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/ ============================================================================