OMG! My dog had her PUPPIES! new pics pg 5

[lupinfarm]

11 !! that is an enormous litter!

 

[MaggieRae]

Wow! Way to go mama dog!

 

[homesteadingcowgirl]

They are all gorgeous! Very impressive to carry all that. Does the eleven count the one that died? what r your plans for taking care of the extras? Congratulations and thanks for the pics

 

[2468herdsrgr8]

Oh how cool !! Thanks so much for giving us the updates as it goes ...almost like we were there ....Mama looks proud ....Congratulation ...Mother nature at its best ....What's the breed of the father ..? Does he know he has 11 babies ?....ha ha ha !!!! All the best !!! You did GOOD!!!

 

[Bronco Hollow]

You have your work cut out for you! How is she doing? Is she doing ok with that amount of pups or is she a little overwhelmed?

OMG puppy breath X 11

 

[2468herdsrgr8]

With the Black Lab we just got 2 yrs ago ...a retired breeding dog ......who had 10 pups in her last litter.......the breeder had placed 5 pups in a laundry basket with a blanket mom had laid on and put a heat light over them and then she would let 5 nurse and do the switch ...I dont know how many times she did it ...I just remember seeing pictures of the puppies in the laundry basket ....

 

[Roll farms]

I've got a friend who bred show bullies for years, she assures me that as long as I see them all nursing they'll be ok...but I like the idea of taking some away for a while, just to be sure.
I tried that earlier, and she kept following the whining puppies in the basket, so that wasn't letting the others nurse either.
There are always 8-10 nursing and 2-3 sleeping, and it's always different ones each time I check so I *think* they're doing ok.
I had requests for 6 pups before I bred her, and I've had 2 more reserved since then, so we're up to 8 spoken for and 8-12 wks to find homes for 2-3 more....I may keep one.
Daddy is an Anatolian Sheperd, a breed of LGD originally from Turkey. I did the cross on purpose to get shorter haired pups, the upkeep on working pyr coats is ridiculous.
It was 12 total, counting the lost baby...and it's her first (and last) litter. The world has enough dogs, but I had several friends who wanted pups out of our dogs b/c they're so good w/ the goats.
I'll post more pics Monday, I'm working 13 hrs tomorrow...
Thanks for all the input / comments.

 

[2468herdsrgr8]

I'm sorry I am having a brain fart right now ...whats a LGD ? You wouldnt happen to have photo's of him ...just curious to see what these guys will look like ....mama 's beautiful....

 

[Roll farms]

LGD's are Livestock Guardian Dogs...he looks sorta like a mastiff.
You can follow the link http://www.rollfarms.com/id20.html
He's "Tank" toward the bottom.

The kids are growing fine, Mom's pretty tired and I've been helping her feed them and giving her lots of extra protein to eat.
It doesn't help that it's been SOOOO bloody humid and nasty this week.

They haven't changed much, I'll take pics this weekend.

 

[OSUman]

How much are you asking for them??