Waiting

This was supposed to have been the weekend that Gabi had her puppies....but nature has chosen not to have that come to be. She is looking rotund, but according to people "in the know" still has a little bit of a tuck up suggesting that the puppies have not moved back.

Dogs, like humans, have a slight variability to the length of gestation -- that accompanied by the fact that sperm can live in the reproductive tract for a few days before ovulation occurs makes for some variability that is "normal."

Last week, she had many of the signs. A temperature drop which got me excited but did not persist. Discomfort, and inability to sleep at night (which translated into my inability to sleep at night. When I left work on Friday, I knew those little puppies were coming soon. Last night. I was relatively confident that they weren't coming, yet. Last night, she seemed to sleep better than she has in ages. I, however, can not sleep.

Yesterday morning, all of the girls went into a chewing fest (btw, Gabi has yet to do a nesting thing). It was kind of amusing -- the girls all lined up and chewing on something....aggressively.

But back to Gabi. I joke that she isn't having the puppies until she farms out the unpleasant aspects to Mati. Somehow, she got Mati to have the morning sickness. Proof to my theory is the the last picture which was taken last night. Note how she is lying on the couch with her legs UP in the air. Yup....she's trying to keep those puppies in until she makes Gabi appropriate arrangements. Sad thing: I don't think Mati is signing up for this one....