Zinger delivers!!!!!!!

OK.  I'm bowled over.

On Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 19th, at 0200, Zinger started having her puppies.  The first one was a girl.  Yippeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!  Zinger was at Betty's and Skip's house because Lesley, visiting from England, and I had been at a Nosework conference for the weekend.  Betty had been planning on bringing Zinger to me on Monday.  Skip called at about 0206 and told me that we had had a girl.  I jumped into my clothing and into the car and was at Betty's by 0300, which is pretty darn good.  I probably looked a fright, but Betty, Zinger and Skip didn't seem to mind!  By then there were two girls!!!!!!  Double YIPPEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

By 0530 Zinger was finished delivering her brood.  Five girls... and four boys.  Yes, nine.  NINE.  In one litter.  I am blown away.  So are many of the people who have gotten a message from me announcing this.

This is what nine Border Terrier puppies looks like.  Poor Mom, although she seems very happy and contented, and is even eating a bit of food.  She is quite picky after delivering, and before delivering for at least a month, just so you know.  It takes a lot to keep her from being a skeleton at the end. 

Anyway, this is to announce that Zinger, CH Elwha The B's Knees and GCH Meadowlake Fontainebleau, Levi, have a new litter on the ground of five girls and four boys.  There is a mix of grizzles and blues.  Aren't they shiny?!!!!!  I just love to look at them at this age and drink in the look of smooth babies.  Fingers crossed that they can all get enough milk to stay healthy and active.  Two very small ones in the litter, a girl and a boy.

Stay tuned,
The Old Curmudgeon