They are here!!!!

Labor started 1/7/09 with a lot of restlessness, a temperature drop, and mamma Cindy not acting herself. The water broke at 1:27 am and hard labor started around 1:45am.

Or first puppy..."Teal Boy" ... made his debut at 5:06am. He weighed 1 lb 2 oz at birth.

Our second puppy, "Pink Girl" ... made her debut at 6:18 am an weighed 12 oz at birth.

Our third puppy... "Black Boy" ... decided to mix things up with a breech birth at 7:05am and weighed a whopping 1 lb 5 oz.

Our forth puppy....Blue Boy...decided he didn't want to come out. 4 hours passed between delivery but mamma Cindy was calm and content. She apparently thought she was done too! So we went to the vet to xray to be sure Oxytocin was ok to give. X-rays showed one more puppy...not excessively large...just hanging out at the entrance to the birth canal. So we gave the shot of Oxytocin and he FLEW into this world at 12:25 pm and weighed 12 oz at birth.


Ultrasound say 5-6 puppies but apparently they were off :)

Anyways...mommy and babies are thriving. Mamma Cindy is eating well .... boiled chicken, cottage cheese and rice.


A LIVE streaming video feed is available on this link...

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/a-litter-vom-bosen-blick---cute-rottweiler-puppies


Check in on the puppies and mommy.

Couple of questions I keep getting:

About the newspaper in the box.... don't worry that the puppies are on newspaper! Its sanitary and safe. Whelping boxes shouldn't be filled with tons of blankets where puppies can get stuck and suffocate. There are 2-3 small towels for them, a heating pad if they want to crawl on to it, and a heater going 24/7 in the room.

About the small boy puppy.... As the last puppy born, people were immediately concerned about his size. With over 40 viewers at the time of the whelping .... people were immediately concerned when it went 4 hours between the last two puppies. At the time I was on the phone with 2 veterinarians who were not concerned. Cindy Lou was NOT in any distress, despite what people THINK they saw on the webcam. Please remember the cam is positioned in a birds-eye view and that I am the one in the room with her. She was not stressing at all and even the veterinarian who took the xray said he wasn't concerned for the last puppy since she wasn't straining or in distress.

The oxytocin delivered him in less than 10 minutes and immediately people thought he was small and sickly looking. Quite the opposite! Again....remember that the first puppy born at 5 am and he came 7 hours after that. So people were watching the other three puppies nurse and settle in and compared to him, he did look small and in distress. Well yeah...he was JUST born. He looked/acted exactly like the other three did right after their births.... and once he adjusted to the world around him, he's absolutely fine.

As for his size, he is the same size as the female who is actually on the larger size for a newborn Rottweiler. The two other boys are actually comparatively HUGE to a normal Rottweiler puppy so his size is deceptive. He is NOT small/sickly by any means....

As far as Cindy "stepping on/squishing puppies" ....Again, the angle of the camera is deceptive. Its up atop a window and does not show the entire box. Please keep in mind that I'm in the actual room with her 99% of the time. She has stepped on a puppy one time, heard it scream, and has been incredibly careful since then. She is an excellent mommy. The angle of the camera makes it look like she may be on top of them but remember it is a SMALL litter, she has plenty of room, and is very conscious of her babies. So I don't need a comment every 5 seconds people "think" they see her stepping on a puppy. She hasn't !

As for the things you see going on.... please remember the video feed is on a 10-15 second delay. Many people are posting in the chat room about what they see and then they see me do it and think I followed their directions. Actually...its NOT in real-time. So by the time you type it, I've already seen it, done it, and gotten back.

The video feed is so people can come, check out the litter without exposing the puppies to disease. We video recorded a few of the births although I have not been through all the videos. I do know the breech birth WAS recorded and is an interesting watch. Many people have expressed thanks for being allowed to be "a part" of the experience....particularly those who will never whelp a litter of their own.

I'm very glad that everyone is enjoying the feed but please keep in mind you all are spectators...I didn't really expect to have 40 critics alongside me putting their 2 cents in every step of the way. So as polite as I can be...please keep your comments to yourself as they just end up worrying me and making me self-conscious.

The video feed will be available until the puppies are 8 weeks old.

I hope everyone enjoys watching these babies grow up and has as much fun as I am having with this experience.

For more information on the puppies pedigees..check out our website at:

http://www.ocdoglady.com/Upcoming_Litters.html


These puppies have an incredible pedigree, two very proven parents in both work and show, and we are really excited to see how they grow up and mature!

Thank you for letting me share this experience. This blog will contain the still shots we are collecting of the puppies, comments on their growth and personalities, and any other information not readily apparent on the video feed.