TA DA!

The very preggers Peach, showing off her belly.

well folks, this is Peach.  she's a little stray i brought home from the shelter 3 months ago...obviously very pregnant.  at 3 am on Nov 18, she announced her intention to do something about that.   it was a long day of sitting in the shed, staring at her, searching for signs.  i'd think, oh boy...we're getting close...and then she'd get up and go outside and bark at the other dogs and scratch around in the leaves and look at me like, "whut?".

refusing to move

a kind friend brought me breakfast and stayed to help me stare for a few hours but eventually she needed a nap and had to go home to look for it, leaving me alone on duty.  so here's where i get called for my embarrassing lack of forethought.  while she was there, i might have left her sentry and gone inside to have my shower and finally get dressed in some grown up clothes but no.  while she was there we sat on either side of the birthing arena and doubled our staring impact, which was nada.  then when she left, i decided i may as well freshen up cause it looked like it was going to be a long day.  when i returned to the shed 40 minutes later, Peach was the proud mama of one black pup, with more to come.

with the first wee one

and a few more