Day 59 - Spunky as Ever

Treasure has been very playful and quite interesting to observe this morning in a most unusual way.  She finds things to carry around in her mouth.  One of them is a toy similar to a 'bumper' used for retriever training, with green camoflage canvas.  Typically a toy like that would quickly be destuffed but that has not been the case.  We were outside and she approached me with a kidskin work glove which again, she would typically mouth and chew and eventually bury if not discovered in time.  Instead she pranced around the yard with it in her mouth, her tail proudly at 1 o'clock.  Last but not least she discovered a bucket of day old breads and doughnuts intended to scatter for our birds. So she looked quite silly with a big doughnut sticking out of her mouth, it kind of looked as though she had a big goofy smile going on.  She didn't eat the doughnut.  I'm thinking that this is all part of her maternal instincts kicking in, but they haven't quite been turned on all the way so she's stuck in the middle of her playful personality, natural instinct to retrieve, and the nurturing instinct which will soon be released fully. 

She is more antsy today, having a hard time settling down and her puppies are full of energy and movement.  Poor tummy is bulging and her mammary glands are already showing fullness with nipples twice the size as usual.  But Treasure is ever loving and affectionate and I think she's appreciative too of my obvious understanding of what is going on with her. 

I was watching a youtube video of  newborn puppies making sweet little mew sounds. Treasure came and stood up, putting her paws on the desk  and looked towards the screen, cocked her head to the side and was quite interested. 

Temperature is still 'right there' it hasn't gone up and it hasn't gone down.  Day 59 from her first breeding and one thing I know - we should have pups at this time next week!  Stay tuned....God Bless you and yours, John, Ann and all things Brittany.