Sorry that I didn’t get last Friday’s post up in a timely manner. We’ve been frantically getting ready for the puppies’ arrival and had family in from out of town to help us. The puppy room is painted, the whelping box is ready for paint, there’s linoleum covering the hardwood floors and there’s shades on the windows.

But you’re not here to read about what we’re doing, you’re here for Lizzie and the puppies.  The puppies have been super busy:

Lizzie is feeling very pregnant these days and make sure we hear all her sighs and groans. Her tummy has swollen even larger and has gotten firmer. Any day now, we’ll start feeling the puppies move around – though Lizzie acts like they’re moving constantly. She also started producing milk/colostrum in abundance  – poor girl actually leaks a little at times.

As her pregnancy has progressed nicely and she’s still in shape (except for the pregnant belly), we’re going forward with a natural whelping using the Whelp Wise Service.  Our other option is to perform a cesarean section.  You can see photos and get information from here:

C-Section in an English Mastiff

The next update will probably be in seven days – a few days before the due date.  You’ll see how well we’re working with Whelp Wise and hopefully have a count of puppies.