I kept Maggie in place by scratching her tummy with my toes while I took a picture. We've come a long way since day 1, when I expected puppies at any moment. I wouldn't leave the house unless I had someone to watch the dog (literally watch the dog). I would rush out to buy just one more thing on the list of whelping supplies, cell phone at hand just in case. A food scale to weigh them, tiny bottles to supplement them if necessary, iodine to dip their little umbilical cords in, pediatric electrolite maintenance solution in case of something else, which I'll have to re-read, and so on.
Of course I won't use most of these things. And as the days go by, we're settling into a routine of eating, sleeping and walking (oh, and trying to get under the deck). I hope we don't get so relaxed that she has the puppies under the coffee table while we're watching hockey ...
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