LOTS of NEW PUPPYS!

More new puppys were born August 21, Aug 22 the same litter...and more from LOVEY August 28th 2009.

The first brith ...Tazzys litter went like this....

August 21 Tazzy went in labor ...early...it was Friday and she was due on Tuesday. Other 2 time she as just on time.

Luckily I noticed her going from place to place looking for a nest. Then her water broke and no puppy came...unusual for her.

I took her to the vet. They took and xray and gave her a shot.

Puppys started coming 1/2 hours later..2 at once!...too tiny...one was alive and squirming and one was still born.

Then another came tiny and still born.I was sad!!

Then a 4th...normal size... but didnt breath at first so i wiped her and rubbed her chest and back gingerly and soon she was breathing.

The vet then sent me home saying that was it 4 like the xray said.......2 live puppys.

A tiny premie looking guy and a big girl that still wasnt breathing as well as i thought she should.

That was it the vet said... even though I noticed Tazzys tummy looked full still but the vet was sure.Shes done.

Got home and 5 minutes later another puppy came!Yeah that was all....

Normal size..that made 3 live puppys 2 boys, a big and a little... and a girl.

It was 4 pm.

Evening went by all were doing well. That night i checked on the puppys ever half hour to hour to make sure Tazzy didnt lay on them especially the tiny one as he was as big as a mouse i counted them each time I got up 3...3...3...

6;30 am i got up and there were....4..... puppys!!

During the early morning hours ...12 hours or more after the others another puppy was born..alive and well...normal sized.

Tazzy had 6 altogether.

So much for vets and their xrays.

I weighed them the first night .The tiny guy was 1.9 ounces.The others were 4.2 and 4.1 ounces.Normal for Tazzys newborns.

So that made 3 puppys born August 21st and one born August 22,2009

STRANGEST of all the deliveries so far.

The tiny one I named MOUSE.

He was as big as a mouse and his little legs were as big around as a toothpick the first few days.

Now 3 weeks later he is chubby and getting harder all the time to tell he was a mini premie puppy.Looking closer and closer to the others size.

Such a miracle. He always has been a little fighter and even so mini he acted like the rest like he thought he WAS the same

The girl born the second day i call STUNNING as it WAS "stunning" to see a 4th puppy that morning when I got up.

I literally rubbed my eyes a few times and finally picked her up to make sure i wasnt dreaming .

Yes she was a girl and I know I had only one girl a black one and this one was sable...I wasnt loosing my mind after all!!

Photos above are of Mouse with the other pups the first few days. Very skinny and premie looking.

My question is this...was Mouse and the other 2 small ones concieved later the fertile week or 10 days Tazzy could conceive?

Therefore were they truly premies?NOt done...

Or did they just not grow to full size because of tight quarters inside Tazzy?

MOuses eyes did open the same time others did..if that means anything about his maturity or does the eye glue come off after 10-14 days no matter what?

So many questions!
So few answers!