Hang with the story if you can! A little over 9 weeks ago, we had one of our guardian studs, Henry, over while his family was out of town. Apparently, our cream female, Sugar, was going through what’s called a “silent heat cycle,” which means there were few to no signs that she was fertile. We let them live together until Henry showed signs of possibly being interested in her. We then kept them separate just in case she went into heat, because we planned to pair her with another light cream stud when she did come into heat, but she never seemed to actually start her cycle. Fast forward 9 weeks to last Thursday. I hear some squeaking, so I start searching for the source thinking that the dogs must have gotten a hold of a squirrel or rodent of some kind, and I’m just dreading the possibility that I might have to humanely dispose of it. Sugar seems to be the source of the squeaking, and when she moved and I saw the actual source of the squeaking, my stomach leapt into my throat. It was a PUPPY!!! Dogs get round in the last 2-3 weeks of pregnancy, but I have had a sick and teething baby and a sick toddler to take care of along with an 8 year old who has multiple after school activities. I’ve been distracted. My husband mentioned that we needed to start cutting back Sugar’s food because she was getting chunky, but my mind still did not consider pregnancy. Nothing was ready for puppies, so Thursday and really the rest of the weekend consisted of me running around like a crazy lady getting the whelping area properly setup. Sugar whelped her pups like a champ! We’ve ended the whole experience with 10 BEAUTIFUL puppies spanning the golden rainbow from cream to toasted coconut to rich caramel (6 boys, 4 girls). 5 are reserved, and we have 5 available as of this morning. They will be going home December 12th! If you’ve already been approved, please reach out via text if you’re interested in one of these babies or fill out a puppy application!