And here's a picture of the puppies, just a few hours old...

Actually make that six!!!!!!

Well, it is pretty hard to count them when they're so small, and their mother is lying on top of them...but there are definitely six. Which is just as well, as she only has six teats. And they're going to be really stunning puppies! They're so cute already! None of them have Foxy's colouring, in fact they look rather like her last letter did, except there's no black ones, but they all seem to have very distinctive sticky-outy ears, which I'm thinking come from him. But then again, maybe all puppies have sticky-outy ears to begin with? I really don't know! They're all blind and squeaky.

Lucky is lying in bed with them, resting, but her breathing is very rapid...looks like she's dreaming, with her eyes kind of open, but she's definitely asleep, knackered the poor thing...aw...don't worry Lux, we'll look after you properly...

Lucky has had her puppies!

They're here! Five! Don't look anything like the Pomeranian: is it possible Spidey fathered them after all?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Pics to follow!

Testing...

So one of the things that distracted me this morning was discovering all sorts of settings for the blog that I hadn't noticed before, one of which is 'post by email'. It would certainly be a lot more convenient (in theory) to be able to just write a quick email to update the blog rather than do the log-in, read the old posts, mess with the settings, upload photos etc, all of which I do, time-wasting...these dogs need to be outside! Right now! Ok!!!!!! So, testing the email facility is hereby instigated...

Poor neglected creatures...

Ah, they're grand really, but damn the internet!!!!! I could've been on the Heath with them by now but no, the portal opens and in I go, sucked in by emails and blogs and unhealthy obsessions...

Anyway, I have a class this morning, so the time to take them for a long walk has evaporated, it's the local park and ball-throwing now.

Lately Lucky has been less able to run for the ball, presumably due to her pregnancy. She's getting quite big, bigger by the day. I'm growing rather excited about it and wondering what the pups will come out like. Jackeranians...silly name, but not as bad as what are they? Labradoodles?

Lucky IS pregnant

All my fault, I decided it was better for her to get pregnant by any dog as long as it wasn't her own son, Spidey...who probably wouldn't have managed it but there was a slim possibility I suppose, even if he does seem a lot keener on male dogs! Anyway, Foxy the Pomeranian rose to the occasion, and a few weeks later Lucky is getting bigger and bigger.

They have an extremely short gestation period, dogs, only 60-65 days, so having finally worked out the date of impregnation, that means she'll be due in about...another week and a half!!!!!!! Oh good god!!!!!!! Kind of interferes with my summer somewhat...we'll definitely have to sell ALL of them this time, there's no way we're keeping one...but maybe we'll give one to our friend Liz, she was angling for a puppy the last time but to be honest, we wanted to sell them, not give them away! This time, who knows, either she'll pay something, not full-price, or, if there's one we really like and would love to keep ourselves, but can't, we could give it to her, and that way it would almost be like it staying in the family...