The Puppies Are Here, Bella & Bowser are Parents!!

I woke up this morning around 8:45am and the yard seemed quieter than normal. I went to let Riley & Rosie out and Bella wasn't there to give me her usual prompt good morning greeting at my door. A good nudge to my derier, and lick on the back of my knee, nor a smudge of dog drool on my leg. She begain to pace in circles and pant as if dehydrated. I walked into Gary's house and asked him if he was up and hardly waited for him to answer to tell him Bella was in Labor!! We set her up a birthing area in the storefront and forty minutes later at 11:45am she had her first pup. There are seven so far, my bet is on 8 puppies total. It is 3:30pm now. The puppies were coming at a steady pace of one every 23-25 minutes, the last one was birthed outside when I took Bella out for a potty break. She kept circling and we thought she had to go #2, boy were we wrong. #7 was born outside, if only we caught Bower's facial expression when he saw it. Funny. I was amazed that she picked up the puppy from the dirt and looked as me as if to say "Let's Go", and followed me directly back to her whelping room, new baby in tow. What a good mommy.