2.5 weeks to go
 

Canada is supposed to be "due" on April 16, so she's in her 3rd tri. I'm betting she doesn't make it that long. She had her last litter 5 days early, so wouldn't surprise me if she does that again. I just had to share these pics...
She's now become a full time house dog as I plan to have this litter indoors where I can really enjoy them regardless of the weather.
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Poor Canada. She looks like she's going to have quite a few puppies!! The expression on her face reminds me of all pregnant women in their last month......ready to get it over with!!! Give her a hug and an extra treat for me!!! (I can't wait to see pictures of the puppies!!)

I'm so excited! I've gotten 3 more people on my puppy list in the past 24 hrs!
What surprises me is that I haven't seen anyone else advertise a list... yet mine's up to 23 people due to my ads about it. Should be interesting to see how long it takes before someone else follows suit. LOL Too bad I can't patent the idea. LOL

She looks so good Tink!! Tired, big, but good..lol I can't wait to see how many and what sexes she has...this is just as exciting as waiting on mine to be born.

By the looks of that 3rd pic, she should cut down on the Chips she was eating in the 2nd pic. JMO

Kat, of course it's impossible to know yet, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised if she's carrying up to 13 pups again. The poor girl just waddles and while she still tries to jump, it's only about half as high as usual. LOL She's so happy now that she's been brought into the house full time that I don't think she cares about anything else. I'll try to gt another picture of her closer to her due date... if she's anything like last time (which right now she looks like she will be) it's quite a sight to see. She gets so round and wide you'd think her skin would burst.

Considering the pups each weigh about 1.5 lbs at birth, she is likely carrying an extra 20 lbs just with them... then add in the fluid etc...

Poor little lady, I feel for her, been there done that. LOL

The lady that's on TV for having sextuplets don't have a thing on Canada!

How old is she, and how many times have you bred her?

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That's pretty amazing if you think about it. We typically carry 7 to 8 lbs of baby and probably that much more in fluid and she carries 20 lbs of baby, WOW!!! And people question our belief in God

Catlover, this is Canada's second and final litter with me. She's 5, so it's getting time to retire her. She had had 2 litters before I got her. She's a wonderful mom and has large healthy litters.

Her last litter was 13 pups, so I expect similar this time. My vet says as long as she's producing healthy litters that are that large, she's obviously not suffering any ill effects. 'Course she gets good quality food, beef liver, eggs and multi vitamins to help keep her built up. When she's nursing a large litter, she also gets puppy formula on her food each day.

Marilyn, what's even more remarkable is that when she's not pg, she weighs 82 lbs... so she increases her body weight by 25%! There's a good reason I have her inside being pampered. LOL

You always take such good care of your puppies and their parents Tink. The families who get one of your puppies are definitely lucky, that's for sure!

I was just thinking the same thing Angie. You are a wonderful breeder Tink. Anyone would be lucky to own one of your babies.

Thanks Ladies.
I do try to treat them well. It's only fair considering all they give to me.

Tink, is she a purebred lab? Has she been OFA tested? The reason I ask is, labs are so overbred and poorly bred, and dysplasia has, unfortunately, become very common in the breed. With lots of research and careful breeding, dysplasia can actually be almost eliminated. This was done in a study that was done on service dogs. I happened to read the article in a veterinary journal, and it's amazing what they were able to do. But without OFA testing on both the sire AND the dam (or PennHip) it's impossible to know if a dog has dyplastic tendencies.

Sorry if she's not a lab and I'm jumping to conclusions. I just think it's a topic that everybody should be educated on. It's not just a matter of throwing a male and a female together, as I'm sure you know.