The Puppies Are Here!

A day earlier than we thought and everything is fine!

Tilly had been restless all Saturday night and so we knew that it wouldn't be long. During the day she started to pant a lot, having the odd small contraction and was sick many times. These are all normal signs that she was ready to give birth. Tilly started to deliver her first puppy at around 2.30pm and it was born safely at 3.08pm.

She had four puppies altogether and their first pictures can be seen below, each one taken about 5 minutes after they were born and Tilly had bitten through the umbilical cord to separate them from their placenta.

If you want to keep a copy of any of the photos that appear on this blog, just simply drag it to your computer desktop. Easy!

Sorry about the quality of these first photos but it was all a bit hectic and it seems that I had a problem with the camera focus!

Born @ 3.08pm Female 182 grams (Freckle)

Born @ 3.34pm Male 178 grams (Blaze)

Born @ 5.38pm Male 224 grams (Bigsy)

Born @ 6.44pm Male 216 grams (Fudge)

Here's a great picture of all 4 puppies after Tilly had given them a clean and they'd all had a chance to have their first feed . . . .

Finally, for today, we thought that you might enjoy this short video of Tilly we took after 3 of the puppies had been born. Towards the end of the clip you can clearly see Tilly having a huge contraction which meant that puppy number 4 was starting to make it's move. Amazing!

We're going to try and keep you updated with news, photos and videos of Tilly and her new puppies on a regular basis, hopefully by adding to this blog at the end of each day.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention that Scrappy took it all in his stride of course.

Back soon!