Day 49

August 31, 2018 /

Pregnancy

Three-quarters on our way. 2 weeks to go until the delivery. The puppies keep on growing steadily. The skeleton will strengthen over the next couple of months. Sunday (day 44) we felt the puppies move inside Yara her abdomen! It was amazing! The puppies are pretty active. Tuesday (day 46) I have seen the puppies move from the outside as well! There is not much to tell in the development of the puppies. They are only growing. No video this week

The observant visitor might have noticed already: the webcam is online. Now is the time that I can test the connection and make a few tweaks. Our living room is slowly turning in to a nursery. The whelping box is all set up in our sitting area. This way we can monitor them closely and the puppies will know all normal household smells and sounds. To watch on the webcam you can register here. If we don’t know each other or have never spoken write a short introduction in the additional comments-field.

A peek inside the whelping box

Yara still sleeps a lot. She is also very cuddly. Whenever we sit down on the couch she immediately sits on our lap. At night she sleeps all night against my chest. She still has some hormone related itch in her ears. She has no problems with a nice long walk in the woods. Thankfully she does not seem bothered bij her growing belly.

Yara is also weighed and measured again this week:

	Weight	Circumference last rib	Circumference before back legs
Day 0	11 kg	48,3 cm	42 cm
Day 7	11,3 kg	48,6 cm	42,5 cm
Day 14	11,4 kg	48 cm	43 cm
Day 21	11,3 kg	48,5 cm	43,5 cm
Day 28	11,1 kg	48,5 cm	44.3 cm
Day 35	11,3 kg	50,5 cm	45.5 cm
Day 42	11,4 kg	53 cm	47 cm
Day 49	11,9 kg	56 cm	50 cm