The Puppy

Back in August, we bred Roxy to a dog named Butch. Roxy started exhibiting all the signs of being pregnant, except for getting a large stomach. We took her to the vet, who couldn't feel anything and said it could be 1. A pseudo pregnancy or 2. one puppy stuck up in her ribs. The only problem with it being one pup, is that one puppy can take up all the room in the dog's stomach, so they usually end up being very large, and the mom dogs require a c section. We decided we would just watch her and see if anything happened. 

Dogs have their babies between day 60 and day 65 of their pregnancies... so we went away to WA around what would be her 69th day.

While we were in WA, our neighbors, Tammy and Andrew, were taking care of our animals. Andrew calls me frantically exclaiming: Roxy had a baby!! We were in shock! I was going crazy thinking that Roxy might have more puppies stuck in her, and could be hurt or something. I was being a very worried "mom."

Tammy and Andrew took the puppy to the emergency hospital because it had a HUGE cut on it's head -it got stuck in between the wires on Roxy's crate. They left Roxy, but she needed to be with her baby, so our other neighbor, Eric, took Roxy to the baby. The vet did an x-ray and found nothing left in Roxy, and stapled up the puppy's head.

The next day, we finally got home to the puppy and Roxy - who were both doing very well. I'm so grateful for awesome neighbors! 

This last Monday she had her staples removed, and the vet weighed her in at 4 lbs. He said a puppy this old should be about 2 lbs. HAHA I guess that's what you get when there is only one puppy for all the nipples. We just weighed her last night, and she weighed in at 5 lbs. She's gonna be a big pup. 

And she is SO CUTE!

Anyone know someone who needs a boxer? :)