Reservoir Pups!

 Here are the latest additions to the Dolyhir Clan, the Reservoir Pups! Bliss started to behave strangely last night but this morning was showing no signs of labour so a close eye was kept on her. Thankfully this paid dividends as my beautiful and oh so patient wife spotted a dark green mucus oozing from Bliss' tuppence so Bliss was emergency admitted to the Vets (this misses the bits where Bliss refuses to get in car, runs off, hides etc etc until yours truly carries her to car and in the process risks a double hernia) who diagnosed the placenta was/had separated and things did not look promising.

 However as luck would have it, and thanks to the skill of the Arrowfield vets 11 very healthy pups were born by c section.

Introducing the Reservoir Pups.
Mr Lilac 1 pound
Ms Pink 14 oz
Ms Red 14 oz
Mr Blue 1 pound half ounce
Ms Odage (Orange but lil t named her) 1 pound
Ms Yellow 1 pound
Ms White 1 pound
Ms Turquoise 1 pound
Mr Green 13 oz
Mr Purple 1 pound
Mr Black 1 pound

A mighty load of pups for poor Bliss to carry and it would seem the weight of them made the placenta break and it was unusual for the c section to save so many pups. So thanks all round to the skills of the vets and their veterinary nurses.
Unfortunately just after the above pic was taken Bliss squashed Mr Lilac and he died at 7.30 pm.

We were worried that Elf was showing signs of having her pups but after an examination by the vet we were reassured that it was not imminent. Soon. Not straight away. This was a good thing as Bliss was refusing to have much to do with the Reservoir Pups and we were feeding them. Elfs whelping box doesn't arrive until tomorrow so we were glad to have that breathing space. While we were busy with the Reservoir Pups, Elf was playing on the Helipad, digging. A curious sound could be heard above the squeals of the 10 pups in the dining room. MBAOSPW went out to investigate and found Elf had dug a cavern under the Helipad and was giving birth. Two filthy pups were in the hole. As of this posting she has had 2 boys and 5 girls and a still born girl at 12.45 am. So you will have to wait for further details of the Helicrew Pups as things are a bit busy here at HQ.  Total so far is 17 pups but one of Elf's only weighs four ounces so we are not expecting her to live. She noisy but perhaps too small to make it.