Gracie and her Girth

I guess I filled her up yesterday

I've hardly seen her eat much today, which does give us an honest girth measurement

Grace's girth is 27" at 7.5 weeks pregnant

so really only one inch less than last year at 7.5 wks pregnant

 my guess today?  ...  I'm saying 8 puppies (7-9 is reasonable)

her last growth splurt of over 2" was September 18th, 

she's been fluctuating since then

waiting for the stethoscope

will see about this dot and dashes speculation, I can't wait to get my stethoscope

once she's 9 wks pregnant I start taking her temperature looking for the drop from 101-102 down to 97-98.  The rule of thumb with the temperature is (1) there's not a high temp warning danger of infection, (2) when it drops onset of labor should be 12-36 hours

Couple of my females have had this drop twice before they go into labor

. . . and you wonder why they have pregnant women go in once a week in their last month

There's a lot of "rules of thumb" that baby doctors are keeping a watch on too

more on sunday with pictures




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next milestone for the girth comparison is October 1st
last year's litter on approximately Day 55 she was 30"
this milestone of 7.5 wks she is 27"
last litter she was 28" ... pretty close!




send in your guess for # of puppies
how many boys & girls 
and colors


I'm guessing # of puppies, I'll leave the rest to you guys