After a lengthy labor and delivery (24 hours total), our British Lab, Bella, brought her first litter into the world yesterday.
Her labor started around noon, water didn’t break until around 6PM, and the first pup didn’t arrive until around 1:30AM…I had resorted to throwing my pillow into the whelping box and curling up in efforts to get a few winks.
7 healthy pups; 4 black (3 females/1 male) & 3 yellow (2 females/1 male) and they all seem to be doing well. Bella has settled nicely into her motherly role.
It’s been a neat experience for the family (our boys 10 & 7). Lot of work. Some stress. Plenty of expenses. But we have puppy breath!