Puppies, puppies, and more puppies

Back in April my husband, Ben, informed me that he had a great dane in the dog pen where they put strays.  I told him I wanted to go look at it right then.  So, being the great husband he is, he took me right then.  I saw her and I think was love at first sight.  We've been wanting a great dane for a long while, but I didn't think we were gonna be able to bring this one home.  We already have two dogs and great dane's eat a LOT of food.   But if we didn't take her she was going to be put down and I couldn't have that.  I could tell that she had been mistreated and that she hadn't eaten is such a long time.  That poor baby's hip bones were showing and it broke my heart.  It breaks my heart as I'm sitting here writing this.  So it took Ben and I about 5 minutes after we got back home to decide that somehow we were gonna bring her to our new house. 

She has been the best dog!  She is amazing with the kids and other than eating and walking around, we never know she's here.  We named her Georgia because that's exactly what she looked like. Not the state of course.  She is so quiet too.  As time went by she started looking normal and filling out again and looking healthy.  But people kept asking me if she had puppies because she looked like she was nursing some.  I kept telling them that no she didn't have any, but I'm sure she did in the past.  And I thought that until 4 days ago.

Usually Georgia sleeps just fine all night.  But Sunday night and Monday she paced and paced.  She'd lay down for thirty minutes to an hour at a time and then get up and pace.  Tuesday morning about six I got up to put her out to go to the bathroom.  I followed her to see if she was gonna do anything and she went under our house and started digging a hole.  It still didn't hit me what she was doing.  So I brought her back in and got back in bed.  Ben was up by this time getting ready for work, so she got in my bed on his side.  We both slept til 9.  Then I noticed she was panting so hard she was shaking the whole bed.  So I put my hand on her belly because the thought finally crossed my mind that maybe she really was pregnant and in labor.  Sure enough I felt puppies moving and then about 30 seconds later I saw her push.  About 15 minutes after she started pushing the first puppy was born.  I was astonished!  Ten minutes later she had her second puppy.  The first was a boy and the second, a girl.  An hour went by and I was sure she was born.  So I started going about my normal day.  I went in to check on her and the two babies and she pushed again!  The 2 more were born.  They were 2 boys.   Well, to say the least I was so surprised.  It didn't seem real for the longest time.

But the puppies are doing great and I can already tell they are growing, even though they are only 4 days old.  And they all look exactly alike! 

I will keep everyone updated on how they are doing.  Until we find new homes for them anyway. :)


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