Our nephew Hudson came to help socialize the puppies today 💙🐶💙

Week 2 Video

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Here is our week 2 video. Hope you enjoy!

Merry Christmas!!

Week 1 Video

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Here is the week 1 video :)

Hope you enjoy 

Meet the Puppies

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The puppies and Valery are doing great!! 

These are the collars the puppies will wear until they go home. 

You will see Ms. Green is literally a green puppy. No, she will not stay green forever :)

Here is an explanation as to why her coat is green (we have had this with puppies before and by week 5 the color is gone):

The green fur comes from a bile pigment called biliverdin, which is found in the placenta of dogs.

Biliverdin dislodges as the puppy is born, and mixes with the amniotic fluid.

Amniotic fluid is what surrounds the puppies in their mother’s womb, and when biliverdin mixes in, it can stain the puppy’s coat. The green hair will grow out and it will go back to normal.

Apart from its odd colored coat for a few weeks,  the puppy is perfectly normal.

Here are the color collars and weight of the puppies today (12/15/19)

Mr. Black- 1.8 lbs

Mr. Brown- 1.4 lbs

Ms. Green- 1.0 lbs

Ms. White- 1.2 lbs

Ms. Purple- 1.4 lbs

Ms. Yellow- 1.4 lbs

Ms. Orange- 1.4 lbs

Ms. Blue- 1.4 lbs

Ms. Gray- 1.6 lbs

Puppies are here!!!

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The puppies are here. Valery did great and is such a good momma. 

We have a total of 9 puppies :)

There are 7 girls and 2 boys

Everyone is nursing and Valery is taking very good care of them. 

Your puppies birthday is December 11th

Here are a few pictures I managed to get. 

We will have our week 1 video towards the end of next week. 

I will post more pictures in a few days (right now we are letting all the pups get use to nursing and having snuggle time with Valery)

In labor

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Valery is in labor and doing great!!! 

Right now our focus is on momma and the babies

I will update tomorrow once all pups are here and nursing 

Update....patiently waiting

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Just wanted to give a quick update. We are "patiently" waiting on Valery to go into labor. She is still her sweet loving self....just a little wider :)

I will post on here once the puppies are born so make sure to check back...it should be any day now.

X-ray

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We went for Valery’s x-Ray today and everything looks great! We weren’t able to get a great video of the puppies but we are guessing around 7-8 puppies. Below is a picture. 

I will update this blog as soon as the puppies have arrived :)

Welcome and Ultrasound Video

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Welcome to the blog for our Valery/ Tommy litter. This is where all information, pictures, videos, etc will be posted from now on. It is easier for us to keep everyone informed by posting everything on here. If you have any questions or anything you can still contact us through email at southlandgoldens@yahoo.com

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Now for the fun news....we went yesterday for Valery's ultrasound and we were able to see puppies!!! We are unable to get an exact count on an ultrasound because you can't tell which ones you have counted and which you haven't. We will go around December 5th for an x-ray. This will give us a better idea of how many puppies she will have. I will post the x-ray picture on this blog as well

Here is the video of yesterday's ultrasound...your first glimpse at your new fur baby :)