A busy few days

On Wednesday I drove about 2 hours north, to meet up with Janet who was giving me 2 of Abba's puppies, who were going to their new home.

Matilda

and
Surfer

Both have now adjusted and are happily ensconced in super home. Surfer has 2 young children to keep him busy and Matilda has a city setting to keep her busy. Janet had also collected Carrie and a VERY pregnant Velma

and also Ava (who was coming to visit us for a weekend assignation with Thomas!)
A c-section was planned for Velma on Thursday, and thankfully for all of us (my vet and us) we made it through the night and turned up at 10:30 for an ultrasound prior to the c-section. Why an ultrasound? Well it was determined that this would be an excellent example of what the puppies look like on Ultrasound, just before they are born, (for the previously mentioned home schooled children's project). And you could clearly see the spines, ribs, head and heart. NO attempt was made to count the number of puppies as Velma was HUGE.


You have to remember that Velma is just 13" and so a fairly small beagle - and this was a frozen semen breeding


Once we had ultra sounded her, the surgery was commenced and we had a team of helpers - fortunately I have the most wonderful vet - Mary Ann Haggerty of Alder Creek Veterinary Clinic in Battleground - and she allowed not only Carrie, Velma's owner, myself but both the home schooled children to observe the operation. Velma was justly huge - she had 8 puppies on board and all pulled through with flying colors. They did spend some time in the oxygen tank
Friday was a quiet day at home, looking after the new family. It was also HOT in Brush Prairie and of course that's the day the air-conditioning decided to malfunction! So I arranged for a repair person to come out on Saturday, to fix it.

Sunday we again headed back towards Seattle where we met up with our friend Janet again - who brought the puppies for us to look at, and we handed Carrie and her dogs over, for Janet to transport back home. And Velma was happy to have the family back at home.

Sunday evening, was "down time" for all of us!