wait till Thursday when Nava needs hers to depart. Plus they head to class that night. I may do them together other than Nava who needs her photo shoot. We shall see. 

Nothing like puppy fun. 

One More Week

Nava is here for one more week. She is such a great little one. The pups have really perfected skills. Tempest is still an escape artist in a huge way. They now go out for a huge play session 4 times a day. The last one is just before bed.

Here is the gallery.

Not sure how Nathan does it but I ran with the pups and I was so afraid of stepping on them that I had to go fast and they were still at my feet. I need to learn to run faster. lol

The crew is eating five 1/4c three times a day. Due to all the activity they are eating really well.

Look forward to when we can take Tempest and Hallie to bed with us.

Lull Day

Nathan took the photos today. I was grooming.

He also took Hallie to Global today. Next will be Tempie and then this one. She's back to no name as whomever her humans will be will name her.

The Maltese does play well with the pups now. She will miss the play, I imagine. She departs in 2 days. Her fun will be missed.

Classes begin on Thursday. No photos as Nathan will be on Hallie and I will be on Tempest. On the 8th our vet will be here for the 2nd vaccinations.

Outside Play and News

We got Sophie back. She was barking and her human lives in a condo. It was too stress-filled for her. She is not barking here. I even placed her in an xpen by herself and she fell asleep. Sometimes a blip happens. It is not the usual here. She is over the moon happy to be here. But we are looking for a home for her. She will remain till the right fit comes.

Here is today's gallery.

These 3 are happy to have another to play with.

Today they had a wonderful time outside and became exhausted. There's nothing like pups. They make you laugh. They love to snuggle and well you are the center of their universe and I have that times 4 at the moment!

Now they are heading upstairs to have a blast!

Charlie and the Pups

I think Charlie likes them. :-)

Here is the gallery.

Here's to snow and may we have some tomorrow for the puppies to play in it for 2020!

Happy anew aayear from the Talemaker gang to you!

Normalcy

They are back to normalcy now. Yesterday they were in a funk. They were missing the siblings but they are now adjusted.

Here is the gallery.

It is okay for them to have a transition and adapt. It helps them to build their coping skills.

We have had a full day doing what we normally do.

When boarders have departed for the most part, we will start taking them out with the adults. We have already started adding more upstairs. Then after Nava departs, the 2 will come to bed with us. We can't take them to bed now as we do not want to do something that Nava's parents may not want. So, they will have a delay with that experience but it will all come together.

Nava departs on the 10th and we have class on the 9th. This means she will have a few hours without her packmates. Good conditioning.

Changes

The puppies are feeling the loss of the other pups. Raven is also in a funk where Cinnamon and Leti are not. This too shall pass.

The pups are playing. They are not eating as much as they usually do but it is always more difficult for the last vs. the first to go.

I was going to bathe the 3 here and decided not to. I am really not up to par and I didn't want them to have the baths related to being gone soon after. As I said, this is all normal.

Here is today's gallery.

When Nava departs we will have Marley visit.

It takes 24 to 72 hours to adjust to a new normal. Then I will bathe them. They need it but I am combing them so they can wait.

Marley will be excited to be here. The pups and mom will be excited to see him and when his humans come for him, he will be excited to go home. It works that way.

Now to look into classes. That's on Nathan's agenda tomorrow.

One Left

Well there are actually 2 but Nava is being boarded till January and we have Hallie or shoudl I name her Jal... hehe

We will be following the antics of the trio. then we will go down to the duo. I hear tell I am on Tempest at obedience class. Hmmm wonder why. LOL

Otto's New Family

Here is the family gallery.

The pups had fun. They were really sewing their oats today as they just woke up from a nap.

Here is the gallery before departure.

They are going to LOVE this pup!

Be sure to check out the videos.

Otto's Bath

Otto is a female. She really did well in the bath but surely didn't like me taking a tangle out of her bum. Where did you get that? She's such a love - truly!

Here is her bath gallery.

I did get a fair bit of photos but my camera's battery died. She just stayed in position in the tub without missing a beat.

Ellie's New Family

Better than Boxing Day shopping, I tell you. Nothing like welcoming a Havvie into your life. This girl is such a love. She will be missed by the pack.

Here is the family gallery.

This little girl is going to offer a welcomed distraction to a recent loss that the family has had. Havs are magical. I know I am biased but it is so true. They get us through so much. All you have to do is allow it.

Here is the gallery before she departed.

Also - don't forget....

Check out the videos.

Ellie's Last Bath

She was great in the bath and even being strug up so I could take a photo. I have been having Nathan hold the dogs as he doesn't seen to know my camera. Says it takes blurry pgotos. LOL

Here are her bath photos.

She is such a pretty girl. She will be silver and cream.

I can't believe she is departing tomorrow morning.

When all the pups but 3 are home, we will work on intergrating the pups in with the adults. What a journey they will have.