Meet Fergie, the Mum to our new pup, Paddington Bear.
April 30, 2012
Fergie has given birth to her pups! She has a beautiful litter of 11 puppies, 6 girls and 5 boys. All were «vigorous and feisty at birth. Born between 2:00 and 7:15pm. All nursed right away. Fergie is an anawesome mom. Wow her instincts are right on! Wts between 320-400 gms except little Gimli weighing in at 220. He was the sturdiest of all and will get first go at the dairy bar every time we pass by.» Cathie, Steve, and Fergie and the Lord of the Rings litter from Ondulado Portuguese Water Dogs.
April 29, 2012
Fergie has been in labour since early morning 2 days ago. Apparantly, this has been only «pre» labour! We are all anxiously awaiting some new developments!
April 27, 2012
Fergie has been in labour for 24 hours as of now. To quote Cathie: « Deep sleep periods are interspersed with episodes of light panting. She is snoring LOL ! She is also moaning, sighing and panting. » Ahhh Fergiepants. All will be over soon! You'll be a great mom!
April 22, 2012
We went to visit Fergie today, and of course Cathie and Steve Sockett as well. Although Fergie let us touch her belly and feel he puppies, she was not so sure about letting us hear their heartbeats lol. But it's ok. We thoroughly enjoyed meeting up with her again. We were shown the whelping box. We also found out about different dog feeding preferences (raw diets VS commercial kibble), and the first vet visit when we bring puppy home. We are getting very excited!!!
March 30th, 2012
Fergie had her ultrasound today, and she is indeed pregnant! It looks like a good sized litter, and the heartbeats sound very healthy. Her due date is set for April 27th, give or take a few days either way. I will, of course, keep you apprised of future developments as I become aware of them!
March 23rd, 2012
Meet Fergie. She is a Portuguese Water Dog, or Portie as these dogs are commonly referred to. Her humans own the Ondulado Portuguese Water Dog enterprise in Orillia and are fabulous people. Check out their website http://www.ondulado.ca/ and Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ondulado-Portuguese-Water-Dogs/147706761977022
Fergie is going to be the mum of our new pup. She is 2.5 years old, and this will be her first litter. She went on her romatic holiday about 2 weeks ago and will have an ultrasound on March 30th. We all have our fingers crossed that when she was sick last week, it was morning sickness! If all goes well, this home will be more complete with a new addition at the end of June...
We look forward to sharing our lives with a Portie, as we plan to take him/her with us whenever we can, especially fishing on Georgian Bay. We have been told, though, that we will have to train him/her to not jump in the water to retrieve the lure after we cast our rods!Cliquez ici pour modifier.