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25, 2012 (62th day) |
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Step
by step the changes
start revealing...
Yacime has lost most
of her appetite:
this morning and in
the afternoon she
only wanted to have
a bit of raw meat.
Earlier this
evening I presented
her white fish with
yoghurt and after
some hesitation she
ate it, although it
wasn't very
convincing.
Furthermore the
temperature dropped
yesterday and
meanwhile went up
again. She is not
yet digging or
showing any other
restless signs, but
it's obvious the
delivery is
seriously
approaching. It
would be a relief
for Yacime I think, it's getting
hard for her now
with all that extra
weight and the
active moving
puppies in her belly.
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Yacime's
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| Temperature |
| March
23, 2012 (60th day) |
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A
beautiful, sun drenched day
on which Yacime continues
to do just fine!
Logically the warmth bothers
her somewhat, but on the
other hand she loves to lay
in the sun and doze away.
Her eating continues to go
well too, although one can
hardy imagine there’s at
all room left in her big
belly! She weighs over
42.2 kgs now, with a belly
measurement of
83 cm (32.67 inches
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I'm taking twice a day since
Monday – has not shown any
changes so far which means
the delivery is probably not
about to happen yet.
In the meantime I’m
reducing my huge list of
possible pedigree names for
the pups to a more
reasonable number from which
I have to make my final -
but difficult - draw within
2 weeks…
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| Ball |
| March
21, 2012 (58th day) |
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What
a wonderful, happy
doggy she is...
Despite her enormous
weight (yesterday
she weighted no less
than 41.2 kgs)
Yacime still manages
to play with her
ball while laying on
her back without any
problems!! As the
days pass I'm more
and more surprised
how prosperous and
relaxed she's
handling all this
again. Just
marvelous!
Officially she still
has 5 days to go...
exciting :-).
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| The
final week... |
| March
18, 2012 (55th day) |
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Yesterday
the whelping box was
placed for Yacime to
get used to it at
her own pace, and
she already took a
few nice naps in it.
Venice,
Roman and
Milan
are totally not
interested in this
new bed, it’s
almost like they
understand that it
was put there
especially for
Yacime…
In this final
week of her
pregnancy things are
starting to get
harder for Yacime; she
sleeps a lot and the
daily walks have to
be shortened, but at
the same time she is
happy as ever and is
still eating like a
horse ;-). From
tomorrow on she'll
be getting her food
divided over 4 meals
so she has more room
for it in her
already so full
belly. At this stage
it’s also very
easy to see and feel
the pups moving
inside Yacime, what
a tremendous
experience that is!
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girl! |
| March
13, 2012 (50th day) |
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This
picture was taken
last Saturday and in
just a few days
Yacime has really
grown considerably.
Her weight today:
38.4 kgs. It is
clear now that her
belly starts to
affect her daily
walks and in the
woods she doesn't
run as much anymore,
but nonetheless
she's tremendously
enjoying herself;
this afternoon for
example she
pleasantly rolled
herself through the
chips of the freshly
cut trees :-). I am
very proud, but most
of all grateful for
the way Yacime is
coping with this
second pregnancy so
far!
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| Meeting |
| March
8, 2012 (45th day) |
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Time
flies, Yacime is already at
6,5 weeks. Everything is
still going as we were
hoping for, so there's no
complaining! Last Tuesday
she was weighed and measured
again; her weight is 36.3
kgs, her belly up till now
has grown 8 cm (3.14 inches)
and is 76
cm (29.9 inches). So that's
quite a lot already...
Furthermore the meeting with
all the people that are
interested in a puppy from
this litter took place and
it was very nice. Together
with Yacime, Venice, Roman,
Milan and their sister Yazoo
we took a great walk through
the wonderful area of 'Soesterduinen',
not far from my home.
And the weather was good
enough to sit down at the
terrace afterwards so it was
a pleasant afternoon that
especially Yacime enjoyed to
the fullest; mind you, the
more cuddles she gets, the
better she thinks it is ;-).
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| The
fifth week... |
| February
28, 2012 (36th day) |
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are going well with
Yacime! She
absolutely looks
smashing with her
beautiful, soft
expression. And
she's still
functioning well,
although I do feel
her belly is already
quite big and she's
only 5 weeks on the
way... This
afternoon we stopped
by the vet to have
her weighed but that
wasn't a big change,
she only gained one
kilo (she is now 34.5
kgs). Her
apetite however is
clearly increasing
so we started to
slowly raise the
amount of food. The
rest will stay just
the way it has
always been because
for now everything
is going just
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| February
21, 2012 (29th day) |
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Today
an ultrasound confirmed what
I already guessed: Yacime is
in whelp! It honestly didn't
come as a surprise, because
very soon after the matings
Yacime was so different...
Again those dreamy eyes (which
she also had during the
pregnancy of her first
litter) and also she was a
lot calmer than she normally
is. And, since a few days
her belly started to slightly
enlarge. Nevertheless it is
fantastic to now know for
sure that she's going to
become a mummy again. Such a
pleasant development and how
fascinating Mother Nature
can be...
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| Season
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| January
23 and 25, 2012 |
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It's
funny how females seem to
delay their heat especially
when you are planning to
mate them :-). The same
thing happen with Yacime
this time: I expected her to
come into season in
December, but it happened on
January 12... And from that
moment on it all started
with first the deworming and
then on the 10th day the
blood test to measure the
amount of progesterone. And
the first test already
showed it could be the right
time to try a mating! So the
same evening me and a good
friend drove to the east of
the country to see if Yacime
still liked Davis as she did
on their first meeting a
couple of months ago. And
yes, it turned out
positively! In the beginning
Yacime was distracted
because she prefered to
sniff around a bit, but it
wasn't long before she
offered herself to Davis and
they mated easily (connected
for 19 minutes). And also
the second mating - two days
later - went just well and I
again enjoyed the soft,
modest character of Davis;
one of the reasons I chose
him as the partner for
Yacime's second litter...
I'd like to thank Casper and
Diane again for their
hospitality and the pleasant
time we had during both
matings! Now all we can do
is wait and see if the
encounter between the two
doggies was successful...
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