On Wednesday, Skye was exhibiting nesting behavior and refusing to come out of her crate in the living room. Fortunately my mother was in town staying with us, so I was able to head in to work as I was scheduled. She’s whelped multiple litters of puppies and kittens in her lifetime, so I knew that she had it under control. I figured there’d be a long night ahead of us as soon as I got off of work and braced for that possibility.
Skye had other plans.
My mom called me around 5:30 right as I was turning into my neighborhood and said that she thought it was time. When I burst into our bedroom exactly six minutes later, she’d already delivered her first puppy and was cleaning her up.
Skye delivered another puppy roughly every thirty minutes and did so well throughout the process. She’s now the proud mom of five little pups, three boys and two girls.
The little pink collared girl is minimal brindle with a light dusting of silver. The white collared boy is the only jet black puppy of this litter. The others are a range of beautiful golden brindle that will probably lighten up to silver as they age.
Brindle Scotties are by far and away my favorite, so I’m really excited about these little guys!
The little teal boy and the little pink girl both have tiny patches of white on them as well! Skye’s mother has a white streak on her chest just like this wee lass here. It’s so interesting to see how genetics play out as the generations build.
Skye has been a very attentive but anxious mother so far. We’ve changed the location of her whelping box to a more secluded location in our master closet and reduced the size of it by half. Even still, she’s feeling very unnerved by the sounds of the household in the distance. There’s not much more we can do to help with this besides give her some privacy and wait for her to acclimate to motherhood a bit.
The good news is that her pups are thriving under her care. Their weights are steadily climbing. The goal is to gain 10% of their body weight per day after the second day and we’re not far off from that. We’ll continue to keep an eye on all of them to ensure no pup is falling behind the curve.
So that’s it for now! I’ll post another update in a few days or so.
Dupplin Scotties 