There here!

Spy's puppies have arrived.  Monday night at around 8PM Spy got into the whelping box and started an excessive amount of digging.  I didn't think to much of it as her temperature had still not had dropped and Spy likes to dig before she settles in for the evening.  But a little later I noticed her making some funny abdomen motions, just a small one.  I just caught the end of it so I waited to see if it happened again.  When it did, I went over to the box to check out Spy and she had a different look on her face and was in a very weird position.  It was time to call in the puppy help.  I called my friend and told her it looked like Spy was going into labor.  When I looked back at Spy again and she was panting and contracting again, I knew it was time.  Spy didn't waste to much  time I had called my friend at 9PM and Spy had the first puppy girl at 10:30 and the second girl at 11PM on Monday August 29.
Both girls are doing good.
The puppy that was born first, the red collar puppy is a screamer.  Whenever she is away from mom and needs to get back, she screams until she finds mom.  The no collar is much quiter.  (thank goodness) 
Apparently I have been told the red collar puppy takes after her mother.
Who by the way is an awesome mother, but is sort of a diva mother.
If the puppy is to far away and is screaming, Spy cries, pokes her head out of the box, looks at me and cries for me to bring the puppy to her.  Just like she does if she can't get to a toy. 
Pictures to follow

False Alarm

So I started taking Spy's temperature this weekend.  When taking it this morning  I  noted that the temperature had dropped to 98.6 from her usually 99.5 to 100.  So I took it again to make sure it was again 98.6.  So I got nervous thinking she was possibly getting ready to have puppies in 24 hours and I hadn't had her x-rayed yet.  So I called the vet and they squeezed  us in at noon.  The x-ray was good but not quite what I expected.  It showed only 2 puppies.  I guess I thought she looked bigger than just two puppies, but then again I have never bred a dog before so I guess I don't really know how big, big is. 
It also turns out Spy's temperature has returned to normal 99.7, I have found out that her mother did the same thing.  Her temperature did a drop and return, 5 days before she delivered Spy's litter. 
So now I will continue to monitor Spy's temperature until it drops again and hopefully next time it will be the real thing.

8 weeks

New pictures of Spy at 8 weeks, just 5 more days till I know how many pups she is carrying.  She is so cute as a momma doberman.

7 weeks

Spy has grown another inch around the waist,  I picked up the whelping box and whelping stuff from my friend the other day.  I am getting more and more excited and nervous.  Will find out how many puppies are in there in 11 days!

6 weeks and counting

Today I took two pictures of Spy, pictures don't do her justice.  She looks much more pregnant in person.  But she is still a cutie pie :)

1 inch

A friend at work mentioned that I should measure Spy's belly so on Wednesday I took two measurements around her waist/belly area and then this morning I decided to see what the new number was just for the heck of it.
Boy was I surprised to see that it had increased by an inch.  So either she is getting fat or the puppies are growing :)