Stella feeling very much pregnant last night.
One of the hopeful whelping areas for Stella... We will see where she chooses to have them. Mamma's getting nervous now lol.
Took her temp last night, was 100 degrees, this morning she was at 99.3 degrees. Will take her temp around noon to see if it's still low. Lots of licking and very restless. Still eating well and drinking. But very low key even compared to yesterday. If labor starts about 12 to 24 hours after a temp drops then I'd say we're looking at pups either tomorrow night or Monday. She is very ready to be done. Nothing but mom and Stella time until they come.
My LGD decided last time that she wanted to have them under the barn. I had blocked it off but she dug a huge tunnel to get under there and I called, pulled, tempted with food and nope. Not until I belly crawled (I am 57 years old) under there with her did she follow me out. At that point I locked in her a stall. Silly girl. She had a huge pit/nest dug under there but she had done that trick to me in a previous litter and it did not end well with her having them in the dirt and in a big hole. 4 of the puppies had suffocated by the time I managed to get her out of there. We were not repeating that.
I am on pins and needles!It's PUPPY TIME!!! Like @babsbag said, don't forget the puppy-by-puppy updates. Wish I could zap myself there for the event. I love births!