We are doing our best here, though failing miserably. The two pups who were struggling did not make it through the night and then another died this evening. We are watching very closely the remaining pup, who has an appointment as the vet opens in the morning. Breeding Goldens is one of the best things we have ever done, but sometimes it can be heartbreaking. Generally yo do not have problems like this, but something is wrong. We knew the first two pups were riding the line, but these last two looked great and acted great all day…..fine at 6, and not at 10. I am praying that we get to the vet with him in the morning. It is Jen’s last litter, and the hardest on us all.

With that, I am going to go back in and check on him. Occasionally a mother dog will accidentally lay on a pup without knowing it, and that is what I suspect happened to this last one. We have a ridge in the whelping box to help pups avoid that, but sometimes they just can’t…they are too little. It generally happens when the mom is exhausted though…here she is not. That’s why we will check all night, and get to the vet in the morning.

We have probably delivered 30-40 pups over the years, and most of them are still living the life of leisure in their owners homes! We were ready to temporarily retire after this litter until Scott graduated and we moved to a farm (in 2011), but this has been a real hard way to retire. We don’t do this for money, we do it because we love the breed and put quality dogs into homes. It has been a real blessing. We will continue in the future, but for now, we will concentrate on tonight.

Keep us in your prayers.

Goodnight my friends and God Bless.

Tom+