Our long awaited 3rd litter from Diamondisle Loch-N-Legasi AD,PS1,PJ1 and Diamondisle Crystal Blue was born on 26th September 2010. Labour started around 8pm where hershey is screaming in pain, nesting inside her whelping box. By about 10pm, a full collar 1st female blue merle pup was born. Hershey was a natural, her mother instinct took over and she clean her pup and biting off the umbilical cord.
At 10.42pm, the 2nd pup a non full collar blue merle female pup was born. Her marking is very different form the firstborn. Hershey goes into cleaning her and bite off the umbilical cord. During the resting period, we manage to help the 2 new born nurse from the mother's milk, which will be build up their defense system against infection.
At 11.33pm, the 3rd pup was born, this time is a red colour female pup, very happy to see red puppy. Before we can finished cleaning her up, at 11.45pm, the 4th blue merle female pup was born. This is the smallest litter by far. Think they could have share the same placenta. Hershey is so busy cleaning up both the Red and the Blue Merle pups.
Cuckoo Cuckoo, we were into the next day 27 September 2010. At 12.30am, the 5th pup and finally a boy blue merle was born. This is a huge boy.
At 12.53am, the 6th the last pup was born. Guess what, the last is also a boy, a very neatly marked blue merle boy.
When we put all the 6 litters back to hershey, she was overwhelmed, don't know how to attend to.......and before you realize it she has become a good and natural mother.
Diamondisle Kennels in Singapore! Founded in Year 2002. Breed - Border Collies & Australian Shepherds
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