Thank you Bonnie for being there for Rue. She certainly had us and the vet buffaloed about whether she was having babies or not - LOL; We are all grateful for the love and care you are giving her and especially opening your home and heart to this young lady. What a wonderful belated Christmas gift to all of us. Rue and her babies will be available for adoption in a few months; Rue will be spayed before she leaves of course. Weeping Willow has been so fortunate with the two pregnant GSDs that we took in; one of our own GSD fancy listers (Bonnie Money) was able to step up for Rue and one of our Board Members who is a lab rescue whelped Maizie late this summer. We realize that not everyone could do this, of course, but as we say there is always something in rescue for everyone *grin*. Pat Lukos _www.saravagsd.com_ (http://www.saravagsd.com/) Weeping Willow 2nd Chance German Shepherd Sanctuary _http://weepingwillowgsdsanctuary.com/_ (http://weepingwillowgsdsanctuary.com/) In a message dated 12/27/2011 3:17:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, blmoney@xxxxxxx writes: Rue, the pregnant german shepherd surrendered to Weeping Willow GSD Sanctuary a couple of weeks ago, delivered two beautiful baby girls this morning. She gave me no warning - no temperature drop, and even ate a big breakfast around 5:00 this morning. I've been taking her temperature for the past few days and took her temp last night and this morning, everything seemed fine. I figured I had at least a couple more days. As I was walking out the door to go to work, I checked on the dogs as is my routine. Rue was acting strangely, licking herself and arcing her tail...hmmm, I knew what that meant. I changed clothes, emailed work that I'd be in late if at all, and checked on the cardigan puppies now in the kitchen, and this took about 10 minutes. Back out to check on Rue and there was a puppy! She did it all by herself. I moved Rue to the maternity room (laundry room) and got her and the baby settled. Within another hour, out popped another little girl! Again, Rue had it all under control. Babies weighed in at 20 oz and 19 oz! Big strapping girls. One is black and tan, and the other might be all black. Can't see any other color on her yet. I'm calling them Holly and Nicki, my holiday puppies. Rue is a phenomenal dog! In just a little over 2 weeks, she has proven to me she is a gem, gentle, intelligent, and with basic obedience manners. When Weeping Willow finds a forever home for her, that family will be getting a wonderful friend. Bonnie Money Bridgelady GSD's and CWC's New Palestine, IN ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================